Poland’s interior minister and his Irish counterpart on Wednesday praised efforts to secure the Polish-Belarusian border, describing it as critical to the security of the European Union. Marcin Kierwiński Wojciech Kusiński/Polskie Radio Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński and Irish Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Minister Jim O’Callaghan visited the border crossing at Kuźnica in northeastern Poland to review
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said his government will pursue technological sovereignty to reduce dependence on a narrow group of technology suppliers and ensure the country can choose among competing providers. Speaking at the European Financial Congress in the Baltic resort city of Sopot on Tuesday, Tusk said technological sovereignty should be treated as a
Poland's unemployment rate stood at 3 percent in April, marking the second-lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported. Photo:PAP/DPA/Uli Deck Bulgaria recorded the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in April, at 2.8 percent, while the Czech Republic trailed Poland in third place, with 3.1 percent, according to the Eurostat agency. Meanwhile, Finland had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 10.6 percent, and Spanish unemployment was the second-highest at 10.3 percent, according to
Poland has completed the first phase of defence procurement under the European Union's SAFE programme, signing around EUR 28.3 billion worth of deals with domestic manufacturers for armoured vehicles, artillery systems, ammunition, cybersecurity equipment and other military hardware, officials said. Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.PAP/Jarek Praszkiewicz The contracts are part of Poland's allocation under the
Russia on Thursday warned that a planned increase in the US military presence in Poland could escalate tensions between Moscow and the West and prompt retaliatory measures. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.Council.gov.ru, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said deploying additional US forces to Poland would represent a "qualitative
Polish authorities have detained three people over a string of false emergency alerts that triggered police and rescue-service responses at the homes of politicians and media figures, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said on Wednesday. Poland's Interior and Administration Minister Marcin Kierwiński.PAP/Tomasz Gzell Speaking to broadcaster TVN24, Kierwiński said one suspect had been remanded in custody for three months pending trial,
Poland has received preliminary approval from the US State Department to manufacture PAC-3 MSE missiles for the Patriot air defense system domestically, Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk has said. FILE PHOTO: A Romanian Army MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile and air defense system.EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT Tomczyk disclosed the development during an interview with Polish private broadcaster TVN24 on Monday,
Poland is set to expand its centralised online appointment booking system to cover all specialist care, and clinics that refuse to join could face fines, under new rules proposed by the health ministry. Pixabay LicenseImage by Julio César Velásquez Mejía from Pixabay Under the proposal, all healthcare providers would have to publish and regularly update their appointment schedules on the Central Electronic
Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski has won the best director prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival for 'Fatherland', a drama inspired by the life of German Nobel laureate Thomas Mann. Paweł Pawlikowski accepts the Best Director award for 'Fatherland' during the closing ceremony of the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.EPA/TERESA SUAREZ The film follows Mann,
Two senior House Democrats have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding answers over a US visa issued to former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is wanted in Poland on 26 criminal charges. Zbigniew Ziobro at his swearing-in as justice minister at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, November 2019.REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo Gregory Meeks and James
