Polish and Belarusian star acts performed at a "Solidarity with Belarus" concert at the National Stadium in Warsaw on Saturday night. Audience during the "Solidarity with Belarus" concert.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka The organizers said the event was a show of support for the people of Belarus in their quest for a free and democratic country. Among well-known Polish performers
Hard coal mines in Poland are to be shut by 2049 under a wide-ranging deal signed on Friday between the government and strikers on the transformation of the country’s mining industry. Artur Soboń at a press conference on Friday. Photo: PAP/Hanna Bardo Artur Soboń, the head of a government delegation that has been negotiating with unionists amid an
Crowds of young Poles on Friday joined a global wave of protests amid the coronavirus pandemic to demand action to stop climate change. Protesters take to the streets of Warsaw on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, to demand action on climate change.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka The youth-led protests were the latest in a series of international demonstrations known as the Global Climate Strike. In Warsaw,
The United States is working to build a coalition of countries to stop the disputed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from being completed in Europe, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said in a media interview. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Photo: Stefani Reynolds/PAP/CNP/AdMedia Speaking to German newspaper Bild, Pompeo said: "The United States believes the Nord
Unemployment in Poland was 6.1 percent in August, unchanged from July and June, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Wednesday. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Pixabay License The figure was in line with an earlier estimate by the country’s labour ministry. There were around 1,028,000 people without jobs across the nation at the end of August, compared with 1,029,500 a month earlier, according to
Poland’s largest refiner PKN Orlen is preparing to start producing hydrogen fuel, its CEO has announced. Daniel Obajtek.Photo: PAP/Darek Delmanowicz Daniel Obajtek said on Twitter this week that the company was investing to build its position as a regional leader in hydrogen technology. "In 2022, we will start producing hydrogen fuel in Włocławek,” he tweeted on Monday. PKN Orlen operates a production plant
The Polish Air Force Memorial in London has been upgraded from ‘Grade II’ to ‘Grade II*’ status, officials have announced. The Polish Air Force Memorial in London.Photo: gov.pl The decision by Historic England, which is tasked with protecting historic buildings, coincides with the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and recognizes a major contribution of Polish airmen to
Polish and Belarusian star acts will perform at a "Solidarity with Belarus" concert at the National Stadium in Warsaw on September 26. Photo: Free-Photos/Pixabay Pixabay licence The organizers say the event will be a show of support for the people of Belarus in their quest for a free and democratic country. Among well-known Polish performers expected to take to
Poland’s health minister has said a vaccine against the coronavirus is likely to be available in his country next spring, and that will “definitively end the pandemic”. Adam Niedzielski. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka Adam Niedzielski told reporters: “I think that there is a very high probability that we will have a vaccine in the spring, which will definitively end
A minority government or early elections in Poland cannot be ruled out amid tensions in the country’s ruling coalition, a senior party official has said. Ryszard Terlecki (right). Photo: PAP/Wojciech Olkuśnik Ryszard Terlecki from the governing conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party said on Friday: "At the moment the situation is such that the coalition is practically nonexistent.” Without
