Poland’s interior ministry has published a safety guide urging households, including families with children, to prepare grab-and-go bags stocked to last 72 hours in case of sudden evacuation. Image:Government Centre for Security (RCB)/gov.pl The ministry said the kits should be packed in advance and kept ready to take at a moment’s notice if authorities issue an alert or if
Polish President Karol Nawrocki travels to Berlin on Monday for talks with Germany’s president and chancellor, before heading to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. Nawrocki argues that Poland cannot accept outcomes of the 1945 Potsdam peace conference or the August 1953 declaration by communist-era Poland renouncing reparations from East Germany.Photo: PAP/Piotr Nowak Nawrocki is scheduled
Russia said on Sunday it had fired a hypersonic cruise missile and conducted bombing runs as part of its large-scale joint exercises with Belarus — maneuvers that have stirred unease across the border in Poland. Warship of Russian Navy's Northern Fleet taking part in the Zapad-2025 joint military drills at an undisclosed location in Russia. The
Moscow has offered conflicting explanations for its incursion into Poland, at times claiming its drones crossed the border by mistake, and at other times insisting they could not have technically reached Polish territory, the Polish foreign minister has said. Poland's foreign minister Radosław SikorskiPAP/Vladyslav Musiienko In a post on X on Saturday, Radosław Sikorski wondered rhetorically which version
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday that this week’s Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace were not accidental, dismissing US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the incident may have been a mistake. Donald TuskPAP/Darek Delmanowicz Trump on Thursday downplayed the incident, telling reporters as he left the White House: "Could have been a mistake. Could have been a
Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki said on Thursday that Russia’s drone incursion into Polish airspace the previous night was meant to test the country’s readiness to respond and NATO’s mechanisms, vowing that Poland "will not be intimidated by Russian drones." Polish President Karol NawrockiPhoto: PAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk "We passed all of these tests," Nawrocki told troops during a visit
Poland’s military urged the public to avoid downed drones and report finds after what it called an “unprecedented” series of drone incursions during Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine. The General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces said that if downed drones or fragments are found, people should not approach, touch, or move them, and should instead
Poland will close its border with Belarus from Friday due to upcoming Zapad-2025 war games by Russia and Belarus near the Polish border, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Tuesday. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański "On Friday, Russian-Belarusian manoeuvres—very aggressive from a military doctrine perspective—begin in Belarus, very close to the Polish border," Tusk said ahead of a Cabinet meeting in Warsaw. "Therefore, for national security reasons, on Thursday
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that Poland and its allies are preparing a response to the upcoming Zapad-2025 military exercises by Russia and Belarus near the Polish border. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Photo: Gov.pl, CC BY 3.0 PL , via Wikimedia Commons Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Tusk said the Zapad-2025 drills "are very aggressive because they
One in ten Poles has chosen to pursue a seasonal job abroad, according to the latest "Barometer of the Polish Labor Market" report. The primary motivations for this decision include higher earnings and the scarcity of job opportunities in their local area. Photo: PAP/Tytus Żmijewski A study conducted by Personnel Service shows that most Poles, 69% of those
