Polish authorities have detained a Ukrainian man in Warsaw who is suspected of helping prepare acts of sabotage in Romania, including the arson of a facility involved in developing weapons and ammunition of strategic international importance, officials said on Wednesday. Photo:PAP/Darek Delmanowicz The man, identified only as Artem S. under Polish privacy laws, was wanted by Romanian
Poland has been chosen to host a major servicing centre for US-made Patriot air defence missiles, defeating rival bids from Germany, the Netherlands and Norway, officials said on Tuesday. An M903 launcher of the Patriot air defence system.Photo courtesy of Poland's Ministry of Defence/gov.pl The decision was announced by Deputy Defence Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, who led the
A Polish police helicopter pilot has been handed a suspended prison sentence for snapping a high-voltage power cable while flying low over a crowd three years ago. A Black Hawk helicopter used by Polish police.PAP/Leszek Szymański A court in Ciechanów, north-central Poland, found Marcin G. (surname withheld under Polish privacy laws), who was flying a police Black
The situation on the front in Ukraine is currently a stalemate, but Russia's resources will begin to run out next year if Ukraine survives the coming winter, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said this weekend. Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski Polskie Radio/PR3 Speaking at a public meeting with residents in Wejherowo in northern Poland
Poland hopes to strengthen economic ties with Vietnam, which could give Polish companies greater access to markets across Southeast Asia, government spokesman Adam Szłapka said on Saturday. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (centre) shakes hands in Hoi An, Vietnam on Saturday ahead of talks with the country's leaders in Hanoi after the weekend.PAP/Radek Pietruszka Szłapka was speaking in
Poland's parliament has approved new powers to block illegal online content, including hate-driven threats, sending the legislation to a president who previously vetoed a similar measure. The lower house of Poland's parliament, the Sejm, in session in Warsaw on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026.PAP/Leszek Szymański The lower house, the Sejm, voted on Thursday to accept nine of 10
Poland wants to become a gateway to Europe for Indian companies, while India can serve as a gateway to Asia for Polish businesses, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in New Delhi on Thursday as he called for closer economic and technological ties between the two countries. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks at the Polish-Indian Business Forum
Australian Booker Prize-winning writer Richard Flanagan argues that the West has split into two opposing global camps: a Trump-led "New West," which he describes as ethnonationalist and leaning towards fascism, and an "Old West" centred on Europe, democracy, human dignity and human rights. Australian writer Richard FlanaganCartarescu1234, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons "The anti-democratic New West of
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said Poland does not permit operations on or over its territory without its explicit consent, as Warsaw and Vilnius work to establish how a Ukrainian drone came to explode in Lithuania near the Latvian border. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk welcomed Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda to the Chancellery in Warsaw
A Polish military academy student has been detained on suspicion of espionage, Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk said on Monday, confirming media reports. Cezary TomczykPrzemysław Chmielewski/Polish Radio Tomczyk said the man, a student at the Military Medical Academy in the central city of Łódź, is suspected of spying for a foreign intelligence service. The suspect, who holds both
