There are currently no reports of Polish nationals being affected by the strikes on Iran, a foreign ministry spokesman has said. Smoke rises in central Tehran after Israel attack, 28 February 2026. Photo: ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH PAP/EPA. Speaking to reporters on Saturday about the developments in the Middle East, Maciej Wewiór stressed that the situation in the region remains
Poland is drafting legislation to ban children under 15 from using social media, Education Minister Barbara Nowacka said, placing responsibility for age checks on online platforms and imposing financial penalties for non-compliance. Polish Education Minister Barbara Nowacka.PAP/Paweł Supernak Nowacka told Bloomberg News the government wants platforms to ensure effective verification of users’ ages. A draft outline of
Warsaw has opened a new waste-to-energy plant that will process nearly 30 percent of the city’s trash and turn it into electricity and heat. Pixabay LicenseImage by Iva Balk from Pixabay Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski officially inaugurated the facility last week, in the Targówek district, in the northeast of the city. Known as the Warsaw Energy Production Plant, the
Polish energy company Orlen Synthos Green Energy and US-based GE Vernova Hitachi have signed an agreement to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) for Poland, in a ceremony held at the US Department of Energy in Washington. Polish Energy Minister Miłosz Motyka speaks in Washington as Poland signs an SMR agreement with US-based GE Vernova Hitachi.Photo: Courtesy
Unemployment in Poland inched up to 6 percent in January, from 5.7 percent in December, the country's statistics office reported on Tuesday. Pixabay LicenseImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The figure was in line with an earlier estimate by the labour ministry. There were around 934,100 people without jobs across the nation at the end of January, up from 887,900 a month earlier, according to the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency. A year earlier, the unemployment rate
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants a 2027 date for his country’s entry into the European Union written into a future peace agreement with Russia, with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen backing an accelerated “reverse” membership model. FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Polish President
Opponents of the EU’s SAFE defence investment programme gathered Saturday outside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, urging President Karol Nawrocki to veto legislation that would allow Poland to access billions in low-interest EU loans. Protesters in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka The demonstration came after the Senate approved the bill on Thursday with
Following Hungary’s warning to block EU aid over the Druzhba pipeline, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has issued an ultimatum to Kyiv. Fico said that if Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline is not resumed by Monday, February 23, Bratislava will suspend emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek Oil deliveries
Poland, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy agreed on Friday to develop joint drone strike capabilities, their defence ministers said after meeting in the southern Polish city of Kraków. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Italian Undersecretary of Defence Isabella Rauti, France's Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin, Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław
Poland is quitting the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines and finalizing a new mine-laying system that will let it mine its eastern border within 48 hours, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. Tusk added that work was being completed on the Bluszcz scatterable mine-laying system, calling it “key for Poland’s security, the security of Polish
