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
An autumn sheep drive season is underway in southern Poland, marking the end of months of work for shepherds who bring the animals back to farmers after grazing them in mountain pastures. Southern Poland’s traditional seasonal sheep drives, known as redyki, are spectacular events in which sheep return from mountain pastures to farms and villages after the
Polish police have carried thousands of checks at schools nationwide and detained hundreds of people as part of a major security operation launched after a series of violent incidents. A police officer at a school in Szczecin, northwestern Poland, October 12. Following a series of violent incidents at schools in recent days, officers are patrolling areas
Two firefighters were killed on Friday morning while fighting a fire at a warehouse and agricultural tractor parts shop in southeastern Poland. Warehouse fire in Nisko, south-eastern PolandPAP/Darek Delmanowicz The fire broke out at around 8 a.m. Flames cut off the firefighters’ route during the operation, Polish media reported. They were quickly evacuated from the area, but could
Three years after Poland’s 2023 parliamentary election, political scientist Andrzej Podraza says the government’s record is mixed, with economic growth and active foreign policy among its strengths, but limited public-sector pay rises and Poland’s absence from discussions on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine among its weaknesses. Image by Michal Jarmoluk from PixabayPixabay License Prof. Andrzej Podraza of
Krzysztof N. has been charged with nine offences, including planning to overthrow Poland’s state authorities, including the prime minister and the government, by force using explosives he had collected, an offence punishable by two to 15 years in prison. Image by Andrzej Rembowski from PixabayPixabay License The remaining charges concern online recordings and posts allegedly promoting the
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and his British counterpart Ed Miliband discussed defence and security cooperation, bilateral trade and continued support for Ukraine during talks in Warsaw on Tuesday. Ed Miliband and Radosław SikorskiPAP/Marcin Obara Sikorski said Ukraine could count on continued political, military, financial and humanitarian support, particularly ahead of winter and amid Russian attacks on
Polish police said on Monday that nearly 80,000 educational facilities had been checked and 135 people detained nationwide as part of an operation to improve safety following several recent acts of violence at schools in the east-central Mazowieckie region. A police car in front of a school in Warsaw.PAP/Marcin Kmieciński By 6 a.m. on Monday, police had recorded 311 incidents
Polish security services are treating an emailed threat against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz as highly likely to be carried out, a government spokesman said Sunday. Jacek Dobrzyński.PAP/Albert Zawada Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesman for the minister coordinator of special services, said the threat arrived by email and was first received by the State Protection
