The Polish Prime Minister has unveiled large-scale plans for air defense and deterrence, pledging to invest billions in security on the eastern border, the PAP news agency reported on Saturday. PM Donald Tusk speaking at a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the WWII Battle of Monte Cassino, Kraków, May 18, 2024Photo: PAP/Art Service Donald Tusk made
Warsaw's Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski has vowed to do “everything possible” to save jobs and support merchants following the devastating fire at Marywilska 44 shopping hall. Marywilska 44.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański During a press conference on Friday, Trzaskowski announced plans to rebuild and implement interim solutions to help affected businesses. "We are working to bring about the possibility of rebuilding the hall
A Polish judge with access to military secrets and currently in Belarus, is now on a wanted list and faces potential international arrest on charges of espionage, according to statements from the Polish national prosecutors' office on Thursday. Tomasz Szmydt.Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz Judge Tomasz Szmydt, who earlier this month applied for asylum in Belarus, has been branded a traitor by Poland’s Prime
The Polish economy grew 1.9 percent in the first quarter of this year, after expanding 1 percent in the final quarter of 2023, the country’s statistics office said on Wednesday in a flash estimate. Pixabay LicenseImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The reading was slightly higher than the forecast of 1.8 percent by economists polled by state news agency PAP. The Polish statistics office is expected to report full first-quarter data on June 3. Poland's gross
Poland would not be accepting any migrants under the newly approved EU migration pact, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced. Illustrative photo.Kiro Popov/ Shutterstock This stance comes as Poland, along with Slovakia and Hungary, voted against the pact which aims to address and regulate migration issues across the European Union. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Tusk highlighted that although the migration
An investigation into spending on the anti-war campaign #StopRussiaNow by Poland's previous administration has raised allegations of mismanagement and possible corruption. Former PM Mateusz Morawiecki.Photo: PAP/Przemysław Piątkowski The Polish news portal Onet has reported that nearly PLN 23 million (approximately USD 6 million) allocated by the Prime Minister's Office was improperly funneled to individuals closely linked to the then ruling Law and Justice
An interview with former justice minister Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski for Poland's Super Express reveals details about the level of access to sensitive and confidential information by the judge Tomasz Szmydt - now in Belarus. Former justice minister Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski who has this week commented on the Polish "defector-judge case". Photo: PAP/Tomasz Gzell In an interview for Super Express, the former justice
Poland’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.1 percent in April, from 5.3 percent in March, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy said on Wednesday. Poland's Family, Labour and Social Policy Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk (right) and her deputy Aleksandra Gajewska (left) attend a press conference in Warsaw on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka There were around 798,500 people without
Poland has moved up 10 spots in the latest World Press Freedom Index, news outlets have reported. pixabay.comImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Poland is now in 47th place, up from 57th last year, according to the bankier.pl website. However, despite the improvement, Poland is still classified among "problematic" countries, bankier.pl reported. "While Poland has a diverse media landscape, public awareness of press freedom remains low," the ranking's creators said. They added: "During the
Poland is aiming to ensure that half of the combat equipment purchased is produced within the country or by Polish-located companies, Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has unveiled. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.Photo: PAP/Michał Meissner Kosiniak-Kamysz made the announcement during the European Economic Congress's inauguration in the Polish southern city of Katowice on Tuesday. At a press conference, he said that
