Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned of high political stakes in the upcoming EU Parliament elections. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks at a rally in Warsaw on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak In a passionate speech delivered in Warsaw on Tuesday, Tusk highlighted the strategic importance of the EU ballot, which in Poland is scheduled for June
The United States has expressed strong support for Poland in the face of increasing Russian hybrid attacks. White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby.Photo: EPA/Al Drago / POOL "We’re staying in very close touch with our Polish allies and partners and making sure that they have what they need," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said during
Poland has selected a team of 94 athletes to compete at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, which will be held in Rome from June 7 to 12. Ewa SwobodaPAP/Adam Warżawa Team Poland, made up of 44 men and 50 women, is headed by sprinter Ewa Swoboda and includes reigning European 100m hurdles champion Pia Skrzyszowska and top-performing 400m runner Natalia Kaczmarek. Other standout entrants on the team include long-distance runner Aleksandra Lisowska, who
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that President Joe Biden approved Kyiv's use of American weapons against legitimate targets on Russian territory, calling it an "adapting to the battlefield" strategy. The US President Joe BidenPAP/EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS Blinken announced this to reporters after NATO foreign ministers meeting in Prague, Reuters reported. The Secretary of State
From June 4, the buffer zone on Poland's eastern border with Belarus will be reinstated, and a temporary ban on staying in the border zone will come into force again - announced Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Illustration ImageBeentree (own work) - Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4467391 The head of the Defence Ministry said
Two more soldiers have been injured after illegal migrant attacks on the Polish-Belarusian border. "A group of foreigners attacked Polish officers," Michał Bura from the Podlasie Border Guard Unit told Polish Radio Białystok. Photo:Polish Border Guard/x.com/Straz_Graniczna The incident took place on Wednesday near Dubicze Cerkiewne, eastern Poland. The soldiers were hit in the face with dangerous
A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is facing severe charges in Poland, including inciting espionage and directing criminal threats against a Polish citizen. Photo:pxhere.com/CC0 Public Domain If convicted, he could face a minimum of eight years in prison and up to life imprisonment. The suspect, identified only as Oleksandr D., was detained in early March by Polish Homeland Security and
Poland will reinstate a 200-metre buffer zone at its eastern border with Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, after a soldier was seriously injured in an attack by illegal migrants the previous day. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (centre) speaks during a visit to the country's border with Belarus on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.Photo: PAP/Artur Reszko A Polish soldier from the 1st
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to investing €300 million in Poland's satellite program, EIB President Nadia Calviño announced. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and the head of the European Investment Bank, Nadia Calviño.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański The investment is part of the EIB's new action plan for security and defense. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk praised the agreement,
Over half of Poles believe that in the event of an armed conflict, a travel ban should be imposed on military-age men, the PAP news agency has reported. Boundary marker at the Poland-Belarus border in the village of Ozierany Wielkie, May 2024. Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak 54.4% of respondents agreed, with 20.9% strongly supporting the idea of preventing Polish
