A senior member of Slovakia's government met his Russian counterpart on Saturday in a rare high-level encounter between a European Union member state and a country the EU has sought to isolate. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attending a session at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) in Antalya, Turkey.Photo: EPA/TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE HANDOUT HANDOUT Slovakia's Foreign
The United States does not have any sign that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon, a spokesman for the US State Department has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin.Photo: EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY Matthew Miller made the remark after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that Moscow had weapons to strike targets in the West, the Reuters news agency reported. "It is not
Poland wants to host more US troops to help strengthen the eastern flank of NATO in response to the threat from Russia, Poland's minister for security services, Tomasz Siemoniak, has said. Tomasz Siemoniak Polskie Radio Speaking at a debate on security at the University of Warsaw on Monday, Siemoniak said that Poland's authorities were considering the scenario that the war in neighbouring Ukraine could spread to other countries, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency
Poland is ready to double its defence spending to deter Russia, the Polish foreign minister has said. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.Photo: PAP/Marcin Cholewiński Speaking in an interview with US broadcaster CNN on Sunday, Sikorski said that Poland was aiming to spend "close to 4 percent of GDP" on defence. He added that, if Russian President Vladimir Putin "really threatens us," Poland will "double" its defence spending. "We will not
Unemployment in Poland rose to 5.4 percent in January, from 5.1 percent in December, the country’s statistics office reported on Friday. Photo: PAP/Tytus Żmijewski The reading was in line with an earlier estimate by the government. There were around 837,170 people without jobs across the nation at the end of January, compared with 788,200 a month earlier, according to the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) office. The state-run statistics agency reported earlier this month that employment in Polish
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said in Warsaw on Friday that Brussels would release up to EUR 137 billion in Polish aid blocked as a result of a long-standing dispute over the rule of law. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meet in Warsaw on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański At a
Nearly two years into the war in Ukraine, only 10 percent of Europeans believe that Ukraine can defeat Russia, according to an EU-wide poll. Photo:EPA/MARIA SENOVILLA The study, conducted in January across 12 European Union countries, including Poland, found that 20 percent of respondents predicted a Russian victory, the euronews.com website has reported. Pessimism about the war's outcome was being fueled by Ukraine's failed counteroffensive,
A regional service centre for Abrams tanks has opened in the western Polish city of Poznań. US Ambassador Mark Brzezinski speaks at the launch of the Abrams Regional Sustainment Center in the western Polish city of Poznań on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024.Photo: PAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk The facility will handle the maintenance of US-made Abrams tanks purchased by the Polish army. The project is
European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen will visit Warsaw on Friday, together with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, a spokesman has announced. Ursula von der LeyenEPA/JULIEN WARNAND While in the Polish capital, the two will hold talks with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said on Tuesday. He added that Tusk, von der Leyen and De Croo would hold a joint media
Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk are set to visit US President Joe Biden at the White House on March 12, according to an announcement. Polish President Andrzej Duda (right) and Prime Minister Donald Tusk (left).Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka "President Biden will welcome President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland for a joint
