In a statement during a visit to Rwanda, Polish President Andrzej Duda highlighted the importance of strengthening Poland's military capabilities to minimize the threat of a Russian attack. Polish President Andrzej Duda and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame meet in Kigali on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka The president's comments came during a joint press conference
A special commission on Tuesday started a parliamentary probe into suspected irregularities in the granting of Polish work visas under the country's previous government. Photo:PAP/Mateusz Marek The inquiry is led by Michał Szczerba, an MP for Poland’s ruling Civic Coalition (KO) group. Polish lawmakers in December voted 259-79, with one abstention, to approve the probe. The cash-for-visas scandal involves allegations that Polish consulates overseas issued work visas to migrants in
Poland's lower-house Speaker Szymon Hołownia has embarked on a two-day visit to neighbouring Lithuania, aiming to discuss bilateral ties and regional security in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine. Szymon Hołownia.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka During the visit, his first official trip abroad, Hołownia plans to hold talks with officials including Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė and parliamentary Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen. Speaking to reporters before the trip, Hołownia
This comes after Polish President Andrzej Duda's Friday interview for Kanal Zero youtube channel, where he made a surprising remark on Crimea that echoed nationally and around the world in the following hours and days. Burza po słowach prezydenta nt. Krymu. Teraz odpowiadaPAP/Piotr Nowak; twitter.com/@AndrzejDuda During the interview, Duda called Crimea "special for historical reasons", claiming that
Poland's top diplomat Radosław Sikorski has postponed his visit to the United States, where he was due to travel next week, according to the foreign ministry in Warsaw. Radosław Sikorski. Photo: PAP/Albert Zawada "Due to the urgent duties of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his absence in Washington, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski's visit, scheduled for February 6-11, has been postponed," the
Polish farmers plan to start a protest next Friday by blocking the country's border crossings with Ukraine, Poland's Solidarity trade union has announced. Photo:PAP/Darek Delmanowicz The protest comes amid a wave of similar demonstrations across Europe, it said. Farmers in France, Belgium, Portugal, Greece and Germany have been protesting against EU measures to tackle climate change as well as rising costs and unfair competition from abroad, the Reuters news agency reported. Polish farmers have voiced
Poland and Denmark have signed an agreement to step up cooperation in security and defence, officials said on Thursday. Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and his Danish counterpart Troels Lund Poulsen sign a security and defence agreement in Warsaw on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.Photo: PAP/Piotr Nowak The agreement was signed in Warsaw by the
The Polish government has signed an agreement with transport companies protesting at the border with Ukraine, under which the truckers will suspend their blockade until March, pending implementation of solutions to the standoff. Photo:PAP/Wojtek Jargiło Poland's Infrastructure Minister Dariusz Klimczak announced the deal at a news conference in Warsaw on Tuesday. He said Polish hauliers had agreed
Poland will hold its next local elections on April 7, with the second, runoff round scheduled two weeks later, the prime minister has said. Photo:PAP/Valdemar Doveiko Donald Tusk made the announcement at a news conference on Monday, public broadcaster Polish Radio's IAR news agency reported. The prime minister told reporters he had "decided to call local elections on
There has been a wave of border protests since Polish truck drivers and farmers have blocked several crossings with Ukraine since late last year, demanding that the EU reinstate a system whereby Ukrainian companies obtain permits to operate in the bloc. An aerial view of over 18-klilometre-long queue that occurred near the Vysne Nemecke border crossing
