Politicians with Germany’s opposition CDU party have said that the country’s PCK Schwedt refinery should continue to process Russian oil, despite the Kremlin’s campaign of terror and aggression against Ukraine, according to reports. PCK Schwedt.Photo: Wikimedia Commons PCK Schwedt, which is majority-owned by the Russian energy giant Rosneft, processes between 10 and 11 million tonnes of oil per
The administration of US President Joe Biden is finalising plans to provide Ukraine with the Patriot air defence system and could announce the move later this week, news outlets have reported. The US-made Patriot air defence system.PAP/Tytus Żmijewski News of the plan was first reported by US broadcaster CNN on Tuesday night, according to Poland's biznesalert.pl
The European Union will fund up to 30 million LED bulbs for Ukraine, the bloc's chief executive said on Tuesday. Ursula von der Leyen EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ "We will fund up to 30 million LED bulbs for Ukraine, for precious energy savings," Ursula von der Leyen said in a tweet. "When 50 million of these bulbs are deployed with our partners, this will save
Poland will provide a range of training programmes for Ukrainian health workers to aid their country's bid to join the European Union, officials said on Monday. Poland's Health Minister Adam Niedzielski (centre) speaks to reporters in Warsaw on Monday, December 12, 2022.Twitter/Polish Ministry of Health Polish Health Minister Adam Niedzielski told reporters: “As agreed, we’ll be helping Ukraine join
The winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize denounced Russia’s ongoing invasion oof Ukraine, in speeches given at a formal award ceremony in Oslo on Saturday. From left, Natallia Pinchuk, representing her husband, the activist Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, Jan Rachinsky, representing the Russian organization Memorial and Olexandra Matviychuk, representing the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) pose
Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lauded mutual ties and NATO's unity amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, speaking at a joint press conference on Friday in Washington, D.C. Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meet in Washington on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.Photo:
The Polish prime minister has said his country has made "an enormous effort" in recent years to strengthen and modernise its armed forces to counter a threat from Russia. Mateusz Morawiecki.PAP/Tomasz Waszczuk Mateusz Morawiecki made the remark at a ceremony to hand over the first batch of South Korean-made K2 Black Panther tanks to the Polish army, state news agency PAP reported. Threat from
Eighty-three percent of Poles are in favour of accepting refugees from war-torn Ukraine, according to a new survey. Refugees from war-torn Ukraine at the Hrebenne border crossing in southeastern Poland, April 26, 2022.Photo: PAP/Wojtek Jargiło Meanwhile, 75 percent of respondents believe that the Russian invasion of Ukraine poses a direct threat to Poland’s security, the study by pollster CBOS found. The survey was carried out from November 7 to 17 on
Poland's foreign minister is visiting Washington this week for a series of talks and bilateral meetings. Zbigniew RauPAP/Roman Zawistowski Zbigniew Rau's talks in Washington are expected to focus on Russia's war against Ukraine and Polish-US military cooperation. His visit opened with a meeting with Republican Congressmen Steven Cohen and Addison 'Joe' Wilson. Cohen is co-chair of the US Congress's Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), also known as
The Kremlin’s press secretary has called on the Russian public to ignore "provocative messages" on social media about a second wave of mobilisation for the war in Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a US think tank. The Kremlin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has called on the Russian public to ignore "provocative
