European lawmakers on Thursday voted to approve a EUR 5 billion loan to help Ukraine cover its financing needs in the wake of Russia’s invasion, news outlets reported. Pixabay LicenseImage by Aleksandra from Pixabay The macro-financial loan endorsed by the European Parliament is the second, and largest, tranche of a EUR 9 billion EU support package, of which EUR 1 billion has already been disbursed, according to the europarl.europa.eu website. The EU legislature
A Polish deputy interior minister has said that 1.3 million war refugees from Ukraine are currently staying in Poland. Paweł Szefernaker.PAP/Marcin Bielecki Paweł Szefernaker announced the figures in an interview on Wednesday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. Szefernaker, who is also the government’s pointman for refugees from Ukraine, told public broadcaster Polish Radio: “As of today we have
The president of the European Commission on Tuesday delivered the 2022 State of the Union Address, reiterating the European Union’s support for Ukraine and vowing that “Putin will fail and Europe will prevail.” The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, delivers the 2022 State of the Union Address, in the European Parliament in
75 percent of Polish people feel that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a threat to Poland’s security, according to a new opinion poll, published on Monday. A person walks in front of a residential building damaged by Russian shelling, in the city of Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, on Monday, September 12, 2022.PAP/EPA/Sergey Kozlov Exactly three fourths of respondents
Russians and their collaborators are reportedly fleeing Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, heading for Russia, Poland’s niezalezna.pl website wrote on Monday. Russians and their collaborators are reportedly fleeing Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, heading for Russia, Poland’s niezalezna.pl website wrote on Monday. Photo: Wikimedia Commons According to niezalezna.pl, Russians and their collaborators are leaving many settlements in the Luhansk region,
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine will look into whether it can "urgently" supply 100,000 tonnes of thermal coal to "brother Poles" Premier Mateusz Morawiecki: Polska wzywa KE do przekazania Ukrainie 9 mld euroKancelaria Premiera/Twitter In his evening address on Saturday, the Ukrainian head of state referred to his meeting on Friday in Kyiv with Poland's Mateusz Morawiecki,
No more in the shadow of Russia Journalistwellphoto/Shutterstock.com The history of Russia's information wars against Ukraine is not limited to the last eight years of hybrid aggression, which finally turned into a full-scale war. It is much longer. During Soviet times, the Kremlin discredited the Ukrainian national movement, branding its members as anti-Semites and Nazi collaborators. Along with
Poland has taken in 6.14 million refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Polish Border Guard agency reported on Friday. Poland has taken in 6.14 million refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Polish Border Guard agency reported on Friday.Twitter/Polish Border Guard "Since February 24, a total of 6,141,000 people have crossed into Poland from Ukraine," it said in a tweet. On Thursday, some 23,400 refugees from Ukraine arrived in the
The Polish prime minister has said that Poland will be able to buy electricity from Ukraine “in a short space of time.” Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (right) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) meet in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, September 9, 2022.PAP/EPA/Sergey Dolzhenko Mateusz Morawiecki made the announcement after meeting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday, Polish state news
The prime ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have agreed to introduce “temporary national measures against Russian citizens who hold European Union visas,” to counteract “direct threats to public order and security” amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The prime ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Thursday agreed to introduce “temporary national measures against
