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The renewed Poland-Belarus border crisis explained
Jun 12, 2024 · By Michał Piekarski. On 29 May, following the stabbing of a Polish soldier (who later died from his wounds) by a migrant trying to cross into Poland from Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced plans to introduce an exclusion zone on parts of the border.. The relevant regulation was signed today, 12 June, and will go into force tomorrow. The exclusion zone will ban unauthorised people ...
Influx of immigrants has left Polish state offices "unable to cope"
Mar 20, 2024 · Failing to sufficiently increase staffing in response to recent mass immigration has left Poland’s public administration “unable to cope”, reports the state audit office. It found that applications for residence permits take an average of one year to process. The record holder among the cases that the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) examined ...
Thousand-year-old sword found in Polish river
Jan 16, 2024 · A sword believed to be over 1,000 years old has been found at the bottom of a river in Poland. The discovery has sparked speculation that the item may have belonged to the Vikings. However, an expert has expressed scepticism. The sword was discovered in Włocławek, a city of 100,000 in central Poland, during dredging works on a marina in the ...
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Jul 16, 2024 · Poland has NATO's third-largest military, according to new figures.
Poland deploys military police to protect evacuated flood zones …
Sep 17, 2024 | Society. Poland has deployed military police equipped with night vision and thermal imaging devices to protect areas evacuated due to ongoing major floods from looters. The defence minister says that anyone caught stealing from victims of the disaster “will be severely punished”. Thousands of people have been asked to ...
Parliament rejects bill softening Poland’s abortion law after split in ...
Jul 12, 2024 · Poland's parliament has rejected a bill that aimed to soften the country's strict abortion law, following a division within the ruling coalition.
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Polish athletes call for return of Olympic commentator suspended over opening ceremony remarks. Culture, Media, News, Society. Przemysław Babiarz was suspended after saying that Imagine, which was played at the opening ceremony, presents a “communist vision”.
Poland outlines new rules for use of firearms at border amid …
Jun 18, 2024 · Poland’s government has proposed new rules for the use of firearms by uniformed officers amid an escalation of the security crisis at the border with Belarus.Prime Minister Donald Tusk ordered them to be prepared following the death of a soldier who was stabbed while trying to stop migrants from crossing.. The measures would remove criminal liability for the use of weapons in certain cases ...
Poland to be NATO’s biggest defence spender this year as …
Jun 19, 2024 | Defence. Poland will spend the equivalent of 4.12% of its GDP on defence this year, which is the highest level among NATO members and more than double the alliance’s guideline of 2%. The figure – part of estimates published by NATO this week for all its members – marks a rise from the 3.92% of GDP Poland spent on defence ...
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