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Government adopts new measures to aid Polish farmers

The government adopted a set of measures meant to aid Polish farmers hit by the war in Ukraine. "Farmers who have sold grain at lowered price won't be at a loss, they will receive compensation," chief of PM's office Jan Grabiec said at a press conference on Thursday (April 25). Deputy Agriculture Minister Michał Kołodziejczak explained the rules of the new plan.

Ukraine, USA, Germany, France, Russia. MFA chief Sikorski laid out key foreign policy tasks

Ensuring Poland's security and its strong position in the European Union as well as restoration of an apolitical foreign service are on the long list of tasks presented on Thursday (April 25) by the head of Polish diplomacy Radosław Sikorski. In his parliamentary address, the foreign minister stressed that Germany and France are Poland's "most important partners in the European Union". "Maintaining the European Union’s comprehensive support for Ukraine’s independence, including its efforts on the path towards EU membership, will be a priority of our government’s European policy," Sikorski reassured. 

Donald Tusk has pneumonia. Talks on nuclear sharing with president Duda on May 1 unlikely

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will limit his public duties over the coming days after he was diagnosed with a case of pneumonia, his office said on Thursday (April 25). Earlier that day, President Andrzej Duda the prime minister for talks on May 1 about NATO's nuclear sharing program. Due to Tusk's illness, the meeting is unlikely take place on that date. Russia's foreign ministry warned that any nuclear weapons deployed to Poland would become legitimate targets in the event of an armed conflict with the NATO military alliance.

U.S. State Department releases report on human rights in Poland

The U.S. Department of State has published an annual report on human rights practices across the globe. The situation in Poland in 2023 has been summarized on 45 pages. The document points out, among other things, reports of discrimination of women, danger to the independence of courts and media freedom, and excessive use of force by the police.

British PM Sunak announces new support package for Kyiv and lifts UK's defence spending to 2.5% of GDP

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday (April 23) he would lift defence spending to 2.5% of GDP to reach 87 billion pounds ($108 billion) a year by 2030, saying Britain could not be complacent when the world was at its most dangerous since the Cold War. Speaking in Warsaw alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Sunak also pledged to increase Britain's military support for Ukraine by 500 million pounds to take its total for this financial year to 3 billion pounds.

A "reliable, apolitical police". Poland to create a new anti-graft agency

The Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) will be replaced with the Central Bureau for Combating Corruption (CBZK), announced the coordinator of Poland's special services, Tomasz Siemoniak. PM Donald Tusk, an outspoken critic of the CBA, said later on Monday (April 22) he wanted a "reliable, apolitical police that would fight corruption, but primarily keep a close watch on the government, not the opposition".

Nuclear sharing in Poland? Tusk: I'd like to know president Duda's motivation

I'm eagerly waiting to meet with President Andrzej Duda. I'd like to understand all circumstances that lead him to make such a declaration, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday (April 22). President Duda had declared in an interview Poland was ready to host nuclear weapons as part of NATO's nuclear sharing program. Tusk also told a press conference that Tuesday's visit to Warsaw by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was part of Poland's plan to rebuild its security position in Europe.

The 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Church bells and sirens sounded at noon on Friday (April 19) in Warsaw to mark the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The insurgency was the largest act of armed Jewish resistance during World War II and the first urban uprising against the Germans in occupied Europe.

Polish police detain two men suspected of attacking Navalny's aide Leonid Volkov

Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Leonid Volkov, an exiled top aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Polish and Lithuanian police said on Friday (April 19). Lithuanian authorities informed that the detained men were both Polish citizens and had been detained on April 3 in Warsaw. Polish PM Donald Tusk said on social media later on Friday that Poland had also detained a Belarusian citizen working for Russia who was suspected of ordering the attack.

President Duda at UN General Assembly: our goal should be to prevent crises, not just react to them

In his speech before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Poland's President Andrzej Duda said that the world "is facing multiple global crises that have significant impact on infrastructure systems". He argued, however, that advancement of said systems could be a good way to respond to the crises at hand. "Our goal should be to prevent crises, not just react to them," the president added.

Kamiński and Wąsik charged for disobeying public office ban

Mariusz Kamiński, a former interior minister and Law and Justice (PiS) MP, and his former deputy at the ministry, Maciej Wąsik, heard criminal charges for participating in parliamentary work despite having been issued a court ban on holding public office. Both politicians refused to acknowledge the charges and dismissed them as "political repression" carried out by the current government.

Tusk: if words could change into rocket launchers, Europe would be a superpower

"If all the words that were said in the last years here in Brussels about common defence, could be changed into bullets and rocket launchers, Europe would have become the strongest power in the world. And the safest place," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on X on Thursday (April 18), during the first day of a special European Council summit in Brussels.

Donald Tusk on Time's 100 most influential people list

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has been listed by the Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2024. Tusk received a written laudation from the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Time's Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs wrote that the list includes people who "most changed the stories that define the past year".

Gov't plans changes in energy prices. Price cap to go up

The maximum power price for Polish households will be set at 500 zlotys ($123) per megawatt-hour (MWh) for the second half of 2024, according to a draft bill posted on the government's website late on Tuesday (April 16), up from 412 zlotys per MWh currently.

Border guards help Ethiopian woman and her newborn girl

Polish Border Guard officers and soldiers safeguarding the Polish-Belarusian border found an Ethopian woman who had given birth to a little girl just hours before. The mother and the newborn were both taken to a hospital in Hajnówka.

Prosecutor General: 578 people targeted with Pegasus in 2017-2022

Surveillance with the use of Pegasus spyware in 2017-2022 targeted 578 persons - according to information the Prosecutor General's office has sent to the parliament. The highest number of people spied on with Pegasus was recorded in 2021, when 162 persons were under surveillance.