Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that Poland will “demand the broadest possible sanctions” against Russia – including an embargo on nuclear fuel and the transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine – as the EU discusses a new set of measures against Moscow. On Wednesday, diplomatic sources told Reuters that the
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Polish FM Radosław Sikorski postpones US visit
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. "Due to the urgent duties of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his absence in Washington, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski's visit, scheduled
One in 10 migrants crossing the Belarus-Poland border in need of life-saving treatment, NGO says
Médecins Sans Frontières, which has been treating migrants crossing into Poland since late 2022, said that many suffer hypothermia, dehydration, exhaustion and physical violence while making the perilous journey. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, hundreds of people have crossed the border between Belarus
A backlash against the backlash: Poland’s failed conservative revolution
A leading theory on the success of right-wing populism posits a “cultural backlash” against progressive social change – or the spectre of it. Older voters and those outside metropolitan centres supposedly feel threatened by shifting values and mass migration, creating fertile ground for political forces promising to preserve traditional social structures. Poland
Daily briefing of the Ukrainian ministry of defense, March 6 2022
08.00 State Emergency Service of Ukraine reports that 15 private houses were destroyed as a result of Russian occupiers’ missile strike on the private sector of Ovruch town. 5 private houses were ruined completely. Preliminary estimations suggest that there are no casualties. Also, according to the State Emergency Service, on the
PM Morawiecki calls on EU to act over social media ‘censorship’
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, himself a former anti-communist underground activist in the 1980s has accused social media giants of growing “censorship” reminiscent of “authoritarian regimes” such as those of the communist period. He said he wanted to see these companies regulated by EU and Polish law to contain them. “We lived
20 in 2020: From isolation to mass protest in Poland
Mateusz Morawiecki to German media: inclusion of rule of law clause is self-contradictory
EU criticises, US cheers UK approval of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
The European Union criticised Britain’s rapid approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (2 December), saying its own procedure was more thorough, while US health experts welcomed the British move as a sign US regulators should follow suit. Britain became the first western country to endorse a COVID-19 shot.
Police block Warsaw march against abortion ruling, force use
Police blocked protesters from marching in Poland’s capital as demonstrations took place across the country against an attempt to restrict abortion rights and recent police violence. Police and protesters played a game of cat and mouse in Warsaw as officers set up cordons which the protesters sought to evade, pushing them