Contents tagged with Poland
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Polish prime minister highlights dangers of Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, speaking in European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 4, cautioned Europe against the joint construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia.
He believes that, starting with Central Europe, everyone may be adversely affected by the construction of Nord Stream 2, which he considers a purely political project, not an economic one.“The European Union does not need Nord Stream 2, which will increase the risk of instability in Eastern Europe and …
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Poland finds violations in Gazprom contracts
Poland’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has discovered violations in gas contracts made with Gazprom between 2009-2010, according to a document published on the NIK’s website.
The document states that former Polish Economy Minister Waldemar Pawlak made agreements with the Russian company “without the needed backing in the form of an approved negotiation instruction, and after the approval of such instructions, some of the agreements were incompatible with the obligatory principles”.
The NIK also …
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Stockholm Arbitration Court supports Poland’s demand for a reduction in gas prices from Gazprom
In the interim judgment on the claim of the Polish oil and gas company PGNiG, the Stockholm Arbitration Court ruled that it can demand that the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom reduce gas prices, as evidenced by the partial decision of the Court published by the press-service of the PGNiG.
The Polish company has the right to demand lower prices for Gazprom’s Russian gas within under the so-called Yamal contract, the long-term contract under which the Russian company supplies Poland with gas.
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Warsaw: Poland is far from a joint historical declaration with Ukraine
The common historical declaration between Ukraine and Poland "is not even visible on the horizon,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Bartosz Cichocki said, the Polish edition of Wpolityce reported.
"In a dialogue with Ukraine, we got stuck on the issue of an administrative ban on conducting search and exhumation. This prohibition shows how different our views are on historical truth," he says.According to Cichocki, the question of a common historical declaration is not being …
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Polish Senate approves changes to the Law on the Institute of National Remembrance
The changes to the Law on the institute of National Remembrance adopted by the Sejm have been approved by the Polish Senate. 76 senators voted in favor of the changes, one was against, one senator abstained, Polish radio reports.
The Senate abolished a clause that assumed criminal responsibility for attributing Nazi crimes to Poland. "These regulations came into effect on March and gave rise to disputes, particularly with Israel, the United States and Ukraine,” the statement reads.
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Warsaw: Poland painstakingly working to prevent Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Polish Deputy Minister of Energy Michał Kurtyka said that Warsaw has demanded that the EU gas directive be changed as soon as possible to prevent the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Polskie Radio reports.
According to Kurtyka, the ambassadors of the European Union will amend the document in late June. The deputy minister said this has become possible as a result of "the hard, painstaking and months-long work of Polish diplomats." These amendments will extend EU legislation to all …
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Poland wants to be a mediator in the US-EU conflict
The Polish government intends to take the position of an intermediary between the European Union and the United States in the conflict that erupted after the G7 summit over trade tariffs, said Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Moravetsky in an interview with Gazeta Polska.
"Everybody probably noticed that today, the paths taken by the EU and the United States began to diverge and now [the situation] depends on whether Poland [can mediate] the two sides or remain in the uncomfortable position of …
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Poland calls for increased military cooperation with Ukraine
According to a statement by Poland’s Ministry of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, Poland supports increasing military cooperation with Ukraine.
“It’s terrible when an independent country is subjected to the aggression of a neighboring state—Russia. And we see a real portrait of the aggressor, not a picture provided by the Russian media. We will continue strengthening our cooperation and will meet as often as possible to resolve all pressing issues” stated Blaszczak at a press conference after the …
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Poland finds traces of explosives on Kaczynski crash victims
The Polish commission to investigate the Tu-154 airplane catastrophe over Smolensk, which killed then Polish President Lech Kaczyński, said that it has found traces of explosive substances on the body of one of the crash victims. This was announced in a communique from the Polish investigators, as cited by the Polish Press Agency.
According to the Polish investigators, explosive substances were also found “on many fragments” of the plane. However, no traces of it were found on the ground at …
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Harvest of strawberries in Poland under threat because of shortage of workers from Ukraine
Up to 40% of the strawberry crop in Poland may remain unharvested due to the lack of workers from the Eastern border, namely from Ukraine, said President of the National Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers, Andrzej Gajowniczek, the Polish radio reports.
According to Gajowniczek, it is not only the crop of strawberries that may remain unharvested—cherries and raspberries are also under threat, due to changes in the legal and administrative procedures.
“The workers from Ukraine have …