Contents tagged with Poland
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Polish Prime Minister calls Russia greatest threat to his country
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki considers Russia to be the greatest threat to his country at present, especially within the context of Russian aggression in the area of eastern Ukraine adjacent to the aggressor state.
"Thus, I assess [that there is] a threat from Russia. I think that what Russia is doing in Ukraine is very dangerous," The Polish Prime Minister told Polskie Radio.
Morawiecki also commented on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which is planned to link …
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Polish company fell under the US sanctions for trading coal from separatist-held territory of Donbas
The Polish company, Doncoaltrade, which was engaged in exporting of coal from the separatist-controlled territories of the Donbas, was included in the US sanctions list, as stated in a message on the website of the US Department of the Treasury.
On Friday night, the US Treasury announced the expansion of sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Ukraine, adding to it 21 individuals and 12 organizations.
Polish publication Gazeta Prawna reported on November 5 that anthracite from …
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Polish Foreign Minister asks US Army to remain longer in the country
Poland hopes the United States will significantly participate in modernizing the Polish army, stated Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz after a meeting between US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, wPolityce reports.
"We hope that the ongoing talks concerning the Patriot system and other systems – we discussed helicopters produced in Poland, Black Hawks – we hope that these will be soon finalized," the Foreign Minister added. According to …
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Polish Sejm votes in favor of ban on 'Bandera Propaganda'
The Polish Sejm voted on Friday to amend a law on the Institute of National Memory to introduce punishment for so-called “Bandera propaganda”. The amendment stipulates a fine or imprisonment for up to 3 years for the denial of crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists, reports Onet.pl.
The amendment refers to actions related to the use of "violence, terror or other forms of human rights violations against individuals or groups of people” that occurred in the time period between 1925 and 1950. …
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Poland wants to increase US military presence in the country
Poland expects that the number of American soldiers present in the country will increase this year, as stated by the new head of the Polish Ministry of Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, at a meeting with US National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster in Washington. According to PAP news agency, Błaszczak expressed the government's position as follows: "I said - and this is the position of the Polish government - that we expect a more numerous presence of US troops in Poland." "We guarantee that this …
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New Foreign Minister of Poland expressed hope for quick resolution of historical issues with Ukraine
The new head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Jacek Czaputowicz expressed his hope for an early settlement of historical issues with Ukraine, as reported on the website of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Czaputowicz had his first telephone calls with the Foreign Ministers of Hungary (at the request of Hungary) and Ukraine.
"Minister Czaputowicz reaffirmed Poland’s commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and stressed that Poland will continue to support Ukraine’s …
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Poland: President Kaczynski’s Tu-154 destroyed by explosion
The commission of the Polish Ministry of Defense, in re-investigating the causes of the crash of the president’s Tu-154, recognized the conclusions of the technical report, which states that the plane was destroyed by an explosion. This conclusion was made at the plenary session of the commission on January 10.
“The left wing of the Tu-154 was destroyed by an internal explosion,” the commission said. In addition, it was stated that on board there were “several sources of the explosion: in the …
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Ex-defense Minister of Poland: restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty is a priority
The former Polish Defense Minister stressed that Moscow does not have any special rights in Europe or anywhere else in the world. Macierewicz assured that Poland will never accept Russia’s attempts to redraw the borders of Ukraine. “Ukraine is an important, independent state whose interests should be respected as well as the interests of any other country. And the restoration of its territorial integrity remains a priority for Poland,” the former Polish Defense Minister, Antoni Macierewicz …
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister calls Ukrainians ‘saviors of the Polish economy’
Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said that Ukrainians working in Poland are saving that country’s economic competitiveness.
"Nearly 300,000 [Ukrainians] have been granted work permits [by Poland], and more than 2 million have received visas, spending several billion euros (Polish statistics). To me, as a mathematician, this ratio seems very attractive to the Polish economy. Even without taking into account the fact that Ukrainians are saving the competitiveness of the Polish economy," …
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Polish Prime Minister: Poland accepted 1.5 million Ukrainians, most of them are from the Donbas
Poland has accepted 1.5 million Ukrainians, most of them from the territories where fighting is still going on, as stated by the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, during a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, in Budapest, Polskie Radio reports.
"We have received 1.5 million Ukrainians, with the majority of them being people from the territories where military activities have been continuing. We estimate that at least several tens of thousands are people who have …