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
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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
Polish troops, NATO allies in joint drills despite pandemic
Undeterred by the coronavirus, Polish troops are training intensely in the northeast of the country together with their NATO allies, officials have said. The joint maneuvers, codenamed Tumak-20, are being held at an exercise site near the northeastern town of Orzysz, the country’s defence minister announced on Wednesday. The main aim is
EU pushes to solve pandemic stimulus spat as Poland makes claims of ‘hypocrisy’
European officials will be entering “intensive” negotiations in the coming days after Hungary and Poland blocked a deal on the region’s $2 trillion stimulus plan — an impasse that’s raising concerns over an economic recovery in the region. The two countries vetoed the deal after it was suggested that future stimulus
Bulgaria spells out conditions for unblocking North Macedonia’s EU path
Bulgaria vetoed the decision to open EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia on Tuesday (17 November), a move which indirectly also affects Albania, another Western Balkans candidate which has advanced on its EU path in tandem with Skopje. The decision is hardly surprising. The Bulgarian Parliament unanimously adopted a tough declaration
Poland and the USA have a solid basis for cooperation – the press. assistant
Solid Polish-US relations do not rest solely on the personal relations between the presidents of the two countries, an aide to President Andrzej Duda has said in an interview with the newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. Referring to the US elections and their significance for Poland, Krzysztof Szczerski told the paper that