The fight against the pandemic, the Anti-Crisis Shield, the Anti-Inflation Shield, the application to the European Commission for zero VAT on food products, and finally the Strategic Investments Program - these are the issues highlighted by the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, summing up the year 2021 in his post on Facebook.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki listened to the report on Polish war losses, prepared by the Parliamentary Team for Reparations. This was announced by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.

During Tuesday's telephone conversation, the head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for coordinated actions supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. They confirmed that any Russian aggression against Ukraine will face serious consequences for Russia, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

The KUKE and the Santander Group have provided Polish steel producer Cognor with the financing of nearly PLN 400 million for the expansion and modernization of its production facilities, which will help the company expand its operations and increase exports. For the first time, financing is provided based on new solutions available from this year at KUKE.

The situation around Ukraine and NATO-Russia relations were the main topics of talks with Jake Sullivan, the US President's Security Advisor, informed the head of the Polish President's International Policy Bureau Jakub Kumoch and the head of the National Security Bureau Paweł Soloch.

Since the law on the defence of the homeland has been prepared, we will start next year to strengthen the Polish Army with the most modern equipment, announced the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, in Rzeszów.

Poland will continue to stand by the people of Belarus. We will work together to ensure their desire for democratic transformation is respected and to help them build an independent Belarusian state, our friend and neighbour, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Monday.

Polish frikadelle, so the kotlety mielone, are often called also chops. It is prepared with pork or beef, rarely with veal. It is accompanied by mashed potatoes, and fried grated beets a set of salads.

Emil Cz., a soldier who escaped to Belarus and slanders Poland in interviews for the regime's media, is wanted on an outstanding warrant. The document has been officially issued. Just before Christmas, an order was issued for the temporary arrest of the deserter.

On December 27th, for the first time in Poland, we celebrate the National Day of the Victorious Wielkopolska Uprising, which a few weeks ago was established as a state holiday by the Sejm and the Senate of Poland. On this occasion, at noon, after the playing of the bugle call, a flag of the Wielkopolska Uprising appeared on the tower of St. Mary's Basilica in Krakow.

As early as a thousand years ago, green spaces were designed deliberately in cities. This is evidenced by Polish archaeologists who found the remains of a garden in the medieval town of Soba next to Khartoum in Sudan.

The heroes of this unique insurgency were primarily the inhabitants of towns, cities and villages in Wielkopolska (Greater Poland), who unanimously used their weapons to win a free Poland. Without their spontaneous decision, sacrifice and heroism, Wielkopolska would be another German province, said the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, in the spot published on the occasion of the 103rd anniversary of the Greater Poland Uprising.

Portraits of Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) insurgents, poems about their heroic actions and video materials describing individual participants in the struggle for independence in 1918 - such works were prepared by students as part of a competition devoted to the heroes of the Greater Poland uprising. The competition was organized by Enea. The company has also prepared awards for the best: laptops, tablets, skateboards and electric scooters.

Kantar lists seasonal favourites and promising newcomers for 2021. The favourite fruit of Poles is strawberry. It is also the most-awaited and most popular seasonal fruit. Another hit is the highbush blueberry, which has conquered rankings of the healthiest fruits around the world. It is a favourite fruit of Polish nutritionists and an export speciality.

- Blocking payments to Poland from the National Reconstruction Plan (KPO) is completely illegal. There are no, I repeat, no factual or legal grounds - says Jarosław Kaczyński, the president of the Law and Justice Party, to "Gazeta Polska Daily". The entire conversation with the deputy prime minister was published on Friday (Dec 24), in the Christmas Eve edition of 'GPC'.

- On holidays, the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border was calm - said the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Błażej Poboży. - This crisis is not a migration one. It is an artificially created crisis of airlifting migrants to the border area and trying to smuggle them into Poland and the European Union, he added.

We have created a beautiful culture that expresses our faith. Let us not allow ourselves to take it away, said the editor-in-chief of the weekly "Idziemy", Fr. Henryk Zieliński. According to the priest, customs such as decorating the Christmas tree and giving gifts help to experience the holidays, but should not obscure their essence.

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