The high number of deaths is a result of former records of infections. I suspect that there will be more of them – assessed virologist prof. Włodzimierz Gut while commenting the Saturday’s health resort’s data concerning coronavirus’ infections.
President Andrzej Duda together with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, the Marshal of Polish Parliament Elżbieta Witek, the Marshal of Senate Tomasz Grodzki and the Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak laid the ceremonial wreath by the tomb of the Unkown Soldier at midday on Wednesday, the 11th of November.
The proposed mechanism concerning the rule of law is a part of the European Union’s budget package for 2021-2027, which requires EU’s unanimity. Poland will not accept it in this form – said the Member of the European Parliament Saryusz-Wolski.
This year’s Independence March will be in the form of ‘rally’ through Warsaw’s streets. Every motorized patriot and cyclists can take part in it. We start at 2 PM from Dmowski roundabout. We encourage participants to flag their cars – informed ‘The Independence March’ association.
Prof. Ryszard Legutko, the Member of the European Parliament, was a guest in program ‘W punkt’ in TV Republika. The main topics of today’s program were academia and students’ engagement into political protests. ‘Academia is a weak point of Polish freedom’ – said editor Piotr Lisiewicz’s guest.
Well-known pro-life activists from all over the world recorded a special video to show the support for Poles who fight for the right to life for every conceived child. ‘God bless you for the way you protect the unborn. We wish that our constitution and so many other constitutions protected them like yours does – said Fr. Frank Pavone in the record which was prepared by LifeSiteNews website.
The Deputy Minister professor Wojciech Maksymowicz resigned. He informed that he comes back to his profession – doctor. He will work on the coronavirus’ ward at the Clinical University Hospital in Olsztyn. He appealed to others to tread in his footsteps.
I am opposed to a total lockdown, M.D. Ernest Kuchar assessed. He admitted that in the same period, in previous years, there were more difficult times, when "100,000 cases were recorded daily at the peak of the flu season". "The health care system is currently burdened, but it is still efficient," he explained.
The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it had paid Poland EUR 1 billion within the SURE instrument to help protect jobs. "This is just the beginning - Poland will receive a total of EUR 11.2 billion from SURE," President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen wrote.
More than 10,000 people have applied for military service via the Internet since the launch of the new recruitment portal "zostanzolnierzem.pl" ("become a soldier"), the Ministry of Defense informed on Twitter.
Paramedics from the State Fire Service will support temporary hospitals, including the one being built at the National Stadium, the spokesman of the Chief Commander of the State Fire Service, capt. Krzysztof Batorski informed. As he added, 250 volunteers with paramedic qualifications have already applied to help.
Magdalena Wolińska-Riedi in her book ‘Woman in the Vatican’ took us for a trip to a mysterious world behind the Bronze Gate. As one of a few women living in the Vatican, she has shown surprising facts and curiosities following the Papal States. The book has been reprinted several times. What is more, crowds during meetings with the author indicates that these memories have met a warm reception.
The Pole did it again! Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat the world champion, Magnus Carlsen – for the second time in this year! The duel was in the fifth round of the 8th Altibox Norway Chess Tournament in Stavanger with the leading chess players.
Iga Świątek, in a fantastic style, triumphs at Roland Garros’ tennis court. Polish teenager won with, born in Russia, American tennis player Sofia Kenin 6:4 6:1. It is a historical success of our tennis player in Grand Slam.
We are not planning to return to controls at the internal borders of the European Union, said the Deputy Minister of Interior and Administration Bartosz Grodecki. As of today, we do not have information that any of the EU countries are planning to close their borders, he stressed.
The Polish economy may shrink in 2020 for the first time over the past 30 years, recording a recession of 3.9 per cent, and in 2021 it will begin to recover gradually, according to the World Bank report published on Wednesday.
Almost PLN 5 million will come from EU funding for the revitalization of the Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź. The total value of this investment is nearly PLN 8 million. The contract for co-financing the project was signed by the Marshal of the Łódź voivodeship, Grzegorz Schreiber.
A new package of restrictions will be introducing since Saturday, which is related to the escalation of the number of coronavirus cases. In the red zone, gastronomic premises may only be open until 22.00. Masks will become an obligation on free space not only in the red zone but also in the yellow zone, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski informed on Tuesday.
