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    4-Hills-Tornament: Dawid Kubacki on the podium in Bischofshofen

    Halvor Egner Granerud won the 71st edition of the Four Hills Tournament. The Norwegian sealed his triumph with a win in the competition in Bischofshofen. Dawid Kubacki finished third on Friday and was only second to Granerud in the overall TCS ranking.

    ISW: Russia conducts ceasefire. It intends to damage Ukraine’s reputation

    The Russians would definitely benefit from a break in the fighting, assesses the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in a recent report. Analysts also point out that Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a unilateral ceasefire on Thursday is most likely an information operation designed to damage Ukraine's reputation.

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    One-third of Poles opt for bringing back compulsory military service in Poland, a new poll reveals.

    Polish president describes Benedict XVI’s death as great loss

    The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, stressed the contribution of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to the Catholic Church after he attended the Pope's funeral in the Vatican on Thursday.

    Ruling party is against Germany’s EU veto abolition proposal, says official

    The secretary general of Poland's ruling party, the conservative Law and Justice (PiS), has spoken against Germany's proposal to abandon the veto rule in the EU so that single member states could not block major decisions.

    More opportunities to extend weekend with leave in 2023

    In 2022 Christmas Day fell on a Sunday. This means that employees working from Monday to Friday did not receive an additional day off, which is only granted when the holiday falls on a Saturday.

    Poland to push Germany for WWII reparations, says minister

    Poland will continue to pursue war reparations claim against Germany for WWII reparations despite Berlin saying the issue is closed, the Polish agriculture minister said on Wednesday.

    Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, almost completely forgotten WWII hero

    On 4 January 1943, Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz - a Polish scout and sportsman, agent of the British secret service during World War II, and hero of the Greek resistance - was shot dead by the Germans in Athens. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari.

    Baltic state contracts for Piorun air defence system made in Poland

    Another Baltic country will buy Poland’s Piorun (Thunderbolt) man-portable air-defence system, the president of the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) has announced.

    “Never again starvation wages and rates,” PM comments on minimum wage hike

    Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister of Poland, said that the 16-per cent minimum hourly rate hike meant that the government was restoring the dignity of work.

    Ukrainian officials delete tweet commemorating Bandera

    A Twitter post commemorating Ukrainian World War Two nationalist leader Stepan Bandera has been taken down from the website of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (parliament) after protests from Poland, a Polish minister said on Tuesday.

    Ziobro claims Black Eyed Peas LGBT gesture related to EU pressure

    Justice minister of Poland, Zbigniew Ziobro, has suggested that the support for the LGBT community expressed by Black Eyed Peas during a New Year's Eve concert in Poland organized by TVP could be part of further government concessions towards the EU.

    Dawid Kubacki is third in 4-Hills-Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

    Dawid Kubacki finished third in the second competition of the Four Hills Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The winner from Oberstdorf was Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud, followed by Slovenia's Anze Lanisek.

    Education minister condemns demands to remove religion from schools

    Poland's education minister has criticised the idea of scrapping religion classes in schools, claiming it is part of a wider plan to de-Christianise the Western world.

    Ruling coalition would win the election if it were today

    Poland's ruling United Right coalition would win a parliamentary election on Sunday with 36.3 per cent of the vote, a recent survey by the Estymator pollster has shown.

    President Duda pinpoints Poland’s security as top priority 

    Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has called on politicians to exclude security issues from a political dispute in the 2023 election year as Poland's security was absolutely a top priority.

    ISW suggests Putin has no idea on the further course of the war

    In his New Year's speech, Vladimir Putin failed to outline plans for how the Russian armed forces intend to reverse the unfavourable course of the war with Ukraine and how Russia will continue to pursue its maximalist goals, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assesses in a recent report.

    President of Poland, Prime Minister pay tribute to the late Pope Benedict XVI

    Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki have paid tribute to former Pope Benedict XVI who on Saturday died at his Vatican residence, aged 95.

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