Poland will apply the principle of reciprocity in relations with Brussels and will enforce its rights as an EU member, a spokesman for Law and Justice, Poland’s ruling party, has said in reference to attempts to block European funds for Poland.
Ukrainian soldiers and engineers are also introducing improvised weapons systems to fight the Russian aggressor. These include both civilian drones converted into strike drones and multi-propelled rocket launchers. One such system using parts from the destroyed Russian BM-21 Grad system is a lightweight nine-guide missile launcher bearing the name "Witcher".
Close to 390,000 Ukrainians have found employment thanks to streamlined procedures introduced to help them find work, a deputy family and social policy minister has said.
Polish scientists have patented an anti-corrosive water-based varnish with graphene oxide G-Flake. The varnish can be used to protect steel structures of buildings, internal surfaces of ships or electric motors.
The pilot project 'Opływ na wypasie' (in English: “The grazed runoff” – editor’s note) has begun. The city of Gdańsk has announced that a herd of 15 sheep has been released for the first time in a park next to the Motława River. The animals will take care of biodiversity, soil welfare and selective grass cutting. The safety of the animals is supervised by their keeper, the shepherd Tymoteusz Hagno.
Poland's currency is one of the sources of its economic success and giving it up would be a grave mistake, the governor of Poland's central bank (NBP) said in an interview for Monday's Dziennik Gazeta Prawna newspaper.
The Institute for the Study of War draws attention to one broadcast of Komsomolskaya Pravda. In a radio appearance, a journalist called for repression and violence against Ukrainian partisans and civilians who refuse to cooperate with the Russian-substituted authorities in the occupied territories.
“This was a pilgrimage organised by Brother Joseph’s travel agency, which set off from Częstochowa. Among the pilgrims were 3 priests, 6 nuns and lay pilgrims,” the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lukasz Jasina, reported today.
Poland was against the EU regulation on a voluntary reduction of natural gas consumption this winter, according to documents published on the European Council's website.
Twelve people died and many were injured in an accident involving a Polish coach that occurred on Saturday before 6 am on the A4 motorway north of the Croatian capital Zagreb, Croatian news agency HINA reported. The information was confirmed by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with Polish consular services going to the scene. It added that all the victims of the accident were Polish citizens.
A two-day curfew will be in force in Mykolaiv, an important port city in the southern part of Ukraine, from Friday evening. The information was provided by the regional authorities. The restrictions will remain in place until the morning hours of 8 August.
The US Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighters will participate in a Nato Air Shielding mission over the Alliance's eastern flank, Poland's defence minister wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
The first month of the war was the worst. There were almost no breaks in the Russian attacks. The attack on Kyiv ended, it started on Izium, then on Odesa and so on one by one," said Lt Col Denys Smazny, quoted by the Ukrainian portal TSN.ua. The military officer also revealed the heavy losses suffered by the Russian aggressor during one of the attacks on Kyiv.
Poland's State Treasury will buy out shares in the Polish Mining Group (PGG), Europe's biggest coal mining conglomerate, from four shareholders in which the Treasury has stakes.
Polish has joined the ranks of official languages in the Municipality of Aurea in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, alongside Portuguese, the official language of the Federative Republic of Brazil, reports the Polish Community Association. According to the Association, the Brazilian-Polish community has thus accomplished "an unprecedented thing in its history."
The US State Department announced the imposition of sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged partner Alina Kabayeva, as well as other members of the Russian elite and entities and individuals involved in attempts to circumvent sanctions. At the same time, the US State Department sanctioned three more oligarchs and 24 entities in the arms sector.
There was an accident on the A14 motorway in Germany at night from Thursday to Friday that resulted in the driver of a sports Porsche being decapitated. Polish drivers were involved in an attempt to stop the damaged vehicle.
