"I hid seven children in the boot of my car. Apart from my own, there were children of friends and family. I quickly headed east, but after a short drive, I saw that I was heading toward the Russians. I realised that this was the end. I was already reconciled with my death," says Tanja, sister of Olga Sukhenko, the murdered village chief of Motyzhyn.
Six American F-22 Raptor combat jets have been sent to Poland under Nato's Air Shielding programme, it was announced on Wednesday by the US Air Force's Europe and Africa command.
Malopolska police are establishing the identity of a man, murdered in the 1990s, whose remains were found two years ago in Kraków's Olsza district. Investigators are appealing for anyone who recognises the man's image or has any information on the case to contact them.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) provided EUR 36.6 billion of funding to EU cohesion regions in 2021, Poland received EUR 4.5 billion making it the largest beneficiary, the EIB announced on Wednesday.
Jarosław Kaczyński, President of the Law and Justice party (PiS), will meet on Wednesday with the leader of the Christian Democrat party CDU and the head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group CDU Friedrich Merz. Among the main topics of conversation are expected to be the issues of war reparations, gas, as well as the situation in Ukraine and German involvement in allied activities, a source in the Law and Justice party told the paper.
Poland has purchased FA-50 combat aircraft from South Korea because of the impossibility of buying US-made F-16s, the Polish defence minister has said.
Polish firefighters are heading to the Czech Republic to help battle raging fires that have ripped across one of the country’s national parks on the border with Germany.
Sustainable and multifunctional forest management is one of the largest branches of the Polish economy. Foresters provide constant growth of forest area in the country, not only by logging but also by renewing tree stands and afforesting wastelands. At the same time, they make forest areas available to the public, which is not such a common practice in other European countries. This is why the forest management carried out by Polish foresters is a model for the whole of Europe.
Krzysztof Piątek is likely to leave Hertha Berlin in the near future. However, the Polish footballer could stay in the Bundesliga, with Borussia Dortmund interested in hiring the 27-year-old striker.
"Russia will not attack a strong opponent, which is why Poland is building up its land forces, Poland's defence minister said in an interview for Monday's issue of the "Sieci" weekly, fragments of which appeared online on Sunday.
A cyclist who wanted to enter a railway crossing despite the red light and the lowering bar bitterly regretted it. The woman hit her head on it. "The intervention of an ambulance was necessary," - PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe informs. The company - as a warning - has published a video of the incident.
Claims that the grave of a Viking king has been discovered in Poland with the help of satellite technology have been dismissed by a leading Warsaw archaeologist.
Tomasz Walentek, who fought in the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine, has fallen a few days ago in Donbas. The news of his death was confirmed by the MMA Poland organisation.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has reported that Ukrainian forces have succeeded in repelling Russian attacks in the Verkhn'okam'yans'ke area east of Seversk, as well as an assault on the Vuhlehirsk Thermal Power Plant southeast of Bakhmut.
Mariusz Blaszczak, the Polish defence minister, has said Germany has been deceiving Poland in its offer to replace some of the Soviet-era T-72 tanks that Poland passed on to Ukraine.
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.
