Trade unionists from the Polish Mining Group (PGG), demanding, among others, compensation for miners for overworked weekends and an increase in the wage fund, started on Tuesday a blockade of coal shipment from mines to power plants. The action is expected to last two days. PGG invited the unions to talks on 10 January.
Almost 10 thousand times more illegal attempts to cross the Polish-Belarusian border in 2021 were recorded by the Border Guard, compared to 2018. The services presented data summarising the last 4 years in this context. According to Stanisław Żaryn, they show that the migration route from Belarus to Poland is artificial.
After Paulo Sousa's departure, the Polish Football Association is frantically looking for a new manager for the white-and-red team. Interesting applications appear on Cezary Kulesza's desk. Andrea Pirlo Polish would like to lead players.
Kamil Wiśniewski on a quad took sixth place in the second stage of the Dakar Rally, while Jakub Przygoński ranked in the middle of the second ten among drivers. Among motorcyclists, Maciej Giemza was 20th and Konrad Dąbrowski 46th.
Just as each person has a unique fingerprint, they likely have an individual set of compounds contained in their exhaled air. If the AGH scientists' research confirms this hypothesis, breath could become another bio identifier, e.g., proving an identity.
Two amber rings, a bronze bowl and an iron knife in a leather sheath with bronze fittings were found in the grave of a man from the turn of the 11th and 12th century, which archaeologists discovered in Ostrowite (Pomerania). In their opinion, he was a representative of the elite of the time.
The President of the Polish Football Association Cezary Kulesza has announced the date when it will be known who will replace Paulo Sousa as Polish national team coach. "On January 19, at the first board meeting, we will know the name of the new coach," the member assured on TVP Sport.
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Tardigrades, tiny invertebrates, are super-strong animals, able to survive in a vacuum and temperatures near absolute zero. Now a group of scientists - including a UG researcher - have announced that in their experiment, a tardigrade (affectionately named Neil Wormstrong) survived quantum entanglement. It may have survived a lot, but it wasn't necessarily entanglement, other experts believe.
Rally driver and former WRC world champion Petter Solberg got a unique Christmas present. This is a Fiat 126, the car on which the Norwegian gained his first experience as a driver.
The former Vice-president of the Olsztyn District Court may have exceeded his powers by issuing an order to reinstate Judge Paweł Juszczyszyn. In connection with this decision, explanatory actions were initiated," Piotr Schab, the Disciplinary Ombudsman of Judges said. Krzysztof Krygielski has already lost his position in court.
"Police officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation of the Police (CBŚP) together with the National Prosecutor's Office prevented the abduction of a man for ransom. The would-be victim was being watched, accessories which were to be used to commit the crime were being prepared" - says the spokeswoman of the CBŚP, Sub-Lieutenant-Commander of the Police. Iwona Jurkiewicz.
28.12 on the Polish-Belarusian border no attempt to illegally enter the territory of Poland was found - the Border Guard informed. "In the sections protected by services in Narewka and Czeremcha, groups of up to 30 people approached the borderline, but seeing Polish patrols they withdrew," it added.
Today, Paulo Sousa will pay compensation by the end of the day for the early termination of his contract with the Polish Football Association (PZPN), media in Brazil and Portugal reported. This amount, which would make it easier for Sousa to start working with the Rio de Janeiro club Flamengo, oscillates in their opinion at 300 thousand euros.
Comments on the possible resignation of Paulo Sousa from the position of national football team manager of Poland are in progress. His agent denied media reports that the coach had signed an initial contract with Brazilian club Flamengo. The President of PZPN (Polish Football Association – editor’s note), Cezary Kulesza, did not hide his surprise at the whole situation. - We gave ourselves two days with Paulo Sousa. We will return to our conversation with the selector," he said in an interview with TVP Sport.
From Friday to Sunday there were 110 accidents on Polish roads; four people died and 140 were injured, according to Cmdr. Robert Opas of the Traffic Bureau of the Police Headquarters. He added that this was the lowest recorded death toll in many years.
Today Artur "Walus" Walczak died in Wroclaw clinic. During the PunchDown 5 show, the strongman suffered a stroke and was put in a medically induced coma, from which he was unable to wake up. The information about his death was confirmed by a person close to the strongman.
