"I am grateful to Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki for readiness to support COVID-19 vaccination at NATO Headquarters," wrote the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Jens Stoltenberg on Twitter.
We are solely responsible for breaking the third wave of the epidemic, we have three tools in our hands that can protect us from the unfavorable developments: vaccinations, restrictions and basic safety rules, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Saturday.
The triumphal arch that will be built in Tomaszów Lubelski will remind us of our great Polish history, said Jacek Sasin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Assets. On Saturday, he signed the foundation act for the construction of the arch.
President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki took part in a commemoration ceremony today to mark the 40th anniversary of the bloody events in the city of Bydgoszcz. During the so-called Bydgoszcz Provocation, communist riot police severely beat a number of representatives of the "Solidarity" Independent Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Farmers, who had arrived to meet representatives of the authorities to demand that the regime legalize their independent trade union. The event is considered a crucial moment in the lead-up to the military communist junta imposing martial law in Poland in December 1981.
The fourteenth pension in the amount of PLN 1,250.88 gross will go to seniors this year in November or December. It will be about PLN 1066 net, reminded on Friday Deputy Minister of Family and Social Policy Stanisław Szwed.
Due to the epidemic situation, all hearings and sessions in the Supreme Court were canceled from March 22 to April 9 this year. Exceptions concerning cases requiring examination are determined by the presidents of individual chambers of the Supreme Court.
The Sejm's Culture and Media Committee dealt with information on the situation of journalists, who Ringier Axel Springer Polska Publishing House brought a lawsuit. The Committee expressed deep concern about the attempts to systematically intimidate journalists and the Polish media by Ringier Axel Springer Polska (RASP).
Solidarna Polska will support the candidacy of Bartłomiej Wróblewski for the Ombudsman, the minister-member of the Council of Ministers, deputy head of the SP, Michał Wójcik, informed the media. The decision was made on Wednesday at a meeting of the party's national board.
Daniel Obajtek decided that the best solution to cut through speculation and a string of lies about him is to turn to the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA), which has the appropriate tools to explain such matters, Maciej Zaborowski, lawyer, who today submitted an application for re-inspection of the assets of the incumbent president of PKN Orlen, tells the Niezalezna.pl portal,. Will that stop the campaign of lies?
Łódź will be the first large city in Poland to issue green bonds, informed the city's deputy mayor Adam Pustelnik. The money from the issue is to go, among others for the construction of retention reservoirs at the Group Sewage Treatment Plant.
The Ministry of Health reported 10 896 new infections, and 28 more deaths as of yesterday. Last week the respective numbers were 6,170 and 35. The statistics show clearly the rising wave of coronavirus infections. The Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski announced that up to 40,000 beds would be available for new patients.
Recently, the increase in the daily number of coronavirus cases on a weekly basis is about 25 percent. The weekly average reached 16,000 cases. Difficult weeks are ahead of us, wrote the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski on Twitter on Sunday.
Residents of social welfare homes will be able to meet their families from Monday, informed the spokesman of the Municipal Family Assistance Center in Szczecin. Meetings will take place in the gardens at the facilities.
United Poland, one of the three parties that make up the ruling United Right Coalition, has announced that it remains opposed to the recovery plan presented by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The plan will have to be ratified by the Polish parliament. If the entire opposition and United Poland vote against the plan, the government will not have a majority in favour of ratification. The parliaments of the other 26 member states will also have to ratify their own plans in order for the money from the EU’s 750 billion Euro recovery fund to start flowing. If the EU’s recovery fund is not ratified by all 27 member states the initiative will fail and it’s back to the drawing board.
Allied cooperation is crucial for the future of NATO, it enables deterrence wherever necessary, said Deputy Commander of US Air Forces in Europe and Africa, Lieutenant General Steven Basham.
The ruling Law and Justice party is to announce a new economic program for Poland. According to press leaks, it is expected to be announced on March 20th. Some details of the project are still unofficial. They include increasing tax-free income to 30,000 PLN a year as well as the elimination of taxation on pensions.
The President of the Constitutional Tribunal, Julia Przyłębska, was honored with the Gregory I the Great Award, granted by the "New State" monthly. This fact was noticed on the official profile of the office on the Albicla website.
Robert Karaś, a prominent Polish athlete, finds himself at the centre of controversy as the International Ultra Triathlon Association (IUTA) imposes a harsh penalty for doping violations. Karaś's once-celebrated record in the 10xIronman distance has been tarnished, marking a significant setback in his career.
Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski was a Polish Cold War spy who divides opinions. He has been hailed as a hero by some and denounced as a traitor by others for leaking confidential plans about the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact alliance to the CIA.
The most beautiful Polish tall ship Dar Młodzieży “The Gift of Youth” set sail for a voyage around the world to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence.
Few other Polish nuclear scientists have been as forgotten by the Polish general public as Joseph Rotblat. Known abroad as one the greatest champions of the global peace movement and one of the most influential proponents of nuclear disarmament, the memory of Rotblat in Poland has been fading away for years. Determined to do something to change that course, Warsaw officials have decided to name a centrally located square after him.
A tragic accident occurred in the north of Italy. A drunk driver drove into a group of German tourists who were standing on the side of the road. 6 people were killed and 11 were injured. All fatalities were between 20 and 25 years old.
