The House of Representatives intelligence commission, led by Democrat Adam Schiff, presented a report on their work, clearly incriminating Donald Trump. The president himself claims that the report is completely biased. The Republicans, on the other hand, stand shoulder to shoulder with the American president.
Democrats: Trump abused the authority
Marian Banaś – there will be no resignation
Marian Banaś, president of the Supreme Audit Office will not resign, although he was ready for such a step. The politician changed his mind because, as he said, he became the subject of a brutal political game. Banaś declared that he would continue his mission at the Supreme Audit Office. At the same time, he announced that he is ready to waive his immunity and face any questions of investigators.
”I wish to declare that I was ready to step down as the president of the Supreme Audit Office. Regretfully, I came to the conclusion that my person became a subject of a brutal political game. Today, some doubts regarding my past were raised. I consider them libelous and untrue”- says Marian Banaś, President of the Supreme Audit Office.
”In other parts of his statement, Marian Banaś stressed the importance of late Lech Kaczyński in the creation of a modern idea of the controlling of the state administration. He stated that he is an avid follower of that idea and in the spirit of responsibility for the statehood of Poland, he will continue his mission of the presidency of the Supreme Audit Office”- says Aleksandra Zarzycka ,TV Republika.
”I think we are facing a war between Marian Banaś and the Law and Justice party. It was no coincidence that he earned his nickname as „armored”, because despite all these allegations floating in the media, Banaś continues to claim to be clean and blames other people for making up false accusations. The worse is that it is at the cost of a reputation of a very important state office”- says Dariusz Joński, The Civic Coalition.
”First of all, where is the president of Poland? We need to hear the voice of the head of our state, a voice of a person who had received a popular vote from the majority of voters in our country. We need to hear his opinion on such neuralgic moments”- says Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, The Polish People’s party.
”This is for sure a glimmer of hope that he presents an openness and readiness to waive his immunity and face the possible questioning and alleged misconduct”- says Jan Kanthak, Solidarity Poland party, United Right.
”As we have learned from the speaker of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, the next session of the lower house will have a report by Mariusz Kaminski, the Minister of Interior and Administration, on the agenda, containing the results of Mr. Banaś investigation” – says Aleksandra Zarzycka ,TV Republika.
''Solidarność” at The Pope
Piotr Duda, alongside other „Solidarity” movement leaders, took part in an audience yesterday with Pope Francis. During the Wednesday general audience, the holy father mentioned the blessed priest Jerzy Popiełuszko, the patron of the “Solidarity” movement.
”I especially greet the organizers and participants of the conference dedicated to Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko, which took place at the Pontifical Urban University, initiating the exhibition dedicated to him. Thank you for maintaining the memory of this zealous priest and martyr, who was barbarically murdered by communist services. He sacrificed his life out of love for Christ, the church and the people, especially those deprived of their freedom and dignity”- says Pope Francis.
High poultry production in Poland
The supply of chickens is growing in Poland. Polish hatcheries delivered almost 122 million one-day chicks in October. – We’ve broken the record for chick production for the third time this year – said Katarzyna Gawronska, director of the National Chamber of Poultry and Feed Producers (KIPDiP).
Poland is strengthening its position as a poultry leader in Europe. Chicken production in Poland breaks records. In the Gawronska’s opinion, Poland’s slaughter potential would allow the market absorption of even more chickens, but foreign demand is growing far more slowly than Polish production capacity. – Insufficient demand and price competition on export markets are causing producers’ margins to shrink, which doesn’t enable the national production of chicks and livestock to achieve the potential that poultry facilities have – Gawronska explained. Poland is a major poultry exporter and the result is a great success, but if foreign buyers cannot be found for the growing production, then the Polish poultry sector could face problems, according to the KIPDiP director.
Polish coal mining has a future
Polish coal and mining have a future. We do not need to say today that this is a branch of the economy that is inevitably going to the end – Minister of State Assets Jacek Sasin said today during the Barbórka celebrations in Bogdanka near Lublin.
The minister pointed out that Poland is a country that cares about its energy security. – Today, energy security is based on coal – Sasin said. He added that we currently do not have other real energy sources in our own resources that will allow us to generate the right amount of energy for households and industry. He reserved however, that Poland did not reject the transition towards renewable energy sources. Sasin emphasized that Polish coal and Polish mining have a future and added that one can think optimistically that mining will continue to be an extremely important part of the Polish economy. The head of the Ministry of State Assets reminded that the government is planning the development of the Lublin Coal Basin.
The heroes of the Warsaw Battle will be commemorated
On December 5, we will get to know the details of the competition for the monument to the Warsaw Battle, which is to be erected at “Na Rozdrożu” Square – the press department of the city of Warsaw informed. The architectural and sculpting competition procedure is to start on Friday, December 6.
The court that will select the winning project consists of fifteen people. Among them are Deputy Minister of Culture Jarosław Sellin, President of the Council of Warsaw Ewa Malinowska-Grupińska and two councilors: Piotr Mazurek (PiS) and Tomasz Żyłka (KO), as well as experts – architects, urban planners and sculptors. The resolution to erect a monument commemorating the Warsaw Battle of 1920 on “Na Rozdrożu” Square was almost unanimously supported by Warsaw councilors in July this year with one abstention vote. There were doubts whether it will be possible to unveil the monument for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, but now there are voices both from the ministry and councilors that the chance to meet the deadline of August 15, 2020 still exists.
Poland’s museums treasures
A vernissage of “Leonardiana in Polish collections” has been opened at the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace in Wilanów. It is an exhibition thanks to which we can discover wonderful works of art referring to the work of Leonardo da Vinci.
The exhibition presents 39 objects, including six paintings (on canvas, board and parchment) as well as graphics and drawings corresponding formally and in terms of content with the painting “Savior of the World” (“Salvator Mundi”) from the collections of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace in Wilanów, which is the central exposure point. As the organizers of the exhibition emphasize, nowadays several versions of the paintings that make up such a composition created in the 16th century are known. The Wilanów’ painting has been the subject of historical and conservation research carried out in cooperation with research centers in Poland and abroad for a long time. The exhibition refers to the heritage of Leonardo da Vinci (as the heritage of the master’s ideas, forms and workshop), and also initiates new research areas, showing both unusual works and their history and the background of their acquisition. Part of the exhibition is also the presentation of technologically advanced image testing methods and ways to assess their age. The exhibition is open until October 15, 2020.
PKN Orlen drives the Polish economy
The company, present on 6 continents, strengthens Poland’s position as a significant player on the global market. Orlen has been continuously recognized as the most valuable brand in Poland for years. Its value is estimated at PLN 4.7 billion.
Orlen is the only company in the region that has already received the prestigious title of The Most Ethical Company for the sixth time in a row, awarded by the American Ethisphere Institute. Orlen became the owner of the Czech Unipetrol last year and has recently revealed plans to build a retail network in Slovakia. The Polish company also expanded its cooperation with the Lithuanian Railways, which yielded an increase in the efficiency of Możejki’s refinery operations. Scope expanding of activity in neighboring markets yielded an increasingly better position for Poland as a significant player on the European fuel and energy market. PKN Orlen also has a significant impact on the energy security of our country. Thanks to the long-term strategy for diversifying oil supplies, currently over 50% the raw material that goes to the Płock refinery, comes from directions other than eastern – including from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the USA or Africa. Independence from supplies from one direction is one of the company’s priorities, because it guarantees greater stability, even in crisis situations.
Tom Hanks donated Syrena to the auction
Tom Hanks donated Syrena to the auction
Syrena 105, which Tom Hanks allocated for the charity auction, has already been partially restored. Car body is ready, now white and burgundy, and the drive. The car was presented in Bielsko-Biała.
The car will be auctioned in April or May next year during a charity ball held by Monika Jaskólska’s foundation “It is not right not to help”. Income from a ball and the auction will go to a Bielsko-Biała pediatric hospital. Syrena 105 was produced in 1980. The car was first taken up by mechanics from BB Oldtime Garage. – The engine is original and has 40 horsepowers. It has been completely renovated. We unscrewed it to the last screw and put it back together using original, unused spare parts – Daniel Kasprzyk explained. Car body caused more trouble. Its renovation took nine people about a thousand hours. The originally white car is now white and burgundy. Syrena will now go to the Collins brothers’ studio, who deal with car tuning. Syrena is a family of Polish cars and vans.
MIGRANTS
Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures have struck the Balkans. Hundreds of migrants in a makeshift camp in Bosnia are struggling with the weather conditions which, according to some NGO experts, could result in migrant deaths unless they are resettled soon.
A senior human rights envoy who visited the camp on Tuesday demanded its immediate closure, although a Bosnian government minister said it could take up to a month to move the refugees to a more secure location.
“First of all, as a Bosnian, I’m profoundly shaken and I think this is a disgrace for Bosnia and Herzegovina. These conditions are not fit for human beings, this is shameful. I cannot believe something like this has been put up in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I’m talking about our history, about everything we went through, all who were refugees. This camp must be closed today”- says Dunja Mijatovic, Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe.
Many of the migrants also complain about not being given better accommodation.
“If they really don’t want refugees to come to their countries, they should go to Turkey-Greece border. When refugees come to Turkey and they deport them, we won’t come here. But now, what we had, we spent all of our money, all of our things. We reached here, near to Europe (European Union). Now they, Croatia and Slovenia, closed their borders, when we go there, they extract us, they hit us” says Rezwenullah Nyazi,24, migrant from Afghanistan.
Human rights groups have accused Croatian police of using violence to push the migrants back over the border into Bosnia, a charge denied by Croatian authorities.