Poland
Two miners were killed and one remains missing after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland early on Tuesday. Authorities say 12 people were also injured. The cave-in happened around 3:30 am local time, some 870 metres underground in an area where 15 miners were working, authorities said. Two of the miners located by rescuers and brought to the surface were declared dead, while one was being taken to the hospital. Eleven other miners were rescued earlier from the mine with various injuries, and nine of them remain hospitalized. Rescuers were still searching for one miss...
Euronews (English)
The tortuous and often explosive undertaking came to an end on Tuesday morning, as member states gathered to give the very final green light to the five regulations that make up the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, an all-encompassing overhaul that seeks to ensure all countries, regardless of location, shoulder their fair share. Among other things, the New Pact envisions stricter rules to expand the screening of applicants, carry out health and security checks, speed up examination procedures and provide counselling free of charge. Its main novelty is a system of "mandatory solidarity" that w...
Euronews (English)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged to do more to strengthen security along its entire eastern frontier when he travelled to the border with Belarus on Saturday. Tusk accused Belarus, Russia's ally, of intensifying what he called a “hybrid war” against the West by encouraging migrants to try to cross into the EU. He vowed that Poland would spare no expense on its border security. “I know that there are more and more illegal crossings every day,” Tusk told reporters at the border, where he met with Polish army soldiers, border guard officers and police. He also cited “the growing threat r...
Euronews (English)
Belarus announces sudden inspection of tactical nuclear weapons launchers, simultaneously with Russia's tactical nuclear drills. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls for a security meeting after Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt flees to Belarus and requests political asylum. Latvia digs an anti-tank ditch on its borders with Russia and Belarus as part of its commitment to the joint Baltic Defense Line. Subscribe to the Newsletter Belarus Weekly Belarusian democratic leader meets NATO chief amid growing security concerns over Russian and Belarusian nuclear drills. Belarus plummets to 167th place i...
Kyiv Independent
Belarus announces sudden inspection of tactical nuclear weapons launchers, simultaneously with Russia's tactical nuclear drills. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls for a security meeting after Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt flees to Belarus and requests political asylum. Latvia digs an anti-tank ditch on its borders with Russia and Belarus as part of its commitment to the joint Baltic Defense Line. Subscribe to the Newsletter Belarus Weekly Belarusian democratic leader meets NATO chief amid growing security concerns over Russian and Belarusian nuclear drills. Belarus plummets to 167th place i...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Belarus announces sudden inspection of tactical nuclear weapons launchers, simultaneously with Russia's tactical nuclear drills. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls for a security meeting after Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt flees to Belarus and requests political asylum. Latvia digs an anti-tank ditch on its borders with Russia and Belarus as part of its commitment to the joint Baltic Defense Line. Subscribe to the Newsletter Belarus Weekly Belarusian democratic leader meets NATO chief amid growing security concerns over Russian and Belarusian nuclear drills. Belarus plummets to 167th place i...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
On April 22nd, some 5,000 soldiers from seven European countries and the United States took part in a NATO defensive exercise, 80 kms south of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Part of Operation Steadfast Defender 2024, the largest series of maneuvers by the Atlantic alliance since the end of the Cold War, the exercise tested the inter-operability of forces. “In line with our regional plan, we are exercising the defence of the eastern flank of Europe”, General Krzysztof Król, advisor to the Polish Army’s Chief of General Staff told euronews. Anxiety on Poland's northeastern borderOur journey...
Euronews (English)
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday announced a reshuffle of his cabinet to replace four ministers running for the European Parliament next month. The changes are also seen as a chance to bring new energy into Tusk's government, which took office in December and embarked on deep reforms in many areas, including restoring the independence of the judiciary and the media. "Today comes the time of bringing order," Tusk said, "and this is one of the reasons for which we jointly decided to have these changes." Tusk's pro-European Union government has embarked on a bold effort to reverse th...
Euronews (English)
In an escalation of their ongoing grievances, farmers from the Polish Farmers’ Union, Orka, staged a sit-in protest at the lower house of parliament Sejm on Thursday, claiming that their livelihoods are threatened on two fronts. “Today we want to protest against the Green Deal, against the opening of the border to products flowing into the country from Ukraine,” a union spokesperson said during a press conference. “We are not thugs or hooligans. We want to protest in a cultural way, to manifest the problems we have in agriculture." Protesters are demanding a meeting with Polish Prime Minister ...
Euronews (English)
Poland's central bank is expected to keep interest rates unchanged at 5.75% for the seventh consecutive meeting, a Bloomberg survey of 27 economists has revealed. Central Bank Governor Adam Glapinski said last month that he would not cut borrowing costs, citing concerns about a potential rise in inflation because of higher food taxes and the potential removal of energy price limits. Poland's annual inflation rate fell in March, dropping to 1.9% from the previous month's 2.8% and beating market expectations of 2.2%. However, the Monetary Policy Council (MPC) highlights "substantial uncertainty"...
Euronews (English)
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら