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Death toll from coronavirus in Poland exceeds 1,800

The Polish Health Ministry announced 624 new confirmed COVID-19 infections in Poland, increasing the total number of cases recorded in the country to 51,791 including 13,293 still active. The number…

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Poland reports record new coronavirus infections

Poland reported 809 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the sixth record daily rise in two weeks, but Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin ruled out a new nationwide lockdown. According to…

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UPDATED: Poland reports record new coronavirus infections

Poland on Thursday reported a record number of coronavirus infections for the fifth time since last week, the health ministry said, as it announced renewed local restrictions to counter the…

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Poland reports record daily increase in coronavirus cases

Poland on Tuesday reported another record daily increase in coronavirus cases, with 680 new infections and six deaths, after a spike driven by outbreaks amongst miners and after public gatherings. The new…

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Poland plans to merge utilities, carve out coal

Poland plans to merge its three utilities PGE, Enea and Tauron into two groups as part of a planned reform of its coal and energy industry, its deputy prime minister…

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Poland to enforce virus regulations in shops

Poland's health minister said police health authorities would start checks in shops this week to see if people are following regulations to keep their mouths and noses covered. "This week…

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Roma and Sinti communities honour victims killed by Nazi regime during Holocaust

Representatives of the Roma and Sinti communities, along with Jewish and Christian leaders, met at Auschwitz to honor the victims of the anti-Roma genocide. The Nazi regime killed some 500,000…

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Poland commemorates the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising

Polish authorities attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the plaque commemorating the signing of the order to start the Warsaw Uprising, at Filtrowa street in Warsaw, Poland, on 01 August 2020.…

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Poland registers its highest number of new coronavirus cases

Poland reported its highest number of new daily coronavirus cases since the global pandemic started for the third day in a row on Saturday, with 658 new infections, the Health…

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Poland reports record high coronavirus cases for second day

Poland reported its highest number of new daily coronavirus cases since the global pandemic started for the second day in a row on Friday, with 657 new cases, according to…

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Poland may reimpose some curbs as daily COVID-19 cases jump

Poland may have to reimpose quarantine for travellers from countries such as Spain to contain the coronavirus, its prime minister said on Thursday after the country reported its highest daily…

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UPDATED: Poland reports highest daily rise in coronavirus cases, expecting “high numbers” in coming days

Poland reported its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic on Thursday, with 615 new infections, according to the health ministry's Twitter account. The health…

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Poland mulls quarantine for people coming back from some countries

Poland may reinstate quarantine for people coming back from some countries, government spokesman Piotr Muller said on Thursday. “We are considering introducing a quarantine for particular countries from the European…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Bieszczady Mountains, Poland

Morning fog hangs in the air over Lake Solina in Polanczyk, Bieszczady Mountains, Poland. Via EPA-EFE/DAREK

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Photo story: Airplane cinema in Poland

People sit in parked airplanes at the start of the airplane cinema in Pila, northwestern Poland. According to the organizers, it is the first cinema of this type in the…

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Poland to quit treaty on violence against women

Poland will take steps next week to withdraw from a European treaty on violence against women, which the right-wing cabinet says violates parents’ rights by requiring schools to teach children…

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Poland’s unemployment rate rises to 6.1% in June

Poland's registered unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in June compared with 6.0% in May, statistics office data showed on Thursday, below analysts' expectations of 6.2%. The statistics office also said…

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Poland to propose limits on foreign media soon

Poland will seek to craft rules limiting the concentration of foreign-owned media outlets well before the ruling nationalists finish their term in power, Poland's de facto leader said on Sunday,…

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Increased US military presence in Poland serves security interest of all region – Lithuanian President

The possible deployment of more US troops to Poland will serve the security interests of the entire region, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said. "That possible reassignment of troops will have…

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Polish Central Bank predicts decrease in foreign workers in Poland by 2022

The number of foreigners working in Poland will decrease in 2020-2022 to around 1 million from 1.15 million a year ago, according to estimates by the National Bank of Poland…

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Poland’s Duda wins presidential vote

Poland's incumbent Andrzej Duda has won the presidential election, results from over 99% of polling stations show, with remaining uncounted votes unlikely to sway the final outcome, the National…

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Incumbent Duda extends lead in Polish presidential election

Incumbent Andrzej Duda's lead in Poland's presidential election widened further, an updated late poll showed on Monday, a result, which while still uncertain, could have profound implications for Warsaw's relations…

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Polish election exit poll projects narrow victory for incumbent Andrzej Duda

Election exit poll projects narrow victory for incumbent Andrzej Duda. Notes from Poland quotes an exit poll for today’s presidential election in Poland which shows a narrow victory for the conservative…

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Photo Story – Polish Presidential Vote

Former president of Poland and Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa casts his ballot at a polling station during presidential elections, in Gdansk, northern Poland, 12 July 2020. EPA-EFE/Adam Read more…

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Poland votes in final phase of presidential election

Poles vote on Sunday in a knife-edge presidential election that may shape the country's future relations with the European Union, which have been frayed by the bloc's concerns over the…

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Election watch – Poland choses its next President

Opinion polls are showing President Andrzej Duda and the Warsaw mayor and Civic Platform (PO) candidate to be neck and neck before Sunday’s polling day. The result could determine the…

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Polish-Czech border to reopen today

The Polish-Czech border will fully reopen on Monday, June 29, due to the improvement in the coronavirus epidemic-related situation in Silesia, southern Poland, Polish government spokesman Piotr Müller wrote on…

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Photo Story: Floods in south-eastern Poland

Photos of flooded streets in the town of Jaslo, south-eastern Poland. Over the weekend a storm with heavy rainfall hit the Podkarpacie region, causing serious damage to infrastructure and properties.…

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Incumbent President wins first round of presidential elections, to face Warsaw’s mayor run-off

Poland's nationalist incumbent Andrzej Duda won the first round of a presidential election on Sunday but will have to face the centrist mayor of Warsaw in a run-off on July…

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Poles go out to vote for new President

Poland’s right-wing president, Andrzej Duda, is fighting for a second term in an election Sunday that will test whether he was helped by a campaign that depicted LGBT rights as…

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Poland votes in critical presidential election

Poles vote on Sunday in a closely-fought presidential election critical to the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) government's hopes of implementing its conservative agenda, including judicial reforms the European Union…

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Photo Story: Poland prepares for presidential elections

Preparing the polling place in Dubiecko, Poland, 26 June 2020. Poland will hold its presidential election on 28 June 2020. Poles will be able to vote in polling stations with…

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Google to invest up to $2 bln in Polish data centre

Google will invest as much as $2 billion in a data centre in Poland to deal with cloud services, the Puls Biznesu daily said. News of the investment follows an…

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One person dies after bus crashes of bridge in Warsaw, Poland

A Warsaw city bus has crashed off the Grot-Rowecki bridge in northern Warsaw down to a multi-lane north-south transit route along the Vistula River. One person has died in the…

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Photo Story: Flooding in Poland

A view on a damaged bridge and Suszanka stream with high water levels after heavy rains in Pcim, southern Poland over the weekend. Emergency services intervened more than 300 times…

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Polish president slips in opinion polls ahead of election

Support for incumbent Andrzej Duda is falling just days before Poland's presidential election, polls show, opening up what until recently looked an unlikely possibility -- an opposition candidate taking the…

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Poland to lift restrictions on numbers of aircraft passengers

Poland will allow aircraft to fly with all their seats occupied as of July 1, Deputy Prime Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz announced. Poland has been easing lockdown restrictions related to the…

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Tesco sells Polish business for $206 mln

British supermarket group Tesco said it was selling its Polish business for 819 million zlotys ($206.52 million), leaving it focused on the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia in the central…

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Polish airlines LOT to resume international flights on July 1

Polish national airline PLL LOT will resume international flights on July 1, it announced, almost four months after suspending them to curb the spread of the coronavirus. State-controlled LOT said…

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Failed procurement of ventilators flames Polish electoral debate

Poland's opposition demanded answers on Monday over a government deal for medical ventilators to help combat the coronavirus, saying the contract was worth 250 million zlotys ($63.7 million) but the…

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Polish President asks international media to stop distributing fake news

The Polish President Andrzej Duda on Sunday asked international media to "stop distributing fake news" after extensive coverage of a campaign speech in which he compared what he called LGBT "ideology"…

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Photo Story: The giant statue of Christ in Jaslo

A view of a giant Christ statue in Jaslo, south-eastern Poland, 14 June 2020. The statue, similar in design to the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro,…

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Poland ‘invaded’ the Czech Republic

Poland has admitted to briefly invading the Czech Republic last month in what the Polish Defence Ministry described as a "misunderstanding". Polish troops guarding the frontier as part of…

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommends more testing and tracing to control spread

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommends that testing efforts are maximised with the aim of offering timely testing to all symptomatic cases, including mild cases. Some of…

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Poland to open its Eu borders on Saturdays, flights to start on Tuesday

Poland will open its borders with fellow European Union countries on Saturday and allow international flights from next Tuesday, the prime minister said on Wednesday, as the country unfreezes its…

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Photo Story: Violent storms over Poland

A damaged car, a roof covered with plastic foils and debris all over is seen after a whirlwind over the weekend in the town of Kaniow in southern Poland. As…

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Poland to extend ban on international flights to June 16

Poland plans to extend a ban on international flights until June 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic, state-run news agency PAP said late on Friday, citing a government decree. State-controlled…

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Poland’s biggest coal miner says only has enough cash to pay salaries until July

Poland's biggest coal miner, state-run PGG, has enough cash to pay salaries until July as it struggles with a crisis aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, its chief executive Tomasz Rogala…

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COVID-19 pushes Poland to accelerate exit from ailing coal industry

Poland, the European Union's biggest hard coal producer, is considering closing at least three mines in coming months as the coronavirus pandemic forces it to accelerate its exit from the…

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UPDATED: Poland to hold presidential election on June 28

Poland picked June 28 on Wednesday as a new date for a presidential election that was cancelled last month amid the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for a short campaign…

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Poland resumes air traffic amid coronavirus pandemic

A passenger aircraft of Polish Airline LOT arrives from Warsaw to the airport Lech Walesa in Gdansk, Poland, 01 June 2020. After a break caused by the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19…

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Poland’s ruling party sees June 28 as presidential vote deadline

The last possible date that Poland could hold a presidential election on is June 28, the leader of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party said on Wednesday, amid…

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Polish prosecutors investigating suspected money laundering in small state-controlled bank

Polish prosecutors have started an investigation into suspected money laundering at a small state-controlled lender BOS Bank, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily said on Tuesday, quoting an unnamed source. The regional…

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Photo Story: Poland campaigns for research funds related to the coronavirus pandemic

A huge mural featuring players of the Polish national soccer team on the wall of one of the tenements in Gdansk, Poland. The painting with images of Jacek Goralski, Robert…

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Poland to extend ban on international flights until June 6

Poland plans to extend a ban on international flights by two weeks until June 6 due to the coronavirus pandemic, state-run news agency PAP said on Friday citing infrastructure ministry…

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Poland adopts rules to prevent takeovers by non-EU investors

The Polish government has approved regulations aimed at making it difficult for investors from outside the European Union to take over companies cheaply that Poland considers strategic for its economy,…

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Employment in Poland falls at fastest rate since 2009 due to the coronavirus

The number of people in work in Poland fell much more than expected in April, data showed on Wednesday, as what had until recently been a fast-growing jobs market posted…

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