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Former Polish president, Solidarity leader Walesa sick with COVID

Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, has the coronavirus, he said. Originally a shipyard electrician…

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No vax, no meal: Some Polish restaurants impose entry curbs amid criticism of light-touch rules

Warsaw restaurateur Marcin Wojtasik says he is willing to face bad reviews from anti-vaxxers to help protect his staff from COVID-19 by admitting only vaccinated customers. "It was a very…

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UPDATED: Poland widens testing as COVID cases hit record

Poles will be able to get tested for COVID-19 in pharmacies free of charge, the government said on Friday, after the country reported a record 36,665 daily cases as the…

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Poland gets formal EU demand to pay fines over judicial regime

BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The European Commission has sent Poland formal notice to pay some 70 million euros in fines for failing to reverse an illegal disciplinary regime for…

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Poland’s daily COVID cases could top 50,000 next week

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish state employees will move to remote working and private sector companies should follow suit as the country faces another surge in daily COVID-19 cases, driven by…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Suloszow, Poland

A picture taken with a drone shows winter landscape in Suloszowa village, in southern Poland after temperatures in Suloszow were reported at minus 3 degree Celsius. Photo: EPA-EFE/LUKASZ GAGULSKI

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Polish COVID advisers quit over lack of science influence on policy

Thirteen of the 17 members of Poland's Medical Council advising the prime minister on COVID-19 resigned, condemning what they said was a lack of scientific influence on policy. Even with…

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Poland asks EU to hold off fines for disciplining judges – letter

BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Poland asked the European Union's executive to hold off fines for undermining judicial independence, saying it is working to dismantle its contentious disciplinary chamber for…

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Polish scientists find gene that doubles risk of serious COVID

Polish scientists have found a gene that they say more than doubles the risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19, a discovery they hope could help doctors identify people who…

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Europe at greatest risk of war in last 30 years, Poland warns

VIENNA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Europe is nearer war than it has been in 30 years, Poland's foreign minister warned during the third round of diplomacy this week aimed at…

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Polish parliament to debate bill to step up govt control of schools

WARSAW, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Polish lawmakers are expected to debate on Wednesday a nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party bill that critics say could curb access to teaching on…

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Poland to launch fresh tax cuts in anti-inflation drive

Poland will cut value added tax on gas, food and petrol as part of a second package of measures to soften the blow from surging inflation, the prime minister said.…

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EU will demand Poland pay fine for disciplining judges

The European Union executive is set to demand that Poland pay around 70 million euros ($80 million) of fines for failing to scrap a contentious system for disciplining judges, sources have told Reuters. A spokesman…

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Poland’s total COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000

Poland's total number of coronavirus-related deaths surpassed 100,000 on Tuesday, the health minister said, as the country grapples with a fourth wave of the pandemic. The number of deaths per…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Cisowa, Poland

A view of morning fogs in the Przemyskie Foothills near the village of Cisowa, Poland. Photo: EPA-EFE/DAREK DELMANOWICZ

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Poland’s PM to announce anti-inflationary measures Tuesday, gov’t spokesperson says

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is expected to announce more additions to the country's anti-inflationary package on Tuesday, government spokesperson Piotr Muller said on Saturday. The measures…

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Photo Story: Snow in Krakow

People walk on snow covered Main Market Square in Krakow, southern Poland. Temperatures in Krakow were reported at minus 1 degrees Celsius. Photo - EPA-EFE/LUKASZ GAGULSKI

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Poland cuts VAT on petrol to soften impact of inflation

WARSAW, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Poland will cut tax on petrol from next month to shelter consumers from a surge in inflation, the prime minister was quoted as saying on…

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Poland defiant as EU fines loom over disciplining judges

BRUSSELS/WARSAW, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A Polish minister has accused the European Union of making "illegal demands" on his country ahead of a Jan.11 deadline by which Warsaw is meant…

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Photo Story: At least one killed as freight train and truck collide in Poland

Aftermath of an accident that occurred when a freight train and a truck collided in Goluchow village, central Poland, 06 January 2022. The driver of the truck was reportedly killed…

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Polish murderer on the run for 20 years arrested for not wearing facemask

Police in Poland have arrested a convicted murderer who had been on the run for 20 years because he was not wearing a face mask. Warsaw police said they had…

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Poland’s president tests positive once more for COVID-19

WARSAW, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, a top aide tweeted on Wednesday, after several people around him were infected. "The President feels…

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Polish manufacturing ends 2021 with solid growth -PMI

WARSAW, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The Polish manufacturing sector finished 2021 with solid growth, a survey showed on Monday, posting the biggest gains in output and new orders since the…

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Poland may introduce new Covid restrictions

Poland may introduce new Covid restrictions if new infections continue to rise, health minister Adam Niedzielski told radio station RMF FM on Monday morning. Poland has been dealing with persistently…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Odra River, Poland

A picture taken with a drone shows the first icebreakers of the season on the Odra River in action near Widuchowa, Poland. Via EPA-EFE/MARCIN BIELECKI

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Glebokie Lake, Szczecin, Poland

Winter swimmers referring to themselves as 'walruses' take a swim in the Glebokie lake in Szczecin, Poland, 26 December 2021. Photo - EPA-EFE/MARCIN BIELECKI

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Polish president says he vetoed media law

Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on Monday he vetoed a controversial media bill as he shared some Poles' worries about freedom of speech and that signing it into law would…

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Photo Story: The Christmas Crib at the Basilica of Saint Anne of Kodenm in Koden, Poland

View of a Christmas Crib displayed at the Basilica of Saint Anne of Koden, in Koden village, near the Polish-Belarusian border, Poland. Via EPA-EFE/Wojtek Jargilo

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Poland to cut VAT on food to zero from February

Poland will lower VAT on some food to zero from Feb. 1, the finance minister said on Wednesday, as part of a programme of tax cuts and cash handouts meant…

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UPDATED: Poland reports its first case of Omicron COVID-19 variant

Poland has detected its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, a deputy health minister was cited as saying on Thursday by state-run news agency PAP. Waldemar Kraska said the…

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Eni sets sights on Polish offshore wind business

MILAN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni has extended an agreement with investment fund Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to develop offshore wind in Poland, the companies said. In…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Wroclaw, Poland

An aerial picture taken with a drone shows the main square and Christmas market in Wroclaw, Poland. Via EPA-EFE/MACIEJ KULCZYNSKI

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How Poland blew its chance to get billions in EU recovery cash

BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The EU's Justice Commissioner received "brutal" treatment last month in Warsaw, a member of his delegation said, during talks aimed at defusing a dispute over…

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Russian gas and EU law high on agenda as Scholz visits Poland

BERLIN, Dec 12 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Warsaw on Sunday for talks on the migrant crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border, Poland's row with the EU over…

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Poland reiterates Nord Stream 2 opposition to German foreign minister

Poland's foreign minister on Friday reiterated Poland's opposition to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and its expectations for reparations for World War Two, as Germany's new head of diplomacy…

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Poland gets World Bank loan to help wean households off coal heating

WARSAW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Poland is to receive a 250 million euro ($282.93 million) loan from the World Bank to help households replace coal heating and get their homes…

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On Polish-Belarus border, migrant crossings decrease but tension remains

Fewer migrants are trying to cross the frontier between Poland and Belarus, but the Polish Border Guard told journalists visiting the previously off-limits border zone on Monday that it still…

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Photo Story: Snowy weather in the Bieszczady Mountains in Poland

A car drives on a snow-covered road near Polana village, in the Bieszczady Mountains, south-eastern Poland. Temperatures in Bieszczady Mountains were reported at minus 2 degrees Celsius. Via EPA-EFE/Darek Delmanowicz

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Migrants stuck at Polish border feel cheated by people smugglers

Syrian friends Anas Kanaan, 34, and Mouein al-Hadi, 36, were told by people smugglers that they would easily be able to get to Germany from Belarus. They just had to…

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Polish prime minister criticizes Merkel for talking with Lukashenko

Berlin (dpa) - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki criticized Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel for talking with Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko, amid a growing migrant crisis on Europe's border that…

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Poland to cut taxes to soften inflation blow, says PM

WARSAW, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Poland will cut taxes on petrol, gas and electricity and provide cash payments to households in a programme worth up to 10 billion zlotys ($2.40…

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Group of around 200 migrants try to cross Polish-Belarus border

WARSAW, Nov 25 (Reuters) - A group of around 200 migrants tried to break through the fence on the Polish-Belarus border on Wednesday evening, the Border Guard said on Thursday,…

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Polish Border Guard reports more incidents at Belarus frontier

WARSAW, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Migrants tried to force their way through the fence on the Poland-Belarus border in at least two locations on Tuesday night, the Polish Border Guard…

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Belarus says it is sending back some migrants – report

Belarus's interior ministry said on Tuesday 118 migrants had left the country a day earlier and more would depart on Tuesday, Russia's TASS news agency reported. The European Union accuses Belarus of flying…

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Poland says Belarus border crisis may be prelude to “something worse”

WARSAW/VILNIUS(Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned on Sunday that the migrant crisis on the Belarus border may be a prelude to "something much worse", and Poland's border guard…

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Poland says Belarus keeps bringing migrants to its border

WARSAW/VILNIUS (Reuters) - Poland accused Belarus on Sunday of continuing to ferry migrants to its border, despite clearing camps close to the frontier earlier this week, as the country's prime…

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Photo Story: Traditional Christmas Market in Gdansk

People visit the traditional Christmas Market in Gdansk, northern Poland. The remarkable ambiance of the Gdansk Christmas Fair is characterised by streets marked out only for this special time of…

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UPDATED: Poland reports fewer attempts to cross its border with Belarus

WARSAW/BIALYSTOK, Poland, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The number of migrants trying to force their way into Poland from Belarus fell again on Friday after an apparent change in tack by…

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Poland says Belarus trucks migrants back to the frontier despite clearing camps

WARSAW, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Poland accused Belarus on Friday of trucking hundreds of migrants back to the border and pushing them to attempt to cross illegally, only hours after…

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Poland reports fewer attempts to cross its border with Belarus

WARSAW/BIALYSTOK, Poland, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The number of migrants trying to force their way into Poland from Belarus fell again on Friday after an apparent change in tack by…

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UPDATED: Hope for border crisis easing as Iraqis fly back home from Belarus

BRUZGI, Belarus, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iraqis who had camped for weeks at Belarus's freezing borders with the EU checked in for a flight back to Iraq on…

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Poland faces months of migration pressure from Belarus

BRUSSELS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The crisis on Poland's border with Belarus will last months, the Polish defence minister said on Wednesday, as several thousand migrants remained stranded on the…

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Poland reports 24,239 new COVID-19 cases, highest since April

WARSAW, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Poland reported 24,239 new daily COVID-19 infections, health ministry data showed on Wednesday, the highest total since April. There were also 463 COVID-related deaths reported…

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VIDEO: Poland turns water cannon on rock-throwing migrants at Belarus border

Polish security forces turned water cannon on migrants who threw rocks across the Belarusian border, where thousands have gathered in a chaotic attempt to reach the European Union, video footage shared by authorities…

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EU court rules against Poland over judicial appointments

The EU's top court ruled on Tuesday that Polish rules allowing the justice minister to assign judges to higher criminal courts or to remove them without stating reasons violated EU…

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New coronavirus infections in Poland increasing

The Health Ministry announced 14,292 new confirmed COVID-19 infections in Poland, increasing the total number of cases recorded in the country to 3,190,067 including 323,243 still active. The number of…

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UPDATED: Polish police say group of 50 migrants broke through Belarus border

A group of about 50 migrants broke through defences on the border with Belarus and entered Poland near the village of Starzyna, police said on Sunday, as the situation on…

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