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Poland expected to re-open borders on June 15th

cde.news desk 19 May 2020, 09:20 · 1 min read

epa08382101 Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the Okecie airport in Warsaw, Poland, 24 April 2020. These types of aircraft are used by LOT Polish Airlines as part of the Cargo For Poland operation, carrying protective materials and medical equipment to fight the coronavirus epidemic. The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Poland has increased by 248 since Thursday evening and reached 10,759, the Ministry of Health said on Friday morning. Another nine people have died, bringing the death toll to 463. EPA-EFE/Marcin Obara POLAND OUT

Poland could re-open its borders on June 15, before lifting all remaining coronavirus curbs on July 1, Deputy Prime Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz told the Puls Biznesu daily in an interview published on Tuesday.

In a separate interview with state radio, Michal Dworczyk, the chief of staff to the prime minister, said he hoped the Polish presidential election would be held on June 28.

The newspaper also said national air career LOT will re-start domestic flights in June.

In other news:

The Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Michal Dworczyk, told state ratio on Tuesday he hoped that presidential election will be held on June 28.

The number of granted consumer loans fell in April by 48% year-on-year, while mortgages fell by 23%, Rzeczpospolita daily said, quoting Credit Information Bureau data.

Poland‘s dominant gas firm PGNiG is analysing potential takeovers in the energy sector, its chief executive, Jerzy Kwiecinski, told Rzeczpospolita daily.

Puls Biznesu / Reuters

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