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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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UPDATED: Britain and Czech Republic sending troops to Poland-Belarus border

Britain will send 140 military engineers to Poland this month to provide support at its border with Belarus, the Ministry of Defence said, in response to what it termed pressures…

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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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EU ends legal steps against Poland over supreme court judges retirement regime

BRUSSELS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The European Commission ended on Thursday legal steps against Poland over a retirement regime for Supreme Court judges set up by Poland's ruling eurosceptic and…

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UPDATED: EU court told to dismiss Polish, Hungarian cash-for-democracy challenge

The European Union's top court should dismiss a challenge by Poland and Hungary to a new tool aimed at cutting cash for member states which break the bloc's democratic rules,…

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EU allows Poland, Baltics to trim migrant rights at Belarus border

The European Union proposed on Wednesday curtailing some rights of migrants at its frontier with Belarus, a gesture towards member states Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, even as Brussels acknowledged border…

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EU seeks to ease rules for Poland, Baltics in migration standoff with Belarus

BRUSSELS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The European Union executive on Wednesday will propose that Poland and its two Baltic neighbours handle migrants the West accuses Belarus of pushing to their…

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Belarus’ Lukashenko ready to halt Russian energy flows if Poland closes border

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said he was ready to suspend Russian energy flows if Poland closes its border with Belarus, Russia's RIA news agency reported…

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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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EU vows unity on Belarus as Poland flags more border incidents

Thousands of people stranded on the European Union's eastern border represent an attempt by Belarus to destabilize the bloc, rather than a migrant crisis, and as such call for a…

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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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Trouble on the Belarus-Poland border: What you need to know about the migrant crisis manufactured by Belarus’ leader

Using migrants as pawns is perhaps nothing new. But rarely do you have a situation in which one country encourages a migrant crisis on its own border for nakedly geopolitical…

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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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EU executive probes whether Poland, Hungary should get EU money

BRUSSELS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The European Commission has started a long-awaited probe into whether Poland and Hungary should continue to receive billions of euros from the EU budget because…

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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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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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Polish PM calls for ‘concrete steps’ from NATO amid Belarus border crisis

WARSAW, Nov 14 (Reuters) - NATO must take "concrete steps" to resolve the migrant crisis on the Belarus border, the Polish prime minister was quoted as saying on Sunday, adding…

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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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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland

An image taken with a drone shows an aerial view of the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, southern Poland. The Wawel Royal Castle is a castle residency located in central…

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Photo Story: Multi-Sensory Exhibition of the paintings by Van Gogh in Warsaw

A view of the Multi-Sensory Exhibition of the paintings by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh at the EXPO XXI Center in Warsaw, Poland. The exhibition will run until 14 January…

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Ukraine to hold drills on Belarus border to guard against migrant incursions

KYIV, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian border guards, police and the national guard will hold drills on the border with Belarus on Thursday aiming to protect the country from possible…

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Russian nuclear-capable bombers rehearse bombing runs in Belarus training exercise

MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Two Russian Tu-160 nuclear-capable bombers rehearsed bombing runs in a training exercise in Belarus on Thursday amid tensions over a migrant crisis at the Poland-Belarus…

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UPDATED: Poland reports violent clashes overnight as migrants attempt new border breach

WARSAW, Poland, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Migrants stranded inside Belarus threw rocks and branches at Polish border guards and used logs to try to break down a razor wire fence…

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EU says its funding should not be used for barbed wire, fences

BRUSSELS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday that EU funding could be used to finance border infrastructure but should not be used to put up fences…

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UPDATED – Migrants try to breach Polish border as EU readies Belarus sanctions

SUPRASL, Poland, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Migrants trapped in Belarus made multiple attempts to force their way into Poland overnight, Warsaw said on Wednesday, announcing that it had reinforced the…

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EU accuses Belarus of ‘gangster’ antics as migrants shiver at Polish border

Hundreds of migrants shivered in freezing temperatures and huddled round campfires on the Belarusian border with Poland on Tuesday in front of razor wire fences and lines of Polish border guards…

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VIDEO: Hundreds of migrants remain at Poland-Belarus border as temperatures drop

Hundreds of migrants camped out near the Belarus border with Poland on Tuesday in freezing overnight temperatures as the Polish Prime Minister visited the border and officials warned tension could…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Przemysl, Poland

An aerial photo made with a drone shows morning fog in Przemysl, south-east Poland. Photo: EPA-EFE/Darek Delmanowicz

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Two Polish judges’ right to fair hearing was breached – European court

WARSAW, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Two Polish judges' right to a fair hearing was violated after they had job applications blocked, Europe's top human rights court said on Monday in…

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Poland fears ‘major incident’ as migrants from Belarus head for border

Polish authorities accused Belarus of trying to spark a major confrontation on Monday as footage on social media showed hundreds of migrants walking towards the Polish border. In one video,…

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Photo Story: Snow White Garden of Lights exhibition in Krakow

A view of the exhibition 'Snow White - Garden of Lights' during opening ceremony at the Stanislaw Lem Garden of Experiences in Krakow, southern Poland. The exhibition will run until…

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Photo Story: Cemetery for animals in Lodz

Cemetery for animals in Lodz, Poland. About 3,500 animals, mainly dogs and cats, but also hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs, were buried in the Lodz cemetery at Malownicza Street. Photo…

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Poland says Belarusian soldiers threatened to fire at its troops

Belarusian soldiers threatened to open fire on Polish troops just across the border, the Polish Defence Ministry said, while Belarus summoned Poland's charge d'affaires amid a row over migrants on…

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