Hometown mourners commemorate Polish aid worker killed in Gaza
WARSAW (Reuters) – As dusk set over the southeastern Polish city of Przemysl on Thursday, mourners gathered to hold a vigil for the Polish aid worker who was killed by the Israeli…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy decries ‘mockery’ of Polish border protests
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday decried as a “mockery” protests by Polish farmers that have disrupted passenger and freight traffic in and out of Ukraine and called for “rational…
Polish PM says U.S. Republicans should be ashamed for not backing Ukraine aid
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday that Republican senators in the United States should be ashamed for blocking a $60 billion aid package for Ukraine, saying former…
Ryanair looks for Polish government support for ambitious growth
By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) – Ryanair is hoping that Poland’s new pro-European government will support its growth plans in the country which assume a doubling in size over the next 6-8…
Polish top court rejects government plan to overhaul public media
By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW (Reuters) – A top Polish court rejected as illegal on Thursday plans to liquidate the country’s state radio, television and news agency which the new pro-EU coalition government…
Polish priest arrested, charged with sex crimes after alleged orgy
WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish priest was arrested and charged with sex and drug crimes as well as failure to assist a person at medical risk after media reports that a man…
Polish court sets higher bar for bringing cbank governor before State Tribunal
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday that bringing the central bank governor Adam Glapinski before the State Tribunal requires a qualified majority of votes in parliament. This will make…
Analysis-New Polish government inherits troubled budget legacy
By Pawel Florkiewicz, Karol Badohal and Gergely Szakacs WARSAW (Reuters) – Last-minute spending by Poland’s outgoing nationalists since their mid-October election defeat has added to strains on the budget, complicating new Prime…
EU laws protect Polish central bank chief, ECB’s Lagarde says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -European Union laws offer protection to the Polish central bank governor if the incoming government planned to unlawfully prosecute or suspend him, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said in…
First empty lorries pass through new Ukraine crossing at Polish border
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – The first 30 empty lorries drove through a newly opened Uhryniv-Dolhobychuv crossing on the Ukrainian-Polish border, which Kyiv hopes will offer relief as Polish driver protests…
Polish PM: opposition threatens cenbank independence with tribunal talk
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish opposition parties want to launch an attack on the independence of the central bank by putting its governor before a state tribunal, the prime minister said on Friday,…
Ukraine ready to evacuate stranded truckers as Polish protests persist
By Pavel Polityuk and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s top truckers union said on Friday its hopes of a rapid end to Polish trucker protests at the border were fading, as…
Abris mulls sale of Polish healthcare company Scanmed -sources
By Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) -Abris Capital Partners investment fund is mulling a sale of private healthcare provider Scanmed Group, with Polish cardiovascular care company American Heart of Poland being the most…
Man surrenders to Polish police after incident that closed Warsaw square
WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish police negotiators persuaded a man to come down from a monument in a central Warsaw square, a spokesperson said, putting an end to an incident that had seen part…
Polish factory downturn strong in Sept, but declines soften -PMI
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s manufacturing sector remained in a severe downturn in September although there were signs of softer declines in several key measures, a survey showed on Monday. S&P Global’s Polish…
Polish PM tells Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ‘never to insult Poles again’
By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s prime minister told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday not to “insult” Poles, maintaining harsh rhetoric towards Kyiv after the Polish president had sought to defuse…
Polish govt hikes minimum wage as voters fret over cost of living
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s minimum wage will rise by almost 18% in January, the prime minister said on Thursday, ahead of Oct. 15 elections in which the cost of living ranks high…
Catholic Church beatifies Polish family for sheltering Jews
WARSAW (Reuters) -The Catholic Church beatified on Sunday a Polish family of nine, including a new-born baby, who died at the hands of Nazi Germans during World War Two for sheltering a…
Polish opposition leader says rate cut decision was political
WARSAW (Reuters) – The leader of Poland’s largest opposition party accused central bank governor Adam Glapinski of acting under political influence on Thursday, after a bigger-than-expected rate cut stunned markets weeks before…
Polish central bank stuns with 75 bps rate cut, zloty plunges
By Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s central bank cut its main interest rate by 75 basis points to 6.00% on Wednesday, in a shock decision ahead of October elections that sent…
Belarus says Polish helicopter crossed border, Warsaw denies it
(Reuters) – Belarus, Russia’s closest ally, summoned a Polish diplomat to protest what it said was a Polish military helicopter’s violation of its border on Friday, but a military official in Warsaw…
Polish central banker says there are reasons to cut interest rates
WARSAW (Reuters) – If the downward trend in inflation continues and other macroeconomic factors do not change radically, there are reasons to discuss lowering interest rates, Polish central banker Gabriela Maslowska was…
Wagner fighters seek to unsettle NATO’s eastern flank, Polish PM says
WARSAW (Reuters) -Fighters from Russia’s private Wagner mercenary force are being moved close to NATO’s eastern flank to destabilise the military alliance, Poland’s prime minister said on Thursday. Wagner soldiers have begun…
More Wagner fighters move closer to Polish border, Poland PM says
WARSAW (Reuters) – A group of a hundred soldiers from the Russian Wagner group have moved closer to the Belarusian city of Grodno near the Polish border, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki…
Two Polish central bankers say rate cut could come this year
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland could cut interest rates this year, two central bankers were quoted as saying on Tuesday, fuelling expectations that a decrease in the cost of credit could be just…
Polish LGBTQ march seeks to show strength as election looms
WARSAW (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Poles are expected to march through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday to demand equality for LGBTQ people, as the community eyes elections in October…
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