Contents tagged with Poland
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Saakashvili says Ukrainian authorities want to deport him to Poland
In an interview with the Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2, former Governor of the Odessa region Mikheil Saakashvili said that the Migration Service of Ukraine has decided to deport him to Poland.
At the same time, Saakashvili stressed that "no matter what happens next, he will continue peaceful struggle for change of power" in Ukraine. He also added that his extradition to Georgia could lead to mass demonstrations in Ukraine.
On July 26th, President Petro Poroshenko terminated Saakashvili’s …
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Poland reasserts its demand for the return of the Presidential Tu-154M plane wreckage from Russia
Poland says that Russia has no more reasons to hold on to the wreckage of the Presidential Tu-154M plane that crashed near Smolensk in 2010. According to the Polish press service department, this was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Jacek Czaputowicz during a meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreyev.
“The head of Polish diplomacy emphasized that Russia has no basis for further retention of the governmental plane wreckage and [the Ambassador] expects it to be returned.” …
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Warsaw: Poland needs migrant workers from Ukraine to ensure sustainable economic growth
Poland needs the Ukrainian migrant workforce in order to ensure sustainable economic growth, the Chairperson of the Narodowy Bank Polski (the National Bank of Poland), Adam Glapinski, said in an interview with Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, a Polish newspaper.
Mr. Glapinski stressed that the ability to attract manpower from neighboring Ukraine and Belarus was one of the key vital tests for Poland’s economy.
Poland felt an acute shortage of qualified personnel particularly in the past years as the …
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OSCE and US State Department criticized the Polish law on 'Bandera ideology' but Russia supported it
The law "On the Institute of National Memory" that was approved by the Polish Senate limits the freedom of speech, stated the representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on media freedom, Harlem Désir.
The Polish Sejm recently approved a law banning the propaganda of the so-called "Bandera ideology.” The law would make it possible to initiate criminal proceedings against individuals who deny the guilt of Ukrainian nationalists for crimes against the Poles. For …
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Poland admits that it needs Ukrainian migrant workers
A Ukrainian workforce is essential to ensure and sustain economic growth in Poland, as stated by the President of the National Bank of Poland, Adam Glapiński, DW reports.
As Glapiński noted, the ability of Poland to create the necessary conditions to attract labor migrants from Belarus and Ukraine is one of the most important issues for him.
According to him, in recent years Poland has keenly felt the lack of skilled human resources. During this period, there has been sustained economic …
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Kaczynski says his party needs three terms in order to change Poland
The ruling party of Poland, the Law and Justice Party, needs three terms in power in order to change the country,as stated by the party’s chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski in an interview with Gazeta Polska, reports news agency Niezalezna.
There are places which, in our opinion, need so much modernization and even fundamental changes to make Poland modern, free from the burdens of the past, and friendly to citizens, that we need not two, but at least three terms. Therefore, we are ready for a long …
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Warsaw: Poland needs urgent changes to army control systems and the national security strategy
Polish armed forces need urgent changes to the command and control system as well as a new National Security strategy and improvements in personnel policy in the army, as stated by the heads of the Polish Defense Ministry and the National Security Bureau at a meeting with the President of the country, Andrzej Duda, the Polish Press Agency reports.
The joint statement was issued after the meeting between Duda and the Defense Minister, Mariusz Błaszczak, who was appointed on 9 January, says that …
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Poland asks US to impose sanctions against Nord Stream 2
In an interview with Gazeta Prawna following Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Prime Minister said he raised the issue of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which is currently under construction. "We want this project to fall under the sanctions. And this is a very important point in our negotiations with the United States," said the head of the Polish government, referring to Nord Stream 2 as a threat not only to Poland's energy …
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Polish Prime Minister calls Russia greatest threat to his country
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki considers Russia to be the greatest threat to his country at present, especially within the context of Russian aggression in the area of eastern Ukraine adjacent to the aggressor state.
"Thus, I assess [that there is] a threat from Russia. I think that what Russia is doing in Ukraine is very dangerous," The Polish Prime Minister told Polskie Radio.
Morawiecki also commented on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which is planned to link …
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Polish company fell under the US sanctions for trading coal from separatist-held territory of Donbas
The Polish company, Doncoaltrade, which was engaged in exporting of coal from the separatist-controlled territories of the Donbas, was included in the US sanctions list, as stated in a message on the website of the US Department of the Treasury.
On Friday night, the US Treasury announced the expansion of sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Ukraine, adding to it 21 individuals and 12 organizations.
Polish publication Gazeta Prawna reported on November 5 that anthracite from …