Contents tagged with Poland
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Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Kyiv and Warsaw being put at odds
The Polish Foreign Ministry has stated that during a meeting with President of the Ukrainian World Congress Eugene Czolij, Polish Undersecretary of State Bartosz Cichocki claimed accusations that the Polish authorities have attempted to block the European integration of Ukraine are part of a hybrid war being waged against Poland.
"In reality, groundless accusations against the Polish authorities regarding the alleged obstruction of the process of European and Euro-Atlantic integration of …
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More than 20 people detained in Kyiv for planning armed protest near Polish embassy
The police and the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) detained more than two dozen people who were planning an armed protest at the Polish embassy in the center of Kyiv, as reported by Serhiy Knyazev, the Chief of National Police of Ukraine, on Facebook.
According to him, the detainees were armed.
“More than two dozen irresponsible citizens, who had become an instrument in the hands of the Kremlin propaganda, were detained. Weapons, cartridges, gas cartridges, electric shockers, knives, …
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Poland to supply optics for Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicles
The Polish state-owned company PCO S.A. will help modernize the optoelectronic equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to a press release by Ukroboronprom, the contract states that Poland will supply modern optical and electronic equipment to Ukraine – including optical sights, periscopes and night vision devices – in order to re-equip more than 30 armored vehicles, including the BMP-1, BMP-1KSH, and BRM-1K.
The report notes that the signing of the contract was preceded by almost …
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Poland signs agreement to buy Patriot missile systems from US
On the night of July 6, the US and Poland signed an agreement regarding the purchase of eight American Patriot anti-missile defense systems.
“The US government has agreed to sell Poland Patriot missile systems in the most modern configuration, specifically, the same which the US forces will be using,” Radio Poland cites Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz as saying.
In the spring of 2015 it was reported that Poland intends to purchase eight Patriot anti-air defense systems from the US. …
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Kaczynski: Poland has the right to not accept migrants
The head of the ruling "Law and Justice" (PiS) Party in Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, believes that his country has the right not to receive migrants from countries in the Middle East on grounds of the threat to security and economic problems, as stated by Kaczynski during the congress of the PiS party in Przysucha, Radio Poland reports.
Kaczynski used Finland as an example, which, he said, once adopted 100 migrants, while today there are 26,000 of them in the country. "The ratio is one to …
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Warsaw: Poland cannot take any more refugees since it already accepted more than 1.4 million migrants from Ukraine
According to the Member of the European Parliament from Poland, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Poland accepted more than 1.4 million migrants from Ukraine, who left their homes because of the conflict in the Donbas.
“Poland has fulfilled its solidarity part with the European Union, having accepted more than 1.4 million Ukrainians, which EU leaders failed to notice. We want immigrants from [Ukraine in] the east to be counted along with immigrants from [Africa and the Middle East in] the south, but we …
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Poland and Ukraine signed an agreement on the supply of military equipment
The Polish Industrial Optics Center will supply Ukrainian defense enterprises with surveillance and guidance devices for armored vehicles, PAP reports. The agreement was signed on Monday, June 26 in Warsaw.
The agreement between the Industrial Center of Optics and Ukrinmasz refers to the supply of optoelectronic devices for drivers and commanders of military vehicles used by Ukraine, particularly the BMP, BTR and BRDM fighting vehicles.
The commercial director of the Polish enterprise, Pavel …
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Poland to fine Russia for poor quality of the supplied gas
Poland will impose a fine on Russia for supplying substandard gas, which Warsaw stopped taking from the Yamal gas pipeline for its own needs as of June 21st, as stated by the chairman of the Polish oil and gas company, PGNiG, Piotr Wozniak, Ukrinform reports.
“As a result, PGNiG will be forced to impose a fine on Gazprom in accordance with the contract,” Wozniak said.
According to him, if the gas supply to Poland is resumed by June 23rd, this will not affect the 2017 – 2018 heating season. …
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The Polish Sejm adopted a law banning communist propaganda
The Polish Sejm amended the law banning the propaganda of communism or any other totalitarian system in the names of buildings and other architectural objects. According to the document adopted on June 22, the monuments of the Soviet era, including memorials in honor of the Red Army, will be demolished.
408 deputies voted in favor, 7 voted against, and 15 abstained when voting on the final wording of the law. Amendments will come into force three months after the promulgation of the law.
The …
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Poland: Russia will use Nord Stream 2 as a political weapon
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a political project and threatens the diversification of sources of the energy supply in the region, as stated by Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski during a session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States in Reykjavik, the Polish Foreign Ministry reported.
“The Nord Stream 2 project creates a major risk to the diversification of gas supply sources in the region,” Waszczykowski said.
He added that in the area of regional energy security, solutions …