The Polish President and Prime Minister have attended an event to test the country’s new Patriot air defence system.

The president and PM were in the audience as the first battery of Patriot launchers was test-operated at a training ground in the northern city of Toruń. The US-made Patriot system will soon become the basis of Poland’s comprehensive Wisła (Vistula) medium-range air defence system, officials said. Addressing the gathering, Duda noted that the first contracts for the delivery of Patriot missile batteries to Poland were signed four years ago.

Source – Polskie Radio

The head of Poland’s Central Bank, Adam Glapiński, has threatened to take legal action against some of the members of the country’s rate-setting Monetary Policy Council (MPC) over public statements they made criticising the Council’s decisions.

Following the MPC’s decision earlier this month to halt its cycle of interest rate hikes and to keep Poland’s main interest rate unchanged at 6.75 percent, two of the panel’s members criticized the move. One of the members posted a critique on her LinkedIn profile, and the second member criticised the policy in an interview with the broadcaster TVN24. Glapiński threatened that the members could „face prosecution for violation of some of the MPC-related legal provisions”. The National Bank of Poland on Wednesday issued a statement saying that „a media campaign of this size may have a lasting impact on the central bank’s image and affect the stability of the country’s financial system”.

Source – Polskie Radio

Polish firefighters are checking the condition of bomb shelters throughout the country as a security measure amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a deputy interior minister has said.

The minister revealed that „so far, a review of bomb shelters in the Warsaw area found they were in a poor state”. He said that funds „will be made available to upgrade such facilities”. He added that the government would seek to raise public awareness „to make sure everyone knows where the nearest bomb shelter is”. There are 62,000 such facilities across the country.

Source – Polskie Radio

Gdańsk school leavers with disabilities are set to get a helping hand from Gdańsk city council in the form of co-financing for renting a flat or a single-family house.

The program called „Independence – Activity – Mobility!” A flat for a graduate is co-financed by the State Fund for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled. Assistance with rental costs will be provided for a maximum of 36 months, with almost all costs covered in the first year of renting and then tailing off after that.

Source – Radio Gdańsk

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