Poland’s Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has said that his country is against forced relocation of migrants between European Union countries and has called for better control of the EU’s borders.
He made the remarks after a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Friday. Morawiecki told reporters: “Security at our borders and security inside our countries, peace and public order. These are the values that make everything else possible, values that make it possible to carry out business activity, values that make possible a normal social life. He stated: “Poland’s position remains unchanged. EU borders can be opened only after our basic security needs have been addressed.”
Source – Polskie Radio
A Polish woman and her 7-year-old son have died after the boy fell overboard from a ferry which sails between Sweden and Poland and the mother jumped in after the boy in an apparent bid to rescue him.
On Thursday afternoon, the Danish-registered ferry Stena Spirit, travelling from Gdynia in Poland to Karlskrona in Sweden, reported that a 36-year-old Polish woman and her 7-year-old child had gone overboard, according to news outlets. Helicopters from Poland, Germany and Sweden rushed to the rescue, aided by four NATO ships and one US Coast Guard vessel, which had been conducting exercises nearby. Swedish police have launched an investigation into the accident, with officers having already interviewed the Stena Spirit’s crew and secured CCTV footage from the ferry, according to officials.
Source – Polskie Radio
Poland’s president and first lady have met with delegates to the World Congress of Poles from Abroad and thanked the Polish diaspora for promoting the country internationally and „defending its good name”.
The president and First Lady hosted the meeting in the gardens of the presidential palace in Warsaw on Friday. The president has taken „honorary patronage” over the Sixth World Congress of Poles from Abroad, which runs until Sunday. The president added that Poles abroad „have welcomed many refugees from war-torn Ukraine.” He said: “You are perfectly aware of the impact this has had on Poland’s image internationally. During my foreign visits, many compatriots have told me that Poland and the Polish people are now perceived in a totally new way.”
Source – Polskie Radio
And finally, a 47-year-old man has been fined after he crashed an e-scooter whilst under the influence of alcohol, injuring a 10-year-old boy.
The man, driving recklessly through the streets of the resort had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system when breathalysed. The 47-year-old received two tickets: the first in the amount of PLN 5,000 for causing a threat to road safety, the second in the amount of PLN 2,500 for driving a scooter while intoxicated. The boy was not seriously injured.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Weather
Today will turn cloudy after a sunny start in light winds, with rain likely in the evening and temperatures of 23 degrees centigrade (73 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day and 14 degrees overnight. Tomorrow will start with thundery showers turning sunnier in a moderate breeze and temperatures of 21 degrees during the day and 11 degrees overnight.
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