Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was admitted to hospital in Siberia on Thursday suffering symptoms of what his spokeswoman called poisoning, after his aircraft made an emergency landing. Navalny, 44, is unconscious and in intensive care after he started feeling unwell on a flight returning to Moscow. In an incident last year Navalny suffered an acute allergic reaction which one doctor said could have resulted from poisoning with an unknown chemical.
Navalny, a lawyer and anti-corruption activist, has served several stints in jail in recent years for organizing anti-Kremlin protests. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia’s were politically motivated and violated his human rights, a ruling Moscow called questionable.
Source – Polskie Radio
Poland’s foreign minister, Jacek Czaputowicz, has stepped down from his role as Poland’s top diplomat, the Polish foreign ministry announced on Thursday.
Source – Polskie Radio, Al Jazeera
The well-known high street brand Primark has opened its first shop in Poland in Warsaw’s Galeria Młociny shopping centre this week.
The new store claims to have created over 250 jobs and covers 3,660 square metres of retail space across two floors. The store also includes 30 cash desks, 35 fitting rooms and free Wi-Fi access. The company has put measures in place to help safeguard employees and customers during the Covid-19 pandemic including social distancing protocols and a strict disinfection routine. The company has also announced further expansion plans with a second store planned for Poland, in Poznan, in 2021.
Source – rte.ie, Warsaw Business Journal
From August 17, passengers traveling by rail to the Tri-City can use a new service – book and rent a car to continue their journey.
PKP Mobility has launched an hourly car sharing service. As part of it, at the Gdynia Główna railway station – and only Gdynia Główna, at least for now – you can rent one of the electric Nissan Leafs from the Easyshare fleet.
The car will be available to people buying tickets through the Bilkom system. The cost of renting an electrician is PLN 20 per hour for the first four hours, and then PLN 6 per hour.
Sources – transport-publiczny.pl, elektrowoz.pl
Weather
Today will be a hot and sunny day with a light breeze and temperatures reaching 31 degrees centigrade (88 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to a sticky 19 degrees centigrade overnight. Saturday will start sunny but thundery showers will develop later with temperatures reaching 28 degrees centigrade during the day and 16 degrees overnight.
