Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko suggested on Friday that he might move to restrict the transit of Western goods if sanctions are imposed on his country over a post-election crackdown on protesters according to the Polish state news agency. Lukashenko warned that he would show Poland and Lithuania „what sanctions are,” Lukashenko was quoted as saying that Poland and Lithuania “were sending [goods] through our country to China and Russia; now they will be shipping them by air or trading with Russia via the Baltic and Black Sea, and so on”. Lukashenko has previously alleged that Warsaw may be plotting to seize part of his country if Belarus broke apart amid a crisis. A Polish deputy foreign minister said on Thursday he had told the Belarusian ambassador that Warsaw was concerned about “completely unfounded” accusations by Lukashenko.
Source – Polskie Radio
Polish presidential minister Adam Kwiatkowski has revealed he has contracted the coronavirus.
Kwiatkowski, who is a senior aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda, said in a social media post on Friday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a vacation. He added that he had not been in contact with any of his colleagues at the President’s Office in Warsaw in recent days. He added that he had not had “personal contact” with any of his associates at the president’s office. A total of 65,480 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Poland since the start of the pandemic, and 2,018 have died from the COVID-19 respiratory disease so far, public health authorities reported on Friday.
Source – Polskie Radio
Yesterday marked 74 years since two members of Poland’s wartime underground Home Army, Danuta Siedzikówna and Feliks Selmanowicz, were executed by the communist regime after World War II.
Siedzikówna (also known as Inka) was a medical orderly and was executed when she was just 17 years old. She was killed together with Selmanowicz in Gdańsk on August 28, 1946, by the Soviet-backed communist regime that came to power in Poland after World War II. Many who had served in the Home Army, the underground force loyal to the Polish government-in-exile in Britain, were victims of a wave of terror after the war, were vilified as enemies of the state, killed and buried secretly in unnamed graves.
Source – Polskie Radio
And finally, from next week Radio Gdansk English Service is commencing Monday to Friday English language lessons in conjunction with the British Council.
The programme starting September 2nd tells the story of Middleton Hall, a small country hotel just outside London. It will explore the highs and lows of the hotel’s owner, Charles Middleton, his wife, Janet, and the hotel’s manager, Sitwell, who rules with an iron rod. Each 15 minute program helps listeners to improve their vocabulary, syntax and English comprehension in a fun way.
Sources – radiogdansk.pl
The rain from this morning will clear into the afternoon leaving sunny spells and clouds in a moderate breeze. Temperatures will reach a pleasant 21 degrees centigrade (70 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to 11 degrees centigrade overnight. Tomorrow will be a sunny day with scattered clouds in a gentle breeze with temperatures reaching 20 degrees centigrade during the day and 14 degrees overnight.
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