Poland’s president has said he hopes his country will continue to enjoy flourishing ties with Germany in the decades to come as the two neighbours mark 30 years since they signed a landmark treaty to regulate cross-border relations.
Speaking at a joint news conference in Warsaw with his visiting German counterpart, Andrzej Duda said on Thursday he hoped Polish-German cooperation would continue to expand, bringing prosperity to both nations.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Warsaw on Thursday to hold face-to-face talks with Duda and attend a debate on people-to-people relations between the two countries. Steinmeier’s visit coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Polish-German Treaty of Good Neighbourship and Friendly Cooperation.
Source – Polskie Radio
Poland’s Civil Aviation Authority has launched a campaign to promote air travel amid the pandemic and convince Poles that flying is now safe and convenient.
Poland’s Deputy Infrastructure Minister said, „We want passengers to get back to flying, in a safe way. There are procedures and rules in place… by obeying them everybody will be able to travel safely, which we encourage you to do, hoping for a dynamic rebound of air traffic in Poland”.
Passengers numbers in 2020 were down 70% on the previous year with only 14.5 million people flying out of Polish airports. The Civil Aviation Authority said that the last time numbers were so low was 15 years ago.
Source – Polskie Radio, The First News
The Polish authorities have detained 12 suspected members of a gun-running gang, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The suspects, who face up to 10 years in jail, were held by police, border guards and the country’s Internal Security Agency in central and southern Poland earlier this week. Law enforcers carried out searches and seized over 60 illegal firearms of various types.
Investigators believe the gang smuggled weapons and ammunition from Slovakia. In Poland, the weapons were stripped of their identification marks and then sold.
Source – Polskie Radio
As coronavirus restrictions ease up in Poland, triathlon events are returning to the Three Cities.
The Lotto Challenge Gdańsk triathlon competition will take place this weekend near the beach in Gdańsk Brzeźno with stages taking place on the paths along the beach and Ronald Reagan Park and the Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk stadium and the tunnel under the Martwa Wisła river.
Cars and public transport can expect some disruption over the weekend as their usual routes will be diverted during the course of the event. The event runs from 7am to 12pm on Saturday and from 7am to 2pm on Sunday in what is expected to be very hot conditions.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Weather
Today will be another hot and sunny day with a moderate breeze and temperatures of 30 degrees centigrade (86 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to 17 degrees overnight. The hot and sunny weather will continue on Saturday with a moderate breeze and temperatures will reach 31 degrees during the day and 17 degrees overnight.
That was the Radio Gdańsk English news and weather.
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