The Polish president and prime minister have led tributes to the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II, who died on yesterday, aged 96. Writing on Twitter, President Andrzej Duda said, „My deepest condolences to the Royal Family and all the British people on passing of Her Majesty The Queen.” He added: „For decades she has been an embodiment of everything that makes Britain truly Great. She will be missed and remembered in Poland and all over the world.”
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki described Queen Elizabeth II in a Facebook post as „an icon, a symbol of the power, culture and tradition of the United Kingdom, beloved by the British people. I had the honour of meeting her in person. May she rest in peace,” he said. The Queen visited Warsaw in the 1996. She was the UK’s longest-serving monarch, having reigned for 70 years.
Source – Polskie Radio
The prime ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have agreed to bar ordinary Russian citizens from entering their territories, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a joint statement, they said that the measure was a set of „temporary national measures against Russian citizens who hold European Union visas,” to counteract „direct threats to public order and security”. The statement emphasised that „this is not an outright entry ban and commonly agreed legitimate exceptions will remain in force for dissidents, humanitarian cases, family members, holders of residence permits, for the facilitation of freight and transportation services, diplomatic missions, Kaliningrad facilitated transit of persons, etc.”
Source – Polskie Radio
Lifeguards from Gdańsk have had a busy season this year with 85 interventions and over 200 searches for lost children on the city’s beaches according to the data gathered by Gdańsk Sports Center who oversees lifeguard activity in the city.
There has been a marked increase on previous years in the number of children reported lost, while the number of interventions was down on previous years. A spokesman for the service said that campaigns to reduce the number of lost children, with for instance free wristbands for children with the parent’s phone number written on it were treated with nonchalance by parents.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Weather
Today will be a rainy day in a moderate breeze and temperatures of 17 degrees centigrade (63 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day and 10 degrees overnight. Tomorrow will turn cloudy in a gentle breeze and temperatures of 17 degrees during the day and 12 degrees overnight.
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