Polish authorities have detained three more people in a suspect Russian spy network in the country which aimed to sabotage aid deliveries to Ukraine, bringing the number of arrests in the case to 12. The three new suspects are believed to have been gathering intelligence on routes for the delivery of military assistance to Ukraine. The suspects had also been preparing acts of subversion.
Prosecutors in the eastern Polish city of Lublin charged them with being part of an organised criminal group, as well as with working for foreign intelligence and against Poland. A court has ordered that all three be remanded in custody, and also ruled to extend the detention of the nine original suspects.
Source – Polskie Radio
Travelers who turn up at Warsaw’s Chopin Airport without a valid passport will be able to obtain an emergency travel document at the premises, the Polish government has announced. The new passport office for temporary passports was launched at the airport in the Polish capital on Thursday.
Poland’s Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński told a news conference: „There are situations where citizens are unable to cross the border and travel abroad because their passport has expired or has been lost, forgotten or stolen.” He added: „This office for temporary passports is designed … to immediately solve such problems. It is linked to all the systems that enable a temporary passport to be issued”. Kamiński told reporters that „citizens will be able to take a passport photo here and the procedure will take around 15 minutes.”
Source – Polskie Radio
Researchers have discovered record levels of mental health issues in young people in Poland, according to a study. The study suggests that the main cause of the current wave of mental health issues among children and teenagers is a „decline in independent activity”, part of the title of the original research paper, published in February 2023 in the Journal of Pediatrics.
The study points to overprotective parenting as the root cause of current levels of anxiety. Because children are missing the opportunity to roam independently, to take risks such as climbing trees, they become unable to handle normal levels of stress.
Source – Polskie Radio
The first luxury passenger ship of the season has docked in Gdańsk this week. The Hamburg liner, sailing under the Bahamian flag berthed at the Obrońców Westerplatte Quay in Gdańsk. The 145-metre-long vessel can take 420 passengers on board.
Last year 79 cruise ships called at the Port of Gdańsk, bringing a total of almost 30,000 visitors to the city. The record year for visits was 2018.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
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