Poland will maintain its embargo on grain imports from Ukraine „indefinitely,” to protect Polish farmers, while continuing to help Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion, the agriculture minister has said.
Speaking after a meeting with farmers’ groups, the agriculture minister stated that „the embargo on Ukrainian products will remain in force indefinitely.” He added that „Ukraine must be assisted” amid Russia’s aggression, but „in a way that does not undermine the profitability of Polish agricultural production.” On Wednesday, Poland’s farm minister said the ban on Ukrainian grain would remain in force until Warsaw, Kyiv and the European Union, agree on „new terms,” including „quotas and temporary measures”.
Source – Polskie Radio
A set of quadruplets has been born on Wednesday in a hospital in Poznań, western Poland. Naturally occurring quadruplets pregnancies are extremely rare, occurring in only one in almost every 700,000 pregnancies.
The last time quadruplets were born in Poland was in 2022 in Warsaw. The four girls – Laura, Hanna, Sofia and Lilianna – were born in the 32nd week of pregnancy by a caesarean operation. The smallest of them weighs 1590 grams; the largest – 1875 grams. Their condition is described as stable but they have to remain in intensive care. The parents, who are the residents of a village near Poznań, already have a son who now has 4 sisters to welcome into the world and buy birthday presents for.
Source – Polskie Radio
Gdańsk has been placed high on a list of European cities for residents’ satisfaction with life in their place of residence.
According to a survey by SchengenVisaInfo, Zurich, Copenhagen and Groningen in the Netherlands are the top three cities with the highest number of residents satisfied with their living, with Gdańsk in the fourth place. Gdańsk, alongside Groningen and Braga in Portugal, is also among the top ten cities considered as the best to live in for immigrants. The report includes 83 cities across the EU, European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, the United Kingdom, the Western Balkans and Türkiye. It contains data from over 71, 000 interviews conducted with residents in each city. The factors taken into consideration included safety, availability of public spaces, healthcare, and opportunities for the elderly, families with young children as well as migrants.
Source – Polskie Radio
The Wybrzeże Theatre in Gdańsk old town is celebrating the success of 2023 as it revealed it staged 410 performances in 2023.
The theatre’s head of communications and education told Radio Gdańsk that the theatre welcomed 68,000 guests last year and staged 6 premières during a busy season in which 31 different titles were performed, alongside 204 educational events, including 11 events for people with special needs. One of the most important events of the past year for the Gdańsk theatre was the opening of the Big Stage after renovation – the largest investment that the theatre has made, in terms of value and complexity.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
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