A Polish medical biologist has received the Knight’s Cross from Italian President Sergio Mattarella for his services in fighting the coronavirus epidemic.
Maciej Tarkowski, who has worked in Italy for 13 years, is a member of a six-strong research team from Milan’s Sacco hospital and the city’s university, which at the end of February isolated the Italian strain of the coronavirus. Tarkowski has said that thanks to the isolation of the Italian coronavirus strain it would be possible to establish how it differs from the Chinese pathogen. The Knights Cross is the highest ranking honour of the Italian republic.
Source – Polskie Radio, PAP
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has won a parliamentary vote of confidence in his conservative government with 235 votes to back the motion of confidence, versus 219 against and two abstentions.
That result yesterday was expected since Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice Party and its allies have a majority in the lower house.
Source – Polskie Radio
The Polish President Andrzej Duda has had a bill to parliament proposing new benefits for people who have lost their jobs amid the coronavirus epidemic approved.
The new rules approved late yesterday evening mean Poles laid off after March 31st will be entitled to an allowance of 1,400 PLN a month for a maximum of three months. The move is the latest in a line of measures by Poland’s ruling conservatives to help workers hit by the virus crisis. Duda is running for a second term in office in a June 28th presidential election.
Source – Polskie Radio
The Imperial Shipyard area of Gdańsk’s shipyard has a new addition in the form of a cultural and entertainment space that will open on June 14th.
The Imperial Dock is located in the heart of the former shipyard and which is slowly being revitalised. The revitalised space will include a beach with 54 tons of sand already prepared and a drive-in cinema.
The Imperial shipyard was the place where ship hulls were once built with huge halls, a forges and gantries has been open to the public since 2018. It is hoped that the area will be further developed in the coming years to be a mixed use inner-city neighbourhood.
Weather
Today will be a rainy day with a moderate breeze. Temperatures will reach 16 degrees centigrade (61 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to 10 degrees centigrade overnight. Saturday will be a much nicer day with sunny spells and a fresh breeze and temperatures reaching 17 degrees centigrade during the day, dropping to 9 degrees overnight.
