Russia’s Gazprom says it has filed an appeal in a Polish court against a multi-billion fine imposed by Poland’s antitrust authority over the construction of the contested Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Last month Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection ordered Gazprom to pay over PLN 29 billion and imposed a penalty of over PLN 234 million on five other companies taking part in the construction of the gas pipeline. Warsaw has strongly criticised Nord Stream 2 amid concerns that the pipeline from Russia to Germany under the Baltic sea will make the European Union more dependent on Russian gas. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called Nord Stream 2 “a new hybrid weapon” aimed at the European Union and NATO.

Source – Polskie Radio

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has warned that doctors in his country who leave for Poland to help in its battle against the COVID-19 epidemic will not be allowed back in. Lukashenko was quoted by Polish state news agency as saying “We have to treat our own people. But we won’t hold anyone by force. However, people should be aware that they will not be able to come back; they will work there and earn that big money that they left for,” Lukashenko’s comments came after Polish Deputy Health Minister said in an interview with the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna newspaper that Poland was open to doctors from other countries as it battles a surging epidemic.

Source – Polskie Radio

An 18-year old Pole has won the European Junior Championship in judo in the 70 kg category. Katarzyna Sobierajska from near Poznań won five fights in the championships held in Croatia. After two qualifying victories, she defeated France’s Morgane Fereol in the quarter-finals and Israel’s Shaked Amihai in the semi-finals. In the final, she beat Portugal’s Joana Crisostomo. Last year, Sobierajska won the Women’s Cadet European Judo Open, as well as a medal in the Cadet European Judo Championship.

Source – Polskie Radio

And finally, Polish electricity supplier Energa is no longer the sponsor of Gdańsk’s well known football stadium in Gdańsk’s Letnica district. The contract expired at the end of October and will not be continued. The sponsorship deal was bringing in 3 million PLN per year for the stadium and both parties had been negotiating the terms of the new contract for a long time. In the surprising announcement, Energa stated that during the 5 year sponsorship deal only two commercial events of national significance took place at the stadium and the company cited uncertainty in the events industry resulting from the current coronavirus pandemic as having a bearing on the decision.

Sources – dziennikbaltycki.pl

Weather

Today will be a cloudy day with a light breeze and temperatures reaching 10 degrees centigrade (50degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to 4degrees centigrade overnight. Sunday will remain cloudy with a gentle breeze and temperatures with temperatures reaching11 degrees centigrade during the day, and 6 degrees overnight.

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