The United States will continue to use sanctions as a tool against Nord Stream 2, the controversial gas pipeline that Russia is building to Germany, a US State Department official has said, as cited by a Polish website.

Christopher Robinson, a deputy assistant secretary in the US State Department’s Europe and Eurasia bureau, said at a virtual conference this week that, „“Our sanctions and authorities are working and we will stop this pipeline. We don’t want to have the sanctions, but we will use these authorities and these tools to stop the project”. During the same conference, US Republican Senator Ted Cruz said he believed that new American sanctions would prevent the completion of the controversial Russia-Germany gas link even as Moscow scrambled to finish the undersea project.

Source – Polskie Radio

Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife on Friday took part in a pre-Christmas meeting with soldiers, a traditional event that was this year held via video conference amid a pandemic. Duda conveyed his best wishes to troops, saying: „Unfortunately, unlike in previous years, we cannot visit any of our contingents, our soldiers who serve and represent Poland abroad. But I would like you all to feel – both those abroad and those in Poland – that we are with you in our hearts and thoughts.” Poland has military contingents serving as part of NATO, EU and UN missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Romania, Lebanon, the Central African Republic, Italy and Latvia.

Source – Polskie Radio

Japanese tech giant Sony has pulled Cyberpunk 2077, the long-awaited new game from Polish studio CD Projekt, from the PlayStation Store and offered refunds after users complained of bugs. The decision came just a week before Christmas. Cyberpunk 2077 was hailed as one of the industry’s most anticipated games in history. CD Projekt Red, the Warsaw-based developer behind the game, responded on Friday that the studio is “working hard” to bring the game back to the store.

Source – Polskie Radio

And finally, the annual nativity sand sculpture that is a feature of the Gdańsk Oliwa nativity festivities has been unveiled once more as more than 70 tons of sand were used for its construction. The work to create the sculpture lasted 10 days and it can now be viewed until January 6th on the main Oliwa street running next to the Oliwa park. The sand sculpture in Oliwa is about four meters high and usually represents scenes and themes from the Christian Christmas tradition.

Sources – dziennikbaltycki.pl

Weather

Today will be a grey and cloudy day with a moderate breeze and temperatures reaching 3 degrees centigrade (37 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to 1 degree overnight. Sunday will be a more sunny day with a gentle breeze and

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