The Polish president Andrzej Duda has said that he will ask parliament to extend the 30 day state of emergency on Poland’s eastern border with Belarus for a further 90 days as the migrant crisis there continues. Belarus is believed to be waging a proxy war to destabilize Poland and the EU, by pushing thousands of migrants from the Middle East to the border with Poland and other EU countries, in response to sanctions place on it by the EU for alleged human rights abuses. Almost 10,000 illegal attempts to enter Poland have been recorded since the beginning of August, with 8,200 being foiled.

Source – Polskie Radio, PAP

The Polish government yesterday approved its 2022 budget which expects the economy to grow by 4.6 percent and inflation will be targeted at 3.3 percent.

The Polish finance minister told reporters that he believes that the Polish economy is in good shape but that now is not the time to reduce government deficits and debt accumulation. Government revenue is expected to total PLN 481 billion in 2022, with spending set at PLN 512 billion. Poland like many other European countries has a keen eye on inflation which is currently running at a 20 year high.

Source – Polskie Radio

Police in Poland have helped to rescue a 38-year-old Polish woman who was held captive in Tunisia and abused by a local man she met online. The woman from Katowice visited the man after starting up a friendship online.

The woman was then beaten, held hostage and the man planned to extort money from her family. The woman then texted a police officer in Poland who she had made contact with several years earlier when she was a witness in another case. Luckily she still had the officer’s number. The rescue involved the co-operation of Interpol, the National Police Headquarters in Warsaw and Poland’s embassy and consulate in Tunisia as well as local officers in Tunisia.

Source – Polskie Radio

And finally, a biologist from Gdańsk has won a prestigious award for her pioneering work in finding a cure for Alzheimer’s and Huntingdon’s disease.

Dr. Karolina Pierzynowska received the award for her innovative work using a naturally occurring compound that is found in soy beans. The 29-year-old has been conducting her research whilst working as an assistant professor at the University of Gdańsk.

Source – The First News

Weather

Today will be a sunny day with scattered clouds and a moderate breeze with temperatures reaching 16 degrees centigrade (61 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to 10 degrees overnight. Tomorrow will be drizzly in the morning, with any rain clearing up into the afternoon and temperatures will reach 15 degrees during the day and 6 degrees overnight.
That was the Radio Gdańsk English news and weather.

Martin Caren