After nearly ten months of negotiations, officials announced that Poland and South Korea have agreed to build a new airport and transportation hub near Warsaw. The Central Communication Port, or CPK, will serve as a critical transfer node between Warsaw and Łódź, with the ability to integrate air, rail, and road transport.
Under an agreement signed in Warsaw on Thursday, the company managing the CPK will join South Korea’s Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) on a joint venture in which the Koreans will have a minority stake.
The agreement marks „an important milestone” in cooperation between the two countries, according to Polish Deputy Infrastructure Minister Marcin Horała, who is also the government’s point man on the CPK project.
According to the agreement, the „Solidarność Airport” will occupy an area of approximately 3,000 hectares some 40 km west of Warsaw. With an initial capacity of 45 million passengers per year, the mega-airport is expected to be completed by 2027.
Source: Radio Gdańsk, Radio Poland, PAP
A team of more than 30 Polish medics has flown to Belgium to help vaccinate staff at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
A team comprised of doctors, nurses, and paramedics will be helping administer COVID-19 booster shots to NATO employees until Sunday, in a project coordinated by the Government Centre for Security (RCB) in Warsaw.
The visit marks the second time a Polish medical team has been requested by the Western defense alliance to help vaccinate some 3,500 NATO staff members. Polish officials expressed hopes that „our joint efforts and solidarity will reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.” At the same time, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg thanked Poland for being „a strong Ally who has provided support to many other Allies and partners in our joint fight against the pandemic.”
Source: Radio Poland, PAP
Poland on Friday reported nearly 25,000 (24,991) new coronavirus infections and 571 more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the country’s total number of cases during the pandemic to over 3.7 million (3,785,036) and deaths to nearly 88,000 (87,928).
Of the new cases confirmed on Friday, the most—3,671—were in the densely populated southern coal-mining region of Silesia, followed by the province of Mazowieckie and the capital city of Warsaw. In Pomerania, over 1,500 new cases and 30 deaths were confirmed yesterday, with most infections—608—in Trójmiasto.
Earlier in the week, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announced a series of new coronavirus restrictions in response to a persistently high daily number of infections and the threat from the new, highly transmissible omicron variant of the virus.
Source: Radio Poland, PAP, Radio Gdańsk
Tomorrow evening, Radio Gdańsk will be airing a series of special events In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the introduction of martial law in Poland.
The evening will begin at 18:00 with a debate and discussion on the tragic events leading up to the imposition of martial law in December of 1981.
The panel will include the authors of the book „Wickedness and honor. Martial law in a hundred scenes,” Deputy Chairman of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), Dr. Wojciech Polak, along with dr hab. Sylwia Galij-Skarbińska and Fr. Dr. Michał Damazyn.
A live concert featuring the band Fabryka will be aired Immediately following the debate, at 19:00 from the main concert studio at Radio Gdańsk.
Source: Radio Gdańsk
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy and cold, with very little chance of snow and winds coming in from the southwest. Temperatures will stay below freezing with a high of -1°C, or 31°F, dropping overnight to a low of -3°C or 26°F. Similar cold, cloudy weather is expected to continue into next week, with a chance for some snow again on Tuesday.
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