Polish president wants more NATO troops on its eastern flank
The Polish president has said that Poland wants NATO to move more soldiers to its eastern edge amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Andrzej Duda made the declaration at a summit of the Bucharest Nine (B9) group of countries in Bucharest, Romania, on Friday. The B9 brings together NATO members lying on the pact’s eastern flank: Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia. Friday’s B9 summit was held in preparation for the NATO summit, which will take place in Madrid, Spain, later this month.
Source – Polskie Radio
First case of monkey pox confirmed in Poland
Poland has confirmed its first case of monkey pox according to its Minister of Health. The patient is currently in isolation in a hospital in the country. Monkey pox is a viral disease that can be passed between animals and humans, usually found in West and Central Africa. Symptoms include fever, headache, and a skin rash that begins on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. It is not usually fatal. There are over 1000 cases confirmed in the current outbreak in 29 different countries.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Poland’s oldest citizen turns 116
Poland’s oldest person, Tekla Juniewicz, celebrated her 116th birthday on Friday. Ms Juniewicz, a resident of the southern Polish city of Gliwice, is also the second oldest person in the entire world, following the recent death of Kane Tanaki from Japan. She was born in Krupsk, near Lviv in today’s Ukraine, on June 10th, 1906. She remembers the time when Poland was partitioned between three neighbouring powers: Russia, Austria and Prussia. Ms Juniewicz was 12 when Poland regained independence in 1918.
Source – Polskie Radio
Gdansk council mulls installing posts at entrance to Old Town
And finally, Gdańsk city council is considering installing vehicular barriers at the entrances to the city’s Old Town, after a driver recently drove through Gdańsk’s famous pedestrianised Old Town in a drunken spree, injuring a number of pedestrians. The implementation of the so-called pilomats, i.e. automatic bollards that can physically limit the entry of unauthorized persons, and at the same time allow entry in a very simple way to those who can and should do it, such as the police or an ambulance service, will be discussed and voted on by the city council on June 30th. Preliminary calculations show that a total of several dozen such posts are needed
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Weather
Today will be a sunny day with some scattered clouds in a gentle breeze with temperatures of 23 degrees centigrade (73 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day and 13 degrees overnight. Tomorrow will continue sunny with scattered clouds in a gentle breeze and temperatures of 22 degrees during the day and 11 degrees overnight.
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