The UK is today celebrating the official coronation of King Charles III who succeeds the late Queen Elizabeth II. King Charles will be crowned along with Queen Camilla at 11am UK time today at Westminster Abbey in the British capital in a ceremony steeped in tradition and conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Guests attending will include members of the royal family, as well as international representatives from 203 countries, including approximately 100 heads of state, alongside community and charity champions. King Charles is patron of the Shakespeare Theatre in Gdansk and visited the city in the 1990s.
Source – Polskie Radio, Guardian News
The Polish government has unveiled plans to provide additional protection for key infrastructure in the Baltic Sea as it seeks to protect it from „modern terrorist threats”.
The draft legislation was approved by the Polish government on Thursday. It comes amid heightened risk of attacks on Europe’s strategic energy infrastructure, following an act of sabotage targeting the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream gas pipeline last autumn. Under the plan, Poland’s defence minister will be entitled to order the army “to sink an enemy ship or watercraft” to foil a terrorist attack. The draft legislation must be approved by parliament to become law.
Source – Polskie Radio
Poland and Japan are set to bolster their co-operation in the green hydrogen sector, according to reports. Under a memorandum of cooperation which was signed this week, Poland and Japan will work closer together in producing renewable, low-emission hydrogen, as well as in developing a sustainable and affordable supply chain for hydrogen in industries such as energy, transport, heating and manufacturing.
Speaking of the agreement, Poland’s Climate and Environment Minister said that the global hydrogen market would be worth USD 220 billion in 2028, according to forecasts. Under the memorandum of cooperation, Poland and Japan will work closer together in producing renewable, low-emission hydrogen, as well as in developing a sustainable and affordable supply chain for hydrogen in industries such as energy, transport, heating and manufacturing.
Source – Polskie Radio
And finally, the troubled Mevo 2.0 cycle hire system faces new woes this week, as its sister scheme in Sweden faced issues. In trials in Stockholm, the frame of the bikes cracked, and one user was injured after he fell while riding a two-wheeler.
In the Three Cities, the system has been trialled since April. There have not been reported issues with bikes, however the associated smartphone application has suffered from several glitches which made it necessary to suspend the trial while the application was fixed. CityBike Global, the operator of the system, went live with the bike cycle scheme in Stockholm which has suffered a number of serious issues. The Tricity metropolitan fleet is to consist of 4,099 bicycles. 1,000 of them are traditional two-wheelers, while the rest are bicycles with electrically assisted drive.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Weather
Today will be a sunny day in a moderate breeze with temperatures of 9 degrees centigrade (48 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day and -1 degree overnight. Tomorrow will remain sunny in a moderate breeze with temperatures of 12 degrees during the day and 0 degrees overnight.
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