Poland continues push for war reparations | Poland returns tonnes of illegal waste to Germany | Polish jazz musicians to play gigs in China | Failure at hot water plant leaves half of Gdańsk without hot water

Poland continues push for war reparations

Poland’s culture minister has reiterated his country’s call on Germany to pay war reparations as officials marked 84 years since the start of World War II yesterday. Piotr Gliński made the appeal at an anniversary ceremony in Warsaw. Germans demolished some 80 percent of buildings in Warsaw during the war and that the Polish government is still in the process of rebuilding landmark sites in the capital, such as the Saski Palace, the Brühl Palace and residential buildings on Królewska Street. According to the German government, „the issue of reparations and compensation for World War II losses remains closed” and Berlin „does not intend to enter into negotiations on the matter,” officials have said. The Polish government is being supported in the US by Republican congressman Chris Smith who has called on the US authorities to support Poland’s efforts to obtain reparations from Germany.

Source – Radio Gdańsk. wpolityce.pl

Poland returns tonnes of illegal waste to Germany

The Polish government has successfully secured the return of 7.2 tonnes of German waste that was transported over the border between the two countries and dumped illegally in Poland. It came after the customs office in the western Polish city of Gorzów in April told environmental inspectors about an illegal shipment of waste from a German wind farm. The shipping company failed to provide adequate information about the waste in the documents, officials said. The 7.2 tonnes of refuse came from the dismantling of a wind turbine that had been part of a wind farm in Germany.

Source – Polskie Radio

Polish jazz musicians to play gigs in China

A group of Polish jazz musicians is set to start gigging in China it has emerged. The Rafał Sarnecki Quintet, which brings together Polish, American, Chinese and Colombian musicians, has opened a 10-day tour of China. The tour will be followed by eight concerts by Polish jazz pianist Michał Ciesielski and his trio in the second half of this month, and a series of 10 gigs by the Tomasz Chyła Quintet in the second half of October. According to the foundation’s Jakub Krzeszowski, the project is inspired by the achievements of Polish traveller and scientist Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, the first Pole who explored all the continents, except the Antarctic. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Strzelecki’s death.

Source – Polskie Radio

Failure at hot water plant leaves half of Gdańsk without hot water

And finally, around half of Gdańsk was left without hot water overnight due to a failure at the PGE Energy hot water plant that supplies hot water to the city. Engineers worked overnight to fix the issue and hot water has been restored to the city. A spokeswoman for the company said „due to short-term disruptions in the operation of the Gdańsk Heat and Power Plant between 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm, the parameters of hot water supplied to the municipal heating network in Gdańsk were lowered. We immediately took corrective action. Restoration to expected parameters is already underway, which will be fully completed around midnight. We apologize to all residents for the inconvenience.”

Source – Radio Gdańsk

Weather

Today will be a sunny day in light winds, with temperatures of 22 degrees during the day and 10 degrees overnight. Tomorrow will remain sunny with scattered clouds in light winds, with temperatures of 21 degrees during the day and 11 degrees overnight.

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