The Polish Prime Minister has said that Poland aims to build one of Europe’s strongest armed forces as it seeks to modernise and strengthen its army.

Mateusz Morawiecki made the declaration in a television interview on Wednesday night. He added that „Poland is now arming itself, with state-of-the-art weapons.” He said the government had „stepped up orders” of military equipment and domestic arms makers were „working at full tilt,” including a factory in the central city of Radom he had visited earlier in the day. The prime minister declared: „We are seeking to modernise and quickly arm the Polish military to make it one of the most powerful armies in Europe.”

Source – Polskie Radio

A Polish government spokesman has said that his country is no longer sending any new weapons to Ukraine except previously agreed supplies of ammunition and armaments. He added that Poland still functioned as „a hub of international assistance” for Ukraine’s war effort against the Russian invasion.

The government spokesman added that recently „there has been a series of statements and diplomatic measures from the Ukrainian side” that „Poland doesn’t accept.” On Tuesday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly that some European countries were „playing out solidarity in a political theatre” and „making a thriller from the grain,” impeding Ukraine’s efforts to preserve land routes for agricultural exports amid Russia’s invasion.

Source – Polskie Radio

Two Polish artworks lost during the World War II have been returned to the country, the minister of culture and national heritage, has announced.

The artworks in question are Lady with a Fan, from the collection of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace in Warsaw’s Wilanów district, and Ernst Wilhelm Knippel’s lithograph Królewska Huta housed at the Silesian Museum in Katowice, southern Poland. The minister highlighted the significance of the event, stating, „Today we present and reintegrate two items previously deemed lost, thanks to the restitution efforts of our ministry. Both these works were on the list of Polish wartime losses.” Restitution efforts play a vital role in reestablishing cultural and national identities disrupted by wartime events, officials have said.

Source – Polskie Radio

Works to improve freight train infrastructure at the port of Gdynia are nearing completion according to officials. The PLN 1.9 billion project partly funded by the EU allows for longer and heavier trains carrying more cargo to access the port area.

Of the 113 kilometres of improved track, 1.5 kilometres remains to be completed. Trains up to 750 metres long and with an axle weight of 22.5 tons per axle are now able to reach the quayside at Gdynia. The project is also seen as an environmental success because it means that less freight will need to be transported on the country’s roads.

Source – Radio Gdańsk

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