The Polish government has given the green light for the construction of the country’s second nuclear power station in the west of the country in 2035, it has been announced.

The decision-in-principle was issued by Climate and Environment Minister. The plant will be built by a joint-venture company created by the state-run energy giant PGE and the private energy firm ZE PAK, in cooperation with South Korea’s Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power. Poland’s first nuclear station is set to be built in the north of the country, near the Baltic coast, in an American led consortium. Construction is set to start in 2026, with the first of three reactors slated to be ready in 2033.

Source – Polskie Radio

Poland is set to lead NATO’s largest cyber defence exercise, „Cyber Coalition 2023”, next week. This annual exercise, running from November 27 to December 1, highlights Poland’s growing prominence in cybersecurity and the trust placed in its capabilities by NATO allies, officials have said.

The drills are part of NATO’s broader strategy since the 2016 Warsaw summit, and a significant step for international cybersecurity collaboration, recognizing cyber space as a military operational domain alongside land, sea, and air. The exercise involves a cyberattack on a fictional allied nation, focusing on realistic threats such as attacks on information systems, critical infrastructure, and supply chains.

Source – Polskie Radio

A planned new air hub is vital for NATO according to a prominent American political scientist. The senior fellow at the US think tank the Atlantic Council, argues that NATO „needs to focus on improving military mobility,” especially „North-South along the Eastern frontier.”

His comments follow a recent statement by the chief of NATO’s logistics command, who told the Reuters news agency that NATO was „running out of time” in its efforts to enable faster troop movements across Europe. A similar opinion was expressed earlier this year by the Polish government’s commissioner for the planned new air hub near Warsaw, known as the Solidarity Transport Hub (CPK) project. The hub planned between Warsaw and the central city of Łódź is expected to integrate air, rail and road transport. The airport is due to be launched in 2028 to initially handle 40 million passengers a year.

Source – Polskie Radio

And finally, archaeological work at the World War II site of Westerplatte has completed its 10th stage it has been announced this week. Experts are examining the area of ​​the Military Transit Depot where World War II started, documenting the objects and artifacts found there.

The priority is to find the remains of all Polish soldiers who died while defending the area from German attack in the first days of World War II. Archaeological work was started at the site in 2016. The work has covered an area of around 1,600 square metres and so far uncovered around 3700 artefacts. Work will continue in the next stage of discovery.

Source – Radio Gdańsk

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