Radio Gdansk News in English: President to meet Belarusian opposition leader
President Andrzej Duda is due to meet shortly with the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana Cichanouska.
President Andrzej Duda is due to meet shortly with the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana Cichanouska.
Poland’s health minister announced new coronavirus restrictions yesterday in response to the consistently high number of daily cases and the emerging threat from the „omicron variant”.
The US president Joe Biden is set to hold a virtual summit with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin today. Ahead of the summit, Biden will also hold talks with leaders of allied countries and the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, will talk to the president of Ukraine.
The US and Poland have signed a new agreement that will see air marshals deployed on some flights between Poland and the US. The agreement aims to bolster existing flight security arrangements which aim to prevent terrorism and air piracy.
A group of conservative and right leaning party leaders from across the EU have met this weekend in Warsaw for a summit to discuss ways to reform the 27 nation bloc. The main topic of discussion among the 13 delegates was how to resist attempts by some to turn the EU into a super-state.
EU, UK and US place new sanctions against Belarus.
Poland has said that it will summon the Belarusian defence attaché after shots were fired at the border between the two countries amid the continuing migrant crisis there.