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?President Duda urged the unvaccinated to get their COVID-19 shots in his New Year's message as Poland grapples with a fourth wave of the pandemic and braces for a surge in infections driven by the new omicron variant.???   Duda...

Poland has welcomed 2022 with scaled-down celebrations as many people stayed home on New Year’s Eve and celebrated only with their immediate family, heeding calls from health officials and experts amid fears of a fifth wave of the pandemic. Scores...

Ukraine was the top item of discussion during a phone call yesterday between Poland's top diplomat Zbigniew Rau and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. According to a statement issued by the Polish Foreign Ministry, Rau and Blinken highlighted the...

The management of TV station TVN has responded with "appreciation and joy" to President Andrzej Duda's decision to veto a legal change which would have forced the network's American owners to give up their controlling share. Duda said yesterday that...

The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMWM) issued first-degree warnings for severe cold and frost across most of Poland starting yesterday. Regions affected by the warning include Pomorskie, Zachodniopomorskie, Mazowieckie, Lubuskie, Dolnośląskie, Śląskie, Wielkopolskie, Lubelskie, Świętokrzyskie, Łódzkie, Podkarpackie, and...

NATO has put parts of its rapid response force on standby amid tensions with Russia over Ukraine, according to sources in German and Polish media. Due to a buildup of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, the NATO Response Force...

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday visited Polish soldiers stationed at the border with Belarus, and told them the country was "proud of their service".  Addressing the troops, the PM said: “Today we are responsible for the whole European...

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A government spokesperson has denied reports that Polish secret agents hacked the phones of opposition figures for political reasons. Stanisław Żaryn, the spokesperson for the coordinator of special services, said that any such ideas “are false”.His remarks come after an...

Poland’s first ever nuclear power station could be built in Pomerania. State-owned company Polish Nuclear Power Plants has announced its preferred location for the facility in the seaside district of Choczewo.It’s by no means the final decision on the construction...