New gun permits quadruple in Poland since 2020 amid Ukraine war
Last year saw a record 43,400 permits granted, bringing the total number of licences to 367,000.
Poland arrests Ukrainian teen “recruited by Russia” to vandalise massacre monument
“These actions were intended to incite tensions between Poles and Ukrainians.”
Polish delivery giant InPost to install life-saving defibrillators on parcel lockers
The initiative will focus on areas that currently lack publicly accessible devices.
Poland indicts gang accused of arson attacks on behalf of foreign intelligence
The groups, made up of three Poles and three Belarusians, is accused of setting fire to two buildings.
Poland freezes payments of EU Covid funds and blames former government for misspending
But the opposition says the government is responsible for “gigantic abuse and misappropriation of funds”.
Poland protests Russian plan to “devastate” cemetery of Polish victims of Soviet massacres
Polish symbols will be removed from the Katyn cemetery that houses the remains of thousands of Poles.
Record number of pets travel on Polish trains in first half of 2025
Nearly 240,000 pets went on tail-wagging journeys on Polish trains in the first half of the year.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Poland will not support the climate goal for 2040 as proposed by the European Commission.”
Poland’s climate minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska.
