The suspect, Alexander Butyagin, can still appeal, while a final decision on extradition rests with the Polish justice minister.
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Poland willing to discuss Trump call for action on Strait of Hormuz but has no plans to send forces
Foreign minister Radosław Sikorski said Poland would listen to the Trump’s demands “out of respect and sympathy for our American ally”.
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Nazi-German statue, dubbed “Teutonkhamun”, found during construction of Polish supermarket
The statue of a warrior, once part of a Wehrmacht barracks, went disappeared at the end of the war.
Polish parliament will seek rare override of presidential veto on dog-chaining ban
The last time a veto was overturned by parliament was in 2009 under President Lech Kaczyński.
Polish president signs fur farm ban into law but vetoes prohibition on chaining up dogs
The ban on fur farming will have an eight-year transition period and offer compensation to breeders.
Polish president vetoes law regulating crypto-assets market
The measures “pose a real threat to the freedoms of Poles, their property and the stability of the state”, said the president’s office.
Tusk hails relations with Germany after Merz talks but urges Berlin to “hurry up” with WW2 compensation
Merz revealed that Poland and Germany are preparing to sign a defence agreement next year.
Germany agrees to return medieval documents looted by the Nazis to Poland
The culture minister called the decision “the most important and valuable return of stolen cultural heritage in modern Polish history”.
Former Auschwitz prisoner can sue German publisher for writing “Polish death camp”, rules court
Stanisław Zalewski, a former member of the Polish underground resistance who turned 100 this year, has fought a long-running legal battle.
Polish city seeks to begin recognising foreign same-sex marriages following EU ruling
However, the mayor admits that they cannot do so until the government updates the registry system.
Poland’s President Nawrocki cancels Orbán meeting after Hungarian PM’s Putin visit
“In view of the meeting between Orbán and the criminal Putin, it is obvious that the president has cancelled this visit,” said Nawrocki’s spokesman.
Polish city becomes first to break ties with Israel, citing “Gaza genocide”
Sopot has been twinned with the Israeli city of Ashkelon since 1993.
Poland charges three Belarusians and two Ukrainians with espionage
Their actions were consistent with the “modus operandi of Russian intelligence”, says the Internal Security Agency.
Polish president vetoes universal access to postal voting due to concern over election interference
Karol Nawrocki also warned that it allows “pressure from third parties” on how voters cast their ballot.
