They will help bolster defences along Poland’s borders with Belarus and Russia.
Daniel Tilles
New Polish president has not organised Hanukkah celebration, breaking with tradition
His three predecessors have celebrated the Jewish holiday, starting with President Lech Kaczyński in 2006.
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Poland introduces flight restrictions in eastern airspace following Russian drone incursions
Certain types of non-military flights will be banned completely in an area along the borders with Ukraine and Belarus.
Poland to trigger NATO Article 4 in response to Russian drone violations
“This is a confrontation that Russia has declared against the entire free world,” says Donald Tusk.
Poland shoots down Russian drones that entered its airspace in “unprecedented violation”
“This is the first time Russian drones have been shot down over the territory of a NATO country,” notes Donald Tusk.
Poland allocated largest share of new EU defence programme, with €44bn in loans
Donald Tusk celebrated the fact that Poland has a “larger share than France, Italy and Spain combined”.
Poland to close Belarus border amid Russian Zapad military exercises
Border crossings will close at the end of Thursday, ahead of the exercises beginning on Friday.
Observation deck atop EU’s highest building opens in Warsaw
The attraction is located 230m up on the 53rd floor of the Varso tower, which is also the EU’s tallest building.
Activists on trial in Poland for assisting illegal migrants found not guilty
Prosecutors had been seeking prison sentences for their actions.
Poland shuts down meth lab and arrests two Mexican “cooks” linked to Sinaloa cartel
Armed counter-terrorism officers in a helicopter raided the production site.
Member of Russian anti-Putin protest group Pussy Riot detained after entering Poland
She is the subject of an Interpol red notice issued by Turkmenistan.
Warsaw opens Poland’s first library in metro station
Metroteka – a play on the Polish word for library, “biblioteka” – offers commuters over 16,000 books to borrow.
Polish victims of WWII massacres by Ukrainian nationalists reburied in Ukraine
Their remains were exhumed earlier this year following a diplomatic breakthrough between Kyiv and Warsaw.
Fitch changes Poland’s outlook to negative, prompting blame game between government and president
The credit ratings agency cited concern over “deteriorating public finances” and growing “political polarisation”.
