Milk bars offered affordable food and were once widespread in Poland but have struggled in recent years.

Milk bars offered affordable food and were once widespread in Poland but have struggled in recent years.
Commentators in Poland and abroad argued that eastern NATO states should have been invited.
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“With our resistance to this, Poland is a very important country in Europe and the world,” says the ruling party chairman.
Prosecutors believe Polish chickens and ducks have been given feed containing oils meant for use in the production of greases and biofuels.
The head of the ruling party, Jarosław Kaczyński, says he “fully supports” the idea of Poland joining NATO’s nuclear sharing programme.
Poland’s 14th-century King Władysław I was nicknamed “Łokietek”, translating as “Elbow-high” in English.
“Germany admits its historical responsibility [but] the issue of reparations is a closed one from the perspective of the German government.”
However, the overall volume of gas supplies to Poland remained fairly stable as more arrived from within the EU and through an LNG terminal.
Reparations “will allow Polish-German relations to be based on justice and truth and will lead to the closing of painful chapters in the past”, says Poland.
Soaring energy bills “put the functioning of the university in question for the first time”, says the rector.
Jerzy Jarniewicz’s “Mondo cane” won the Nike Literary Award while Joanna Ostrowska received the readers’ prize.
Poland’s state historical body, the IPN, last year appealed for help identifying the woman in the 1943 photograph.
Leszek Czarnecki, formerly Poland’s richest man, showed a “reprehensible” approach to overseeing the bank he owned, says the financial authority.