Poland has been running sizeable budget deficits in recent years as it boosts social spending and ramps up defence investment.
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Hungary condemns Polish foreign minister’s call for Russian oil pipeline to be destroyed
Viktor Orbán accused Poland of being “gripped by war psychosis”.
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Poland “absolutely against” EU proposal for compulsory cuts in electricity use
The “EU is trying to grant itself competences that it does not have”, warns Poland’s climate minister.
Estonia buys Piorun air-defence systems from Poland after their success in Ukraine
The defence minister hopes that other countries will also order Polish equipment that has “proven itself in the most difficult combat conditions” in Ukraine.
Duda in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal for first visit by a Polish president to West African states
The talks are focused on energy and food security as well as countering Russian propaganda.
Doctors charged over death of pregnant woman that sparked protests against abortion law
Others argued that the death was caused by medical malpractice.
Polish leader Kaczyński sues journalist who alleged he is gay
The court case began yesterday.
Scholz rejects Poland’s war reparation demand, saying issue already “settled”
The German chancellor “is deeply mistaken”, says the Polish MP who oversaw a report on Poland’s reparations claim.
We won’t let Germany “lecture us on democracy” and “spit in our face”, says Polish PM
Germany is trying to distract attention from its failed energy policy, says Mateusz Morawiecki.
Polish consumer authority charges three banks over implementation of “credit holidays”
BNP Paribas Bank Polska, Getin Noble Bank and Bank Pocztowy face penalties of up to 10% of their annual turnover.
Poland reopens investigation into communist-era killing of protesters
Three people were killed by riot police in Lubin on 31 August 1982.
Police detain three following video of xenophobic abuse of Ukrainians in Warsaw
The incident has caused outrage in Poland, where the public have been overwhelmingly welcoming towards refugees from Ukraine
Powerful head of Polish state TV dismissed amid speculation over return to government
A ruling party spokesman confirmed that there are “new tasks” awaiting Jacek Kurski following his departure from TVP.
Poland seeks to mend relations with Hungary strained by Russia’s war in Ukraine
While “respecting the sensitivity of our Ukrainian friends, I am going to try to return to joint activities with Hungary”, says the prime minister.
