Last year saw a record 43,400 permits granted, bringing the total number of licences to 367,000.
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Poland to deport 57 Ukrainians and six Belarusians after Warsaw concert trouble
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian pictured at the event holding a nationalist flag has apologised.
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Poland signs $2bn air defence deal with US
“This is a sign of trust and an example of the deepening Polish-US partnership,” said the US chargé d’affaires.
Videos of mass Muslim prayers in Poland stir controversy
Right-wing opposition politicians accused the government of allowing mass immigration.
Court rejects request to detain Polish justice minister Ziobro as part of Pegasus investigation
A parliamentary commission want him to be detained for 30 days for allegedly failing to appear for questioning.
No foot and mouth disease detected in Poland but “threat greater than ever”, says agriculture minister
Thousands of cattle have been slaughtered in Slovakia and Hungary following FMD cases there.
Far-right presidential candidate’s call for all Polish universities to charge tuition fees condemned by rivals
Sławomir Mentzen’s proposal has been rejected by all of his main rival candidates from the left, right and centre.
Polish-French relations have gone “from darkness to light” under Tusk government, says ambassador
The two countries will soon sign a treaty “raising French-Polish relations to the same level as we maintain with our main partners”.
German group files further legal challenge to planned Polish deepwater port
The group, Lebensraum Vorpommern, claims the project “will lead to an environmental catastrophe”.
Poland pushes for EU to scrap daylight saving time
The European Commission has called on Poland to lead discussions on abolishing twice-yearly clock changes.
Poland only has enough supplies to fight war “for a week or two”, says security chief
His remarks have been criticised by a deputy defence minister, who says they are not true and will be exploited by Poland’s enemies.
Poland suspends right to asylum at Belarus border
The measures “give border guards a key tool to combat illegal migration, which is an element of hybrid aggression against Poland”, says the interior minister.
Poland introduces law allowing suspension of asylum rights
Such action can be taken in response to the “instrumentalisation of migration”, as has been happening on the border with Belarus.
NATO would defend Poland “with full force” if Russia attacks, says secretary general in Warsaw
Mark Rutte said he wanted to “be very clear to Vladimir Putin” that “our reaction will be devastating”.
