Ursula von der Leyen praised Poland’s “extraordinary solidarity” with Ukraine and noted it is facing “weaponised migration” from Belarus.

Ursula von der Leyen praised Poland’s “extraordinary solidarity” with Ukraine and noted it is facing “weaponised migration” from Belarus.
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The former operational commander of the armed forces says Mariusz Błaszczak falsely blamed him for a Russian missile going undetected.
The Sejm also consented for the MP, a former deputy justice minister, to be placed in pretrial detention.
PSL joined with the opposition to vote against it.
By contrast, most EU countries saw their populations increase last year.
“The aim is to establish cooperation in the development of our key deep strike capability,” said Poland’s defence ministry.
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“Hungary has, for a year now, been blocking refunds for the military equipment we delivered to Ukraine,” says foreign minister Radosław Sikorski.
“If every European country did this, Ukraine would have several brigades,” said Radosław Sikorski.
Three of Confederation’s six MEPs will join the “Europe of Sovereign Nations” group being founded by the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
The proposed law would decriminalise the act of helping a woman obtain an illegal abortion.
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Olga Malinkiewicz and her team were hailed for “advancing solar energy technology with their cost-effective and environmentally friendly” perovskite cells.
“We are doing our best to make Polish schools as prepared as possible,” says the education minister.
Kaczyński called on his supporters to “take various types of action…in defence of Poland”.
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