Ukraine “will be forced to take retaliatory measures” if the bill is passed, they warn.
Ukraine “will be forced to take retaliatory measures” if the bill is passed, they warn.
Eight complaints were submitted claiming the flag violated Poland’s law against promotion of fascist ideologies.
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The event was also addressed by Viktor Orbán and, by video message, Donald Trump.
Right-wing opposition parties voted against the bill, arguing that Silesian is a dialect of Polish rather than a language in its own right.
Former PiS minister Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik were also convicted and pardoned in relation to the same case.
Half will go the World Food Programme and the other half to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
The pair were in December handed prison sentences and bans on holding public office.
Sejm speaker Szymon Hołownia accused the court of “unlawfully interfering” and “exceeding its authority”.
Culture minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz has already resigned, just five months after taking office.
The Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) has been rendered ineffective and politicised, claims the government.
The Kremlin says it is “analysing the situation” and will “take all necessary steps to ensure our security”.
The pair claim to be victims of “political repression” by the government.
“He [Duda] is my friend, and we had four great years together and we may have to do it again,” said Trump.
But Warsaw will push for a “de-escalation” of the situation.