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Jaroslaw Szymczyk accidentally set off the grenade launcher

Polish police chief hurt as grenade launcher explodes

Polish police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk has revealed that a Ukrainian gift that exploded and left him hospitalised with minor injuries earlier this week had been an anti-tank grenade launcher.

World • 18 Dec 22

Andrzej Duda speaks to the media at the site of the missile blast in Przewodow (File pic)

Polish President duped by Macron impersonator

When Poland's president spoke about a missile explosion in a Polish village to someone he thought was his French counterpart, he was in fact talking to a Russian prankster.

World • 22 Nov 22

Police officers at the site of the explosion in the village of Przewodow

Zelensky asks allies for 'all data' on Poland missile

It was "very likely" that the deadly missile that struck a Polish border village was from Ukraine's air defence, Poland's President Andrzej Duda has said.

World • 16 Nov 22

Work started on the first section of the border fence this week

Poland builds fence on Russian border to deter migrants

Poland has begun fencing itself off from Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad out of concern that plans are afoot for another orchestrated influx of migrants into the European Union.

World • 04 Nov 22

Soldiers in Gdansk today marking the 83rd anniversary of World War II outbreak in Poland

Poland to sue Germany for €1.3 trillion over WWII

Poland's government today estimated the financial cost of World War II losses to be €1.3 trillion and said it would "ask Germany to negotiate these reparations".

World • 01 Sep 22

Thousands of people queue for coal supplies outside the Bogdanka coal mine

Polish homeowners queue for days to buy fuel

In Poland's late summer heat, dozens of cars and trucks line up at the Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka coal mine, as householders fearful of winter shortages wait for days and nights to stock up on heating fuel in queues reminiscent of communist times.

World • 27 Aug 22

Carlsberg, which has three breweries in the country, is among Poland's biggest brewers

Carlsberg's Poland unit could stop production

Danish brewery Carlsberg's subsidiary in Poland could cut or halt beer production due to a lack of carbon dioxide deliveries, that is becoming a problem for the food industry in the country.

Business • 26 Aug 22

Poland's central bank to raise rates in September

Poland's central bank will raise the cost of credit at its next rate-setting meeting in September, Monetary Policy Council (MPC) member Ludwik Kotecki was quoted as saying on Friday, as he warned the country was heading for "textbook stagflation".

Business • 15 Jul 22

The EU talks are meant to turn into law a global reform of corporate taxation, which was agreed last October by nearly 140 countries

EU fails to agree corporate tax reform deal

Hungary's Finance Minister Mihaly Varga told his EU counterparts today that his country could not support a reform of corporate taxation at this stage, effectively preventing a deal at EU level.

Business • 17 Jun 22

The Polish centre's co-ordinator said humanitarian aid donations from European countries have decreased in recent weeks

Ukraine donations drop as need for supplies increases

A humanitarian organisation in Poland has warned international donations of food, sanitary and medical supplies to Ukraine have more than halved since the start of the war.

Ukraine • 28 Apr 22

Poland has had several other mining disasters in recent years (stock image)

Ten trapped in Poland's second mine accident this week

Rescuers were trying to reach 10 miners who went missing today after a second coal mine accident in Poland this week.

World • 23 Apr 22

Nearly 140 countries, including Poland, reached a two-track deal in October on a minimum tax rate of 15% on multinationals

Poland blocks EU compromise on corporate tax deal

Poland has blocked a French-proposed compromise on how to implement a minimum corporate tax across the European Union in another blow to a global overhaul of international tax rules.

Business • 05 Apr 22

Joe Biden meeting soldiers from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division in Rzesnow today

Biden in Poland to see refugee efforts, meet US troops

US President Joe Biden landed in Rzeszow, Poland, today to get a first hand look at international efforts to help some of the millions of Ukrainian refugees fleeing war in their country.

World • 25 Mar 22

Ukrainian women and children after crossing the border with Moldova, waiting to be transported to a reception centre

More than 3.3m flee Ukraine, 6.5m internally displaced

More than 3.3 million refugees have now fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion, the United Nations said today, while nearly 6.5 million are thought to be internally displaced within the country.

Poland • 19 Mar 22

Simon Coveney said the biggest focus of his meetings today will be discussing the refugee situation and how Ireland can help

Coveney visits Poland for talks on refugee crisis

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney is visiting Warsaw to meet his Polish counterpart Minister Zbigniew Rau and to speak to humanitarian organisations assisting those fleeing the war in Ukraine.

Ireland • 18 Mar 22

Ocado is an online supermarket group that has sold its robotic picking technology to retailers around the world

Ocado strikes tech deal with Auchan Poland

Ocado said today it had struck a partnership with Auchan Retail Poland to provide its online delivery and picking technology at an automated centre, and its picking services in its food and non-food stores.

Business • 15 Mar 22

Zamosc - a Polish town reliving its own history

On our very first day in Zamosc myself and cameraman Paul Deighan stumbled upon its Rotunda monument.

Ukraine • 16 Mar 22

Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 takes off from Mykolaiv Air Base for a training mission in Ukraine (file image)

US rejects Poland offer of jets for Ukraine

The United States has rejected a Polish offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine via a US air base, saying the proposal raised "serious concerns" for the entire NATO alliance.

Ukraine • 09 Mar 22

Desperate times for refugees who don't know where to go

Analysis and Comment • 04 Mar 22

Poland raises national effort for Ukrainian refugees

Analysis and Comment • 02 Mar 22

People bedded down at the station in the town of Przemysl in southeast Poland, just a few kilometres from the Ukrainian border

Ukrainian refugees camp out at Polish train station

Refugees from Ukraine, including dozens of children and two women with their cats, camped overnight at a train station in neighbouring Poland after fleeing Russia's invasion yesterday.

World • 25 Feb 22

Polish president Andrzej Duda and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in 2018

EU court dismisses Polish and Hungarian challenge

The European Union's top court has dismissed a Polish and Hungarian challenge to a new law that would allow the EU to cut funds to member countries that violate democratic rights and freedoms.

World • 16 Feb 22

The cut will amount to nearly €15 million for the period between 20 September and 19 October last year

Europe to cut funds for Poland over unpaid fine

The European Commission has said it would take the unprecedented step of tapping into EU funding earmarked for Poland to collect a fine imposed for refusing to close a coal mine.

Europe • 08 Feb 22

A small plane carrying what a Polish military source said were US chain of command personnel landed this morning at Rzeszow-Jasionka airport

First US reinforcement troops arrive in Poland

The first US troops reinforcing NATO allies in eastern Europe amid a Russian military build-up on Ukraine's border arrived today at Rzeszow military base in southeastern Poland.

World • 05 Feb 22

The move escalates a long-running feud between Warsaw and Brussels

EU action against Poland over judicial independence

The European Union has announced it is launching legal action against Poland for ignoring EU law and undermining the independence of its national judiciary.

Europe • 22 Dec 21