Section: Poland
New Polish ambassadors nominated
Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski has delivered nominations to four new ambassadors: to Russia, Ukraine, Tunisia and Jordan, as well as a permanent representative to the OECD. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Polish Foreign Ministry ‘astonished’ at ‘genocide’ claim by Ukrainian MP
The Polish Foreign Ministry has said it is “astonished” at a draft resolution submitted to the Ukrainian parliament referring to “genocide” by Poles against Ukrainians over several decades up to 1951. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Polish foreign minister nominates new ambassadors
Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski has nominated four new ambassadors: to Russia, Ukraine, Tunisia and Jordan, as well as a permanent representative to OECD. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Ukraine’s MP’s may recognize Polish State’s actions in 1919 -51 as genocide
Ukraine’s Rada has received a draft resolution acknowledging actions taken by the Polish State in the years 1919 to 1951 on Ukrainians as “a genocide atrocity.” If voted for, it would enable a view of Poland and Ukraine’s history as a ” history of injustice, pressure and oppression” committed ” systematically and consecutively by the...
PGNiG to deliver gas to Ukraine
Polish state-controlled natural oil and gas company PGNiG has signed a deal with Ukrainian Eru Trading for the delivery of natural gas to industrial customers, the company said. “The commencement of natural gas deliveries to Ukraine confirms that the commercial terms offered by PGNiG are competitive and therefore attractive for both domestic...
Former Minister to become head of Ukrainian road authority – media
Former Minister of Transport Sławomir Nowak is to become head of Ukrainian road authority Ukravtodor, the counterpart of Polish GDDKiA, Ukrainian portal Apostrof said quoting anonymous sources. Nowak was the minister of transport in the PO-PSL government between 2011 and 2013. He stepped down amid controversies over his declaration of means. If...
Polish MPs adopt resolution calling 1940s massacre genocide
The Polish parliament on Friday adopted a resolution declaring 11 July a National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists against Poles during World War II. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Owner of KickAss Torrents arrested by Polish police
Artem Vaulin, the alleged Ukrainian owner of file-sharing website KickAssTorrents (KAT), has been arrested by Polish police on US charges of criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit money laundering, bnonews webportal informed. The US will seek to extradite Vaulin to the United States to stand trial, a press release informed....
Wizz Air launched two new connections from Poland
Hungary’s lowcost airline Wizz Air has announced further expansion of its route network from Poland. From November 1, the carrier will start operating a new route from Wrocław to the capital of Ukraine, Kiev with two weekly flights and from January 14 a new weekly WIZZ service will connect Gdańsk with Grenoble in France. Kiev is Wizz… This...
UPDATE: Journalist killed by car bomb in Kiev: Prosecutor General
A journalist critical of the authorities in Minsk and Moscow was murdered in Kiev on Wednesday by a car bomb, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General has said. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
