Section: Poland
Ukrainian pilot Savchenko received Jan Karski award
Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot who was recently released by Russia after spending two years behind bars, has been handed the Jan Karski award for “her tempered heart in the fight for human dignity and pride”. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
EP Vice-President Czarnecki: Jagland’s omission of Ukraine ‘a scandal’
Vice-President of the European Parliament Ryszard Czarnecki has said that the omission of rights violations in Russian-occupied Crimea in a new Council of Europe report is “a scandal.” …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
EP Vice-President Czarnecki: Jagland’s omission of Ukraine outrageous
Vice-President of the European Parliament Ryszard Czarnecki has said that the omission of Ukraine from a new Council of Europe human rights report is “a scandal”, referring to CE head Thorbjoern Jagland’s annual speech. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Goldman Sachs: Poland’s chances of reaching Euro 2016 1/4 finals grow to 28.5%
Analysts from investment bank Goldman Sachs have reviewed their forecast after Tuesday’s win against Ukraine and give Poland a 28.5 percent chance (up from 21.2 percent) of reaching the quarterfinals of the Euro 2016 campaign. The investment bank also said that the odds of Poland winning the championship have tripled since the beginning of...
Council of Europe chief under fire over rights report
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe has come under fire for not mentioning – in an annual speech – human rights violations in Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, and in separatist-controlled Donbas. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Nord Stream 2 project moving along with German support: report
The German government is supporting the development of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline despite opposition from Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states, German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung has reported. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Survey: Every 7th Polish company employed worker from Ukraine
As much as 40 percent of Polish companies intend to employ workers from Ukraine, according to a new quarterly survey “Employers’ plans” by Randstad. The study also showed that 52 percent of Polish firms do not consider the idea of employing any Ukrainians. Meanwhile, Ukrainians currently have been engaged in 15 percent of Polish companies....
EU foreign policy chief in Warsaw: The European Union needs Poland very much
Federica Mogherini, a high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, visited Warsaw on Thursday to discuss the July NATO summit, EU sanctions on Russia and Eastern Partnership. Mogherini met with President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Beata Szydło and Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski. “I personally count...
Another Pole becomes high executive at Ukrainian Railway
Following the nomination of Wojciech Balczun as the head of the Ukrainian Railway, the Ukrainian Council of Ministers has appointed Remigiusz Paszkiewicz as vice President of the railway, responsible for railway infrastructure. “Today’s decision of the Ukrainian authorities is yet another sign of the appreciation for the changes made in...
Lifting sanctions on Russia now would weaken EU authority – Szymański
Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Konrad Szymański told Reuters that the European Union must not ease sanctions on Russia until the so-called Minsk peace agreement is fully implemented, as this would weaken the bloc’s position in its relations with Moscow. Szymański’s comments come amid suggestions that the EU may begin to ease...
