Section: Poland
Polish Defence Minister condemns ‘Russian invasion of Ukraine’
Russia is displaying aggression towards Ukraine and the region, Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz told the TVP broadcaster on Wednesday. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Polish Defence Minister discusses Suwałki gap
Russia is displaying aggression towards Ukraine and the region, Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz told the TVP broadcaster on Wednesday. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Soldier of Polish origin killed in fighting with pro-Russian separatists: report
A Ukrainian army soldier of Polish origin has been killed in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, Poland’s Gazeta Polska Codziennie has reported. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
People’s Artist of Ukraine throws down a gag to PKP on YouTube
On April 27, music band “Plyushevyy Brooklyn” (“Teddy Brooklyn”) along with the People’s Artist of Ukraine Pavlo Zibrov posted a music video on their YouTube channel called “Polish railway,” which almost at once appeared on both Ukrainian and Polish media. In the video, the band sings “Hey, Polish railway, appoint Pavlo Zibrov as Polish...
TVP to sublicense Euro 2016 from Polsat
Polish public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) has obtained a sublicense for 11 games from this summer’s Uefa European Championship from Polsat. The value of the contract is unknown. Under the agreement, TVP will broadcast all three group-stage matches of the Polish national team (with Northern Ireland, Germany and Ukraine), the opening...
Balcerowicz: Ukraine needs a program of restructuring and privatisation
Leszek Balcerowicz, the author of Poland’s post-communist transition to a market economy, who was appointed advisor to the Ukrainian president last week, has already commented on the economic situation in Ukraine. “Ukraine needs to break apart monopolies and privatise state-owned firms to transform itself into a well-functioning capitalist...
Ukrainian gov’t role for Poland’s Balcerowicz
Former finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz, the architect of Poland’s free market reforms after the collapse of communism, is to be President Petro Poroshenko’s representative in the Ukrainian government. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Balcerowicz joins Ukraine gov’t advisory team
Poland’s former Finance Minister and mastermind behind the transition from communism to capitalism Leszek Balcerowicz has been appointed as an advisor to the Ukrainian government. “A team of international advisors to the Ukrainian government has been established, with Slovakian former deputy Prime Minister Iwan Miklos serving as its...
‘Rebellion’ by 19 Russian soldiers in Donbas: report
Nineteen Russian soldiers stationed in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine have “rebelled” against their commanders and asked to be sent back to Russia, Polish media have reported, citing Ukrainian intelligence. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
EIB lends €250 mln to PKP
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend EUR 250 million to PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe to finance improvements to the railways along the strategic TEN-T North Sea–Baltic Corridor linking the Baltic Sea with the Ukraine border, the bank said. The EIB funds will support the modernisation of the 171 km section of the railway line between… This...
