Today’s news round-up in Poland
Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.
TVN24.pl – The news broadcaster TVN24 reported that a long period of warm and sunny weather, which has left large parts of Poland dry, will come to an end this week as rain sweeps in from the east. But forecasters predict that many of the showers the change in the weather will bring will be light. As a consequence of the dry weather local authorities have issued fire warnings in a number of regions across Poland.
Wyborcza.pl – TVPInfo, the state-owned news channel, will broadcast a documentary this week examining the relations between Russia and Donald Tusk, the leader of the main opposition party and a former prime minister, the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza reported. The documentary, entitled 'Reset' will explore Tusk's policy towards Russia during the time he was in office. Tusk has long been accused by the members of Law and Justice, the governing party, of having nefarious contacts with Russia.
TVPInfo.pl – The ruling United Right coalition has a sufficient advantage over its competitors to win this autumn's general election, Norbert Maliszewski, from the Centre of Strategic Analysis said in a magazine interview, the state-owned news broadcaster TVPInfo reported. He said that the coalition has led in the polls for a long time, and, he added, has the capacity to convince undecided voters to support it.
Rp.pl – Poles are becoming less eager to help Ukrainians, the newspaper Rzeczpospolita wrote, citing research carried out by Warsaw University and the Warsaw University of Economics and Humanities. Researchers said that while 85 percent of Poles still declare a willingness to help, those willing to provide unconditional support is declining. The number of Poles who want Ukrainians to return to their country after the end of the war has risen from 53 percent in January to about 70 percent. One of the reasons for the change in opinion is an apparent "entitlement attitude" some refugees exhibit.
