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Polish PM says he supports death penalty

Asked about his statement at a Tuesday press conference, Morawiecki said: "It is my personal view that if we are dealing with, for example, a serial killer, where the evidence leaves no doubt, or with a war criminal... we should also allow the death penalty." Radek Pietruszka/PAP

Mateusz Morawiecki has said that in his opinion the death penalty should be allowed in the cases of the worst crimes.

PM announces National Cancer Strategy

The government will channel over PLN 5 billion (EUR 1.7 bln) into a new National Cancer Strategy aimed at catching the disease in its early stages, the prime minister said on Tuesday.

Poland to pay over EUR 1 bln in subsidies to energy-intensive firms

The Polish government has adopted a PLN 5 billion (EUR 1.07 billion) programme of subsidies for sectors that consume excessive amounts of energy to protect them from soaring energy prices.

Baltic country orders air-defense system produced in Poland

Another Baltic state will buy Poland’s Piorun (Thunderbolt) man-portable air-defence system, the president of the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) has announced.

EU pandemic fund could boost Poland's GDP by 0.6 pp says FinMin

Polish GDP could grow by 0.6 percent this year, if Poland receives the EUR 35 billion in EU funding it is currently locked out of, the finance minister has said.

PM praises minimum hourly rate hike

The Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has said that the 16-percent minimum hourly rate hike meant that the government was restoring the dignity of work.

Ukraine removes Bandera commemoration says minister

A Twitter post commemorating Ukrainian World War Two nationalist leader Stepan Bandera has been taken down from the website of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (parliament) after protests from Poland, a Polish minister said on Tuesday.

Flu epidemic subsides in Poland

The rate of flu infections slowed down to two percent in the last nine days of December compared to the previous week, the health minister has said.

PM against "glorification" of Ukrainian nationalist Bandera

Poland's prime minister told a press conference on Monday that the Polish government was very critical of any attempts to glorify Ukrainian World War Two nationalist leader Stepan Bandera.

Justice minister blames Black Eyed Peas LGBT gesture on EU pressure

Poland's justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, has suggested that the support for the LGBT community expressed by the US hip-hop band Black Eyed Peas at a New Year's Eve concert in Poland could be part of further government concessions towards the EU.

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