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EC to reply to Poland and four other countries over Ukrainian grain crisis

Ujvari acknowledged that some EU countries face bigger challenges over Ukrainian grain imports and therefore the EC had prepared a EUR 56-million package for Poland, Romania and Bulgaria to address the situation. Leszek Szymański/PAP

The European Commission (EC) has said it will respond to a call from five European Union countries, including Poland, for limits on grain imports from Ukraine.

Four countries join Poland in calling for limits on Ukraine grain

Poland and three other countries neighbouring Ukraine, as well as Bulgaria, have demanded restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports in a joint letter sent to the European Commission (EC) on Friday.

Poland to address problems with Ukrainian grain exports says PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish prime minister, has criticised the EU for apparently failing to deliver on its promise to send grain imported from Ukraine to Middle Eastern and African countries.

Poland ready to share experience in agri–food sector says Duda in Qatar

Poland is an example of the success that can be achieved through investments in agri–food sector and is ready to share its experiences with the world's poorest countries, Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, told a UN conference in Qatar.

Incredible story of journalist who cycled across Africa to document life under colonialism

After five years travelling over 40,000 km across the continent, taking thousands of photographs and recording descriptions of his adventures and the people he met, Kazimierz Nowak left behind an exceptional record of African life in the thirties.

Ukrainian grain will not be sold in Poland says PM

Grain from Ukraine will not be sold in Poland but will be delivered to Africa and the Middle East, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said.

Extraordinary tale of Polish WWII emigration to Africa revealed in striking new photo exhibition

Organized by the National Institute of Remembrance (IPN), the project, titled ‘Trails of Hope; the Odyssey of Freedom’, was originally undertaken to mark the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the operation that saw both civilians and soldiers evacuated from the USSR as part of the so-called Anders Army.

Fashion designer honoured by Forbes uses sewing school to help tackle issue of menstrual poverty in Africa

With sanitary pads being out of reach for most women in Kenya, Maja Kotala from Chorzów has enlisted the help of fashion brands and students from her ‘Sewing Together’ school to make the free, renewable pads.

Powerful Sasnal exhibition aims to create ‘dialogue and discussion’ that will draw people together

Titled ‘Such A Landscape’, the exhibition features around 60 works between 1999 and 2021, and represent his first major exhibition in Poland since 2007.

PM call for strengthening of EU southern neighbourhood policy

The Polish prime minister has called for a strengthening of the EU's Neighbourhood policy with African countries.

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