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Army tops trust poll, Constitutional Tribunal places last

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Poles have most faith in the Polish Army and the least confidence in the country's Constitutional Tribunal, according to a new opinion poll.

Army deploys 2,000 soldiers to help at 600 hospitals

Two thousand Polish soldiers will be assigned to 600 hospitals where they will assist in administrative matters including reporting on free beds for COVID-19 patients, Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak tweeted on Wednesday.

Army takes over testing points to lighten medics workload - MoD

The Polish Army is taking over the sample collection points for coronavirus testing, thanks to which medical staff will be able to focus on helping patients, National Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak tweeted on Wednesday.

Polish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian armies must cooperate - Polish MoD

The armed forces of Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine must cooperate and, in the face of the Russian invasion of Crimea, they need to draw conclusions and boost their strength, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said in Lublin, eastern Poland, on Friday.

Polish Army growing in size – defence minister

My task as the head of the Ministry of Defence is to make the Polish Army grow in size, and this is happening, said Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak during the inauguration of the academic year at the Military University of Land Forces (AWL) in Wroclaw.

Colourful ‘comic-strip’ mural goes up to mark 100th anniversary of Battle of Warsaw

Covering an area of 360 square metres on the side of a ten-floor apartment building, the mural features historical figures associated with the battle, including statesman Józef Piłsudski.

This year's WWII outbreak ceremonies to be organised by Polish Army - MoD

Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced on Friday that this year's observances of the outbreak of WWll will be organised by the Polish Army on September 1 at Westerplatte, northern Poland.

Berlin to honour the 12,000 Poles who took part in the Battle of Berlin

The memorial plaque, the flag design of which is a reference to the Polish flag that Polish soldiers raised on the Victory Column in Berlin’s Tiergarten on 2 May 1945, will be mounted on the city’s Polytechnic where the First Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division finally broke the fierce resistance of the Germans defending the building.

MoD briefs army commanders on fight against coronavirus

Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak on Wednesday remotely gave guidelines to Polish army commanders on actions aimed at containing the coronavirus spread in the country, the ministry has tweeted.

Polish army to call up 50,000 reservists for exercises - daily

Fifty thousand reservists will be called up this year for military exercises, including lawyers, doctors and drivers, the Rzeczpospolita daily wrote on Wednesday.

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