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Poland a leader among Nato members in defence spending says president

Referring to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the president said that the need to strengthen Eastern Europe was another subject of Monday's debate. Marcin Obara/PAP

With this year's defence spending at 3.9 percent of GDP, Poland is in the lead in Nato, Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, said on the eve of a Nato summit.

Poland, East Europe are being listened to as never before says PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, has told Polish ambassadors that it was Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its consequences which have made the world listen more cautiously to Poland and other East European countries.

MoD says support for Ukraine should be in line with their expectations

Poland’s defence minister has called for support for Ukraine to be coordinated so that it meets the expectations of the Eastern European country.

Russia-Eastern Europe pipeline back at standard capacity - operator

The volume of crude oil being sent from Russia to Eastern Europe and Germany through the Druzhba pipeline has been brought back to scheduled levels, Polish pipeline operator PERN has said.

Polish FM awaits clarification from US over Nord Stream U-turn

Poland's foreign minister said on Thursday that he and other ministers in Eastern Europe had learned of the USA's change of position over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from the media and awaited clarification from Washington.

Poland's stock exchange largest in Eastern Europe says president

Addressing a session marking the the 30th anniversary of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, President Andrzej Duda said that it was now the largest one in Eastern Europe.

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Most expensive coin ever sold in Poland is auctioned for jaw-dropping PLN 3.24 million in just one minute

Considered one of the rarest royal coins in the world, the legendary 50-ducat coin of Zygmunt III Vaza minted at the Crown Mint in Bydgoszcz went for a staggering PLN 3.24 million in the lightning-fast audition at the Raffles Hotel in Warsaw.

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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