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EU announces massive investment in underwater electricity cable between Poland and Lithuania

On 1 October, member states approved a European Commission proposal to invest almost 1 billion euros in ten energy infrastructure projects, as part of the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility. ARIS OIKONOMOU/POOL/PAP/EPA

The new funding will go towards building the Harmony Link cable which will support the development of energy infrastructure in the region, becoming a building block for an offshore grid in the Baltic Sea.

Girl who lost her leg to cancer climbs one of Poland’s highest peaks to raise money for charity

It took Ewa Harapin and her friend days to reach the 2,172-metre peak of Szpiglasowy Wierch in the Tatra Mountains.

Poland calls for “EUR-1 billion” fund to help Belarus

The EU fund would help Belarusian companies and improve their access to European markets.

Poland to spend EUR 6.14 billion for the disabled in 2020 - min

Poland will spend over PLN 27 billion (EUR 6.14 billion) on support for people with disabilities this year, up by PLN 12 billion (EUR 2.73 billion) from 2015, Polish Family and Labour Minister Marlena Malag said on Wednesday.

Government to double funds for local governments to EUR 2.7 bln - PM

The government will double the budget of the Fund for Local Investments to PLN 12 billion (EUR 2.7 billion), Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday, adding this will boost local governments' capacity to implement new infrastructure projects.

Poland will benefit most from EU's cohesion fund - PM

Poland will be the biggest beneficiary from the EU's cohesion fund under the bloc's 2021-27 budget, PM Mateusz Morawiecki told the parliament on Wednesday, a day after he returned from marathon negotiations in Brussels.

On the right track: Railways to get massive investment to improve connections in east of the country

The combination of the projects will see 85 stations or stops renovated or created, travel times slashed by over an hour on certain lines and over 150 km of track modernised.

Poland against rule of law conditions on EU funds payouts - PM

Poland will not agree to an arbitrary definition of the rule of law issue, PM Mateusz Morawiecki said before an EU summit devoted to the bloc's next seven-year budget, as he opposed EU plans to tie EU funds payouts with the state of the rule of law.

Poland against conditions on payments from transformation fund - PM

Poland sees no ground for currently proposed conditions of payments from the EU's energy transformation fund, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Brussels on Friday before the start of an EU summit.

Poland with big chances to get record funds from EU - FM

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said on Thursday that there were big chances that Poland would obtain record-high funding from the EU recovery fund without the condition of linking it to the rule of law, a stipulation which Poland does not accept.

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