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Poland needs its new weapons to strengthen security says Duda

Poland cannot give the new weapons it buys in order to strengthen its own security to someone else, Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has said commenting on an earlier statement by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

Poland to purchase 486 HIMARS launchers

Poland has ordered 486 US made HIMARS light multiple rocket launchers, the country's defence minister has announced.

President says Polish soldiers changed course of history in 1920

Andrzej Duda, Poland's president, said on Tuesday that the heroism of Polish soldiers in the country's 1920 victory over the Red Army in the Battle of Warsaw changed the course of history and protected the whole of Europe from the Bolsheviks.

Poland shows off military strength on National Armed Forces Day

On Polish Army Day, August 15, the military is set to hold its biggest ever celebratory march in Warsaw to flex the new modern look of the Polish army, the Ministry of Defence has announced.

Today’s news round-up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

First HIMARS launchers arrive in Poland

The first shipment of US made HIMARS light multiple rocket launchers has arrived in Poland, the country's defence minister has said. 

First HIMARS rocket launchers to arrive in Poland on Monday - MoD

The head of the Ministry of National Defence, Mariusz Blaszczak, speaking at the Law and Justice (PiS) convention on Saturday, said that the first consignment of US made HIMARS light multiple rocket launchers will arrive in Poland on Monday.

US to provide Poland with Apache helicopters says defence minister

The US will provide Poland with eight Apache helicopters until Poland receives those which it has ordered, said Poland’s defence minister on Friday after a meeting with the US defence secretary in Washngton, D.C. on Friday.

US, Poland to deepen defence industry partnership says US defence secretary

An agreement to deepen cooperation between the defence industries of Poland and the US was signed on Friday, Poland's defence minister announced after a meeting with the US secretary of defence in Washington D.C.

MoD discusses possibility of HIMARS coproduction in Poland

During a visit to the US, Poland's defence minister talked with Lockheed Martin on Thursday about the possibility of coproducing HIMARS rocket systems in Poland.

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Culture | History | Life

Haunting never-before-seen photos reveal Jewish life in first few weeks of Nazi German occupation

Released by the Warsaw Rising Museum, and compiled in collaboration with the Jewish Historical Institute, the book ‘W obliczu Zagłady’ (‘In the Face of the Holocaust’) begins by showing pictures taken not just before the Ghetto Wall was erected, but before Jews were even required to wear identifying armbands

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  • Poland plans to bid for 2036 Summer Olympic Games, Duda says
  • Poland to host 2027 Volleyball World Championships
  • Poland mulls border checks at border with Germany
  • The Polish agriculture minister calls on Ukraine to halt WTO complaint
  • Polish farmers cannot pay for Russia's war says PM

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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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