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EC almost ready to launch another crisis reserve says minister

Henryk Kowalczyk said that the EU funds supplemented with those from the national budget would allow more for more than PLN 500 million (EUR 106.7 million) in total funds to be allocated to support for farmers. Paweł Supernak/PAP

The European Commission has declared that it is prepared to launch another agricultural reserve, Poland’s agriculture minister announced on Wednesday.

Today’s news round up in Poland

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

Opposition parties want to fire agriculture minister

Opposition parties will support a motion for the dismissal of Agriculture Minister Henryk Kowalczyk announced on Saturday by the Polish People's Party (PSL), an agrarian opposition grouping.

Opposition party to file motion to dismiss agriculture minister

The Polish People's Party (PSL), an agrarian opposition party, will file a motion for the dismissal of Agriculture Minister Henryk Kowalczyk, the PSL leader said on Saturday.

EU should help Ukraine with grain exports says Polish official

Poland's deputy prime minister and agriculture minister has said that the whole European Union should be involved in helping Kyiv with grain exports to alleviate the burden taken in this respect by the countries neighbouring Ukraine.

Food prices unlikely to fall next year says agriculture minister

The Polish agriculture minister has said that food prices will not fall next year, and that the goal is not to let them grow too quickly.

Farmer subsidies in Poland at European level says PiS head

Poland's farmer subsidies have already reached the European level or even slightly exceeded the European average, the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has said.

Poland has exported over 2 mln tonnes of Ukrainian grain says minister

Poland has exported over 2 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, Poland's agriculture minister said on Thursday.

Almost five mln tonnes of food wasted in Poland annually says minister

Sixty percent of the five million tonnes of wasted food in Poland annually is directly attributable to consumers, the country’s agriculture minister indicated on Tuesday.

Poland is one of Europe's most competitive food producers - FAO official

The director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has said that Poland has become one of the most important agricultural producers.

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How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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