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Today’s news round up in Poland

Today’s news round up in Poland Kalbar/TFN

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

Polish soldier who defected to Belarus found ‘dead from hanging’ in Minsk apartment

According to reports by the Belarusian state news agency BELTA, Emil Czeczko was found ‘hanging at his place of residence’ in the Belarusian capital Minsk. But some suspect he was the victim of foul play.

PM warns of Russian attempts to destabilise region

Poland's prime minister has said in an interview with BBC that a migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, a build-up of Russian forces near Ukraine and soaring gas prices are all part of Kremlin plans to destabilise central Europe.

PM sees EU unity against open-door migration policy

Poland's prime minister has told Germany's DPA news agency that most EU countries agree the bloc cannot have an open-door policy on migration.

More Iraqi migrants from Poland-Belarus border return home

Another group of Iraqis who had camped for weeks at the Belarus border with Poland, in the hope of entering the European Union, have been flown out of Belarus and back to Baghdad, a senior Polish security official said on Saturday.

Group of migrants tries to breach Polish border, Border Guard reports

A group of around 100 migrants has attempted to break through the fence on the Polish-Belarusian border near Bialowieza, the Border Guard said on Saturday.

Polish PM critical of Merkel's talks with Lukashenko - DPA

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has criticised Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel for her two telephone conversations with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, the German news agency DPA wrote on Saturday.

Migration situation in Poland a challenge for Europe, says PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has stated before a meeting with his British counterpart in London that the migration situation in Poland is very intense and that it is a problem for the whole of Europe.

Strong police presence needed at western border migrant centre

Nearly 600 police took part on Thursday in an operation aimed at quelling the disturbances at a guarded refugee centre in Wedrzyn, western Poland, a spokesman for the Lubuskie province police said on Friday.

Polish soldier injured during migrant attack on border with Belarus

A Polish soldier has been injured during an attack by a group of nearly 200 migrants on the border with Belarus, a spokeswoman for the Border Guard said on Friday.

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Poland sparks Russian anger as it begins changing Kaliningrad road signs to Królewiec

Posting on Twitter, the Ministry of Infrastructure said: “The first signs are already leading to Królewiec. We have just started replacing the boards so that they have Polish name Królewiec, not Kaliningrad.

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