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Italian destroyer arrives in Poland to help protect Baltic coast

Caio Duilio is a destroyer of the Italian Navy which belongs to the Horizon class. It is marked by hull number D 554 according to Nato classification. Adam Warżawa/PAP

An Italian guided missile destroyer has arrived at the Polish coast to help strengthen air defence in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Polish defence minister 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.

Patriot training a warning to aggressors says minister

Exercises involving Patriot anti-missile systems taking place in Warsaw are meant as a warning to potential attackers, Poland's defence minister, Mariusz Blaszczak said on Tuesday.

German Patriot system to be deployed in eastern Poland

German Patriot air defence systems will be deployed in the eastern part of the country, the Polish defence minister has said.

German Patriots should be in Ukraine says president

The Patriot missiles offered to Poland by Germany should be sent to Ukraine because it makes sense from a miltary point of view, Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland, said on Friday.

Germany offers Poland Patriot system after stray missile blast

Poland's defence minister, Mariusz Blaszczak said that he was "satisfied with the German Minister of Defence's proposal regarding the deployment of additional Patriot missile launchers in our country."

Poland to ask NATO to trigger article 4 after ’Russian-made’ missile kills two Poles

The missile landed near the village of Przewodow, which lies about 10 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, on Tuesday afternoon, and came on a day in which Russia launched dozens of strikes on targets across Ukraine.

North Atlantic Council to discuss missile blast in Poland

The North Atlantic Council, Nato's main decision-making body, will meet on Wednesday at 10 am to discuss Tuesday's missile blast in eastern Poland that claimed the lives of two people, Nato's spokesperson said on Wednesday morning.

Polish army receives short-range missile defence system

Poland's defence minister has officially handed over the "small Narew" short-range defence system to Polish armed forces in the eastern city of Zamosc on Tuesday.

Raytheon to test Patriot system components for Poland in October

Checks on the integration of the components of the first Patriot missile battery for Poland will start in October, Caroline Touchstone, the director of the Patriot-Wisla programme at Raytheon Missiles and Defence, has announced.

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Nestled in green meadows and surrounded by lush forests, the house which features a distinctive curved silhouette reminiscent of a sea dune has been named ‘Best Single Family Residence’ in the latest edition of the European Property Awards.

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