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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.

State Treasury to take over Europe's biggest coal miner

Poland's State Treasury will buy out shares in the Polish Mining Group (PGG), Europe's biggest coal mining conglomerate, from four shareholders in which the Treasury has stakes.

No strike action after miners' wage demands are met

Trade unions from the Polish Mining Group (PGG), Europe's biggest hard coal producer, reached agreement in a wage dispute with PGG management on Friday and suspended the announced strike action.

Polish miners vote to strike

Miners working for the Polish Mining Group (PGG), Europe's biggest hard coal producer, have voted to strike in a company-wide referendum after talks with management and officials from the state-assets ministry failed to end a wage dispute.

Talks collapse in Polish miners' wage dispute

Trade unions from the Polish Mining Group (PGG), Europe's biggest hard coal producer, have failed to reach agreement with PGG management on Wednesday, planned protests by miners are set to continue.

No deal reached, miner protest continues in Poland

Workers from the Polish Mining Group (PGG), Europe's biggest hard coal producer, who on Monday blocked coal transports to power plants, continued their protest on Wednesday following a fiasco of talks with PGG's management.

Polish miners block coal transports in bid for more money

Workers from the Polish Mining Group (PGG), Europe's biggest hard coal producer, have blocked coal transports to power plants, demanding better compensation for working weekends and higher wages.

Polish power plants consume 20 pct more coal in 2021

Polish power plants consumed over one fifth more coal to produce electricity in the first 10 months of the year compared to the same period of 2020, the Polish Mining Group (PGG) has reported.

Poland starts coal phase-out talks with EU

Poland has started talks with the European Commission on the pre-notification of its hard coal mining phase-out programme, State Assets Minister Artur Soboń told a public radio broadcast.

Over 400 miners hold underground protest

The number of miners of the Polish Mining Group (PGG) holding an underground protest has grown to over 400 according to unionists.

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Chilling new book reveals meticulous planning behind Auschwitz death camp

The Polish-English book “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” sets out in shocking detail how the full potential of German technology and industry took part in building the death apparatus that claimed the lives of 1.3 million victims.

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

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