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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.

Parliament passes bill on freezing natural gas prices in 2023

The Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, has adopted a bill freezing natural gas tariffs in 2023 for all households and sensitive recipients at 2022 levels.

Election Guard recruitment underway reports ruling party

Recruitment is underway to staff a planned Election Guard that will oversee next year's parliamentary elections, ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) announced on Monday.

Support for the work of the Sejm at one of lowest levels this year says poll

Satisfaction with the work of the Sejm, the Polish parliament’s lower house, has a fallen to one of its lowest levels this year, a new poll has found.

Ruling party MPs seek parliament support for German reparations claim

MPs from Law and Justice, the dominant party in Poland’s ruling coalition, have presented a draft resolution on war reparations in the Polish parliament.

Parliament passes bill introducing non-coal heating support package

The Sejm, lower house of parliament, has approved a bill envisaging one-off subsidies for households relying on non-coal fuels for heating.

Ukrainian parliament passes bill on special status of Poles

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, passed a bill on Thursday giving Poles in the country a special status including legal and social guarantees, the parliament has announced on its website.

PM, FM express condolences over death of ex-Japanese PM

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau have expressed their condolences after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election.

Parliament rejects bill liberalising abortion laws

The Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, has voted down a citizen's draft law on the safe termination of pregnancy.

Leading women's activist presents abortion bill to parliament

The leader of Women’s Strike, the organisation that spearheaded mass abortion protests last year, has presented a bill liberalising abortion laws to the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament.

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‘Hardest mission ever!’ Polish search and rescue team head to Turkey as earthquake death toll mounts

A 76-strong team has set off to help in the rescue effort following the massive earthquake that hit the country on Monday morning as the teams head says: “The mission... will be one of the hardest we've been on so far."

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  • Poland could see EU fund delays says S&P in CEE report
  • No Poles reported hurt in Turkey earthquake, says MFA
  • Patriot training a warning to aggressors says minister
  • Polish rescuers on the ground in Turkey

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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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