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Cyber-attacks are expression of Russian 'despair' says deputy minister

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Alleged Russian cyber-attacks on a number of Polish news portals are a part of Russia's information war and are an expression of “despair and helplessness,” a Polish deputy digitalisation minister has said.

Polish Telegraphic Agency the backbone of reborn Poland - dep Culture Min

The Polish Telegraphic Agency (PAT), a precursor of the Polish Press Agency (PAP) was established in 1918 as the information backbone of the reborn Poland, Deputy Culture Minister Paweł Lewandowski said at PAP's centenary conference on Thursday.

Archive of documents revealing Polish efforts to rescue Jews uncovered

"The documents confirm the actions taken by the diplomats at that time and they are irrefutable evidence that the Polish government during WW II was systematically involved in rescuing Jews on the territory of occupied Poland from the extermination brought to them by the Germans," Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Paweł Lewandowski, told The First News.

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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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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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