Polish-Belarusian border

Poland plans to better protect border with Kaliningrad enclave

"As Russia is a very unstable neighbour which commits acts of terrorism on its neighbours, Poland has to properly protect its border," Grodecki said, noting that this was an element of preparations for possible Russian operations against Poland. Tomasz Waszczuk/PAP

Poland will improve security on its border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad because Russia is an "unstable neighbour," a deputy interior minister has said.

Poland-Belarus border one of best protected in EU says PM

Cases of illegal crossings of the Polish border with Belarus are very rare which shows that the frontier is one of the best-protected borders in the EU, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said.

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.

Work on Belarus border barrier to start on Tuesday

The 5.5-metre-high barrier on Poland's border with Belarus will stretch over 186 kilometres and its construction will begin on Tuesday, the Polish Border Guard said on Monday.

Border Guard signs deals on construction of barrier at Belarus border

Poland's Border Guard has signed three contracts as part of the process of constructing a fence on the country's border with Belarus, a deputy interior minister has announced.

'No' to asylum in Poland for migrants say majority of Poles - study

The results of a new CBOS poll released on Monday reveal that 58 percent of Poles do not want migrants from the Belarusian side of the border to have an opportunity to apply for asylum in Poland.

Police raid humanitarian group's offices near border

The Polish police have been accused of "intimidation" after officers, some of them reportedly carrying rifles, raided the offices of a a humanitarian group working on the Polish-Belarusian border.

Newly-arrived British troops to assist Polish soldiers at border

The additional group of British soldiers which landed in Poland on Monday will assist Polish soldiers in, among other tasks, the repair and construction of a temporary fence at the Polish-Belarusian border, announced the Polish defense minister.

Belarus bans food imports from Poland from January

Belarus is imposing a ban on imports of food products from a number of countries, including Poland, after the EU widened sanctions on Minsk amid a migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, the Polish agriculture ministry has announced.

Still no peace on eastern border - president

Andrzej Duda travelled to the Kuźnica crossing, the site of some of some of the most heated clashes between migrants and Polish security forces, to meet Polish and allied service personnel currently deployed to the area.

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