Poland has 19 wetland areas under protection, with a surface area of 152,964 hectares.
The head of Poland's National Media Council has asked the prime minister take urgent action to ensure the safety of journalists covering street protests as well protecting their editorial offices and equipment.
A Monday-introduced anti-violence act introduces new protection measures for victims of domestic violence, including the expulsion of perpetrators from common households. Perpetrators will also be issued restraining orders banning them from close contacts with victims.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said government was using everything at its disposal to protect the Polish economy.
The Polish government has allocated a total of PLN 149.42 billion (EUR 32.43 bln) so far to protect jobs under all forms of the COVID-19 support packages, the Family, Labour and Social Policy Ministry said on Monday.
The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has paid Poland EUR 1 billion to help protect jobs and maintain employment, as well as granting money to Italy and Spain, the countries most heavily impacted by the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Referring to amendments to an animal protection bill, head of the PiS parliamentary caucus Ryszard Terlecki told reporters on Friday that there were plans to compensate ritual meat producers after the law has come into effect.
An increasing number of Belarusians are applying for applications for international protection in Poland in 2020. Eighty-two such requests were filed in September alone, a spokesman for the Office for Foreigners, Jakub Dudziak, has told PAP.
President Andrzej Duda said on Sunday that in his decision on a new animal rights protection law he will take into account the welfare of both animals and farmers.
The Sejm (lower house) on Thursday night adopted amendments to Polish animal protection laws, including a ban on fur breeding and restrictions on ritual slaughter.
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