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President invites ministers, military top brass to discuss Nato summit

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Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has summoned government ministers and the commanders of the armed forces for a Thursday meeting devoted to an upcoming Nato summit.

Poland and Lithuania sign defence cooperation deal

Poland and Lithuania will strengthen bilateral defence cooperation under a new agreement signed in Vilnius on Friday by the commanders of the two countries' armed forces.

Poland, Britain hold 1st security round table

Poland and Britain held their first security round table talks on Monday. The videoconference, hosted by Poland's National Security Bureau (BBN) and the British Embassy in Warsaw, was devoted to NATO responses to new threats and bilateral cooperation in security matters.

V4 chiefs of staff discuss cyber operations, training, epidemic

The military chiefs of staff of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) met on Tuesday in Pruszkow, near Warsaw, to discuss joint training, cyber space operations and military cooperation in a pandemic situation.

Poland's top general candidate for head of NATO Military Committee

General Rajmund Andrzejczak has been put forward as a candidate for the head of the NATO Military Committee, the Ministry of Defence announced on Twitter on Friday.

MoD recommends chief of general staff to lead NATO Military Committee

Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced on Wednesday that he had recommended Rajmund Andrzejczak, chief of the general staff of the Polish armed forces, to take up the position of Chairman of NATO's Military Committee.

Polish, NATO generals discuss defence capabilities

Poland's Chief of the General Staff, General Rajmund Andrzejczak and Jörg Vollmer, Commander of the Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum met in Warsaw on Monday to discuss NATO's operational plans and allied defense capabilities in north-eastern Europe.

Chief of General Staff named as potential commander in chief for wartime

Polish President Andrzej Duda has named the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, General Rajmund Andrzejczak, as the person designated to the position of commander in chief of the Armed Forces during wartime, the National Security Bureau (BBN) told PAP on Thursday.

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Rare WWII tank ‘worth a fortune’ salvaged from Kielce river after disappearing 78 years ago

Stories of heavy armour lost in the Czarna Nida river have circulated for decades following a ferocious battle in the Bielecki Młyny area towards the end of WWII. Now, described as an ‘absolute rarity’ the Bergepanther tank which has been remarkably well-preserved could be worth a fortune, with a similar Panther tank fetching around 15 million euros in Germany just two years ago.

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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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