• Politics
  • Business
  • Culture
  • Science
  • Sport
  • History
  • Life
  • First Report
"I must have been inspired" Joseph Conrad
Road transport

Poland wins road safety award as deaths fall by half in a decade

Poland was been awarded the 2023 Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Award for the first time as deaths fall by half in 10 years. Marcin Bielecki/PAP

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) recognized Poland with the exceptional achievement after reducing road deaths by 47% between 2012 and 2022, far exceeding the EU average reduction of 22%.

More countries to join Via Carpathia Lancut declaration

Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia are expected to sign the Lancut declaration on the Via Carpatia route, Poland's Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk said on Saturday.

Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
Culture | History

‘Tarantino-style western’ about Kościuszko Uprising wins coveted Golden Lion award for best film at Gdynia film festival

VIDEO: Dubbed a ‘Tarantino-esque Western in 18th century Poland’, the film’s compelling blend of grotesque violence and black humour is set against the tumultuous backdrop of Poland in 1794, when Tadeusz Kościuszko, the eponymous 'Kos', returns to Poland to with a freed slave to rally support among the peasantry for his insurrection against the Russians.

The first report:

  • Polish farmers cannot pay for Russia's war says PM
  • Court bans justice minister from commenting on Agnieszka Holland
  • EC approves Orlen takeover of Turmol fuel station chain in Austria
  • Polish authorities have 'lost control' of relations with Ukraine says Tusk
  • Poland's EU cohesion funds stalled until conditions met says commissioner

Exclusive

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.

The Debrief
Revolt, power and Polish communists after 1945
Webber's World
They say love don't come easy - but it does in Bielsko-Biała!
  • Cookie policy
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy Policy

This site uses "cookies". By staying on it, you agree to the use of cookies.

Accept
Learn more