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Dep FM brands as "absurd" Austrian FM's criticism of Lavrov visa refusal

"This is a completely incomprehensible, an absurd statement, which unfortunately forms part of the bad tradition of the Austrian foreign ministry," Jabłoński said. Leszek Szymański/PAP

A Polish deputy foreign minister has dismissed as "completely absurd" a statement by Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg criticising Poland's decision to refuse Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, permission to attend an OSCE meeting in Poland last year.

Lavrov not awaited at OSCE Ministerial Council, official says

Poland does not expect Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's presence at a December sitting of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Ministerial Council in Łódź, central Poland, a government official has said.

Russia seeks to freeze Ukraine war, says Polish president

Russia is trying "at all costs" to freeze the war in Ukraine, to halt the Ukrainian offensive and to stop the West's military aid, Poland's president said on Thursday.

Polish PM presents list of sanctions in letter to EU leaders

Russia, should be cut off from the SWIFT banking system, among other sanctions, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister of Poland, wrote in a letter to EU leaders which was published on his Facebook account on Friday.

Polish FM flies to Moscow to meet Russian counterpart

Zbigniew Rau, Poland’s foreign minister and chair of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), flew to Moscow on Monday for talks with Sergei Lavrov, his Russian counterpart, amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

US-Russia talks to reflect Nato's stance

Polish presidential officials have said that Poland and the US believe that US-Russia talks should reflect the position of the entire North Atlantic Alliance.

Putin plans to exploit Polish border crisis says security chief

Since the start of an escalating migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, Polish authorities have foreseen that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to capitalise politically on the situation, the director of the National Security Department has said.

Polish, Russian foreign ministers meet for first time in two years

The Polish and Russian foreign ministers met on the side-lines of a UN general assembly in New York on Thursday for their first meeting in two years.

Russia to expel five Polish diplomats

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Friday that Russia will expel five Polish diplomats as a response to Thursday's decision by Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to recognise three Russian diplomats as persona non grata.

Poland warns of ‘appropriate steps’ after Russia expels diplomat for supporting ‘illegal protests’ over jailing of Alexei Navalny

Poland’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador to Poland demanding that Russia withdraw its decision. Two other diplomats from Sweden and Germany are also reported to have been expelled for apparently attending the protests.

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History

Assassination of ‘Executioner of Warsaw’ was one of Poland’s greatest WWII offensives

Whilst it cannot be disputed that Warsaw paid a heavy price for the death of SS beast Franz Kutschera, it should also be remembered that public executions ceased two weeks after the action.

The first report:

  • Renewables covered 17 pct of Poland's electricity consumption in 2022
  • France to train Ukrainian soldiers in Poland
  • Most Poles use online banking
  • Poland's birth rate in decline shows study
  • Minister appeals to EC for help with SME gas prices

Exclusive

Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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