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Pniowek rescue operation abandoned

JSW CEO Tomasz Cudny said the decision to end the rescue operation was "very difficult". Zbigniew Meissner/PAP

Attempts to rescue seven miners trapped below ground at the Pniowek coal mine in southern Poland have been abandoned, Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW), the company owning the mine, announced on Friday.

After Russian coal ban, Poland faces substantial deficit

Poland will have to compensate for a shortfall of up 8 million tonnes of hard coal after the country decided to ban Russian coal owing to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Jacek Sasin, the state assets minister, has said.

Ruling party senators fail to recall opposition speaker

Tomasz Grodzki, the speaker of the Senate who represents the main opposition party, the centrist Civic Platform (PO), retained his post on Tuesday after ruling party senators failed to secure a majority to dismiss him.

Poland to increase coal mining says minister

Poland's mines are working towards increasing coal extraction, a deputy climate minister has said.

Poland for energy transition but will continue coal, official says

Poland will not withdraw from energy transition, but will also continue investing in coal energy, a deputy prime minister said on Monday.

Most Poles favour banning energy resource purchases from Russia

The vast majority of Poles believe that Poland should stop buying Russian coal, gas or oil, a new poll shows.

Russian coal embargo may cause lawsuits, says gov't spokesperson

Poland risks being sued for breach of free-market rules enshrined in EU treaties if it imposes an embargo on Russian coal, the government's spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Polish government decides to curb ties with Russia

The Polish cabinet has adopted a package of bills that will scale down Warsaw's relations with Moscow owing to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the government spokesman has said.

Poland will be first to drop Russian energy imports says PM

Poland will be one of the first EU member states to withdraw from imports of Russian oil, coal and gas, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said.

Poland wants to stop Russian coal imports immediately, PM says

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said that Poland wants to stop importing Russian coal, effective immediately, and may get coal from Australia instead.

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Call of the wild: Adventurers team up to brave subzero temperatures and 100km winds as they ski across Greenland in just ONE month!

Experienced explorers Mateusz Waligóra and Łukasz Supergan will be walking the 600km distance from the west to the east of the world’s largest island on skis, with a plan to complete the arduous journey in just one month.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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