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Poland for energy transition but will continue coal, official says

Sasin said Poland intended to carry on with energy transition, but will have to continue and even raise its use of coal energy in the coming years because of the war. Marcin Obara/PAP

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

Parliament rejects Senate amendments to budget bill

The Sejm, the lower house of parliament, on Thursday rejected all 65 amendments made by the upper house to Poland's 2022 budget bill.

Polish MEPs ask EC to include gas as transit fuel in decarbonisation

Nearly 80 MEPs have backed a Polish-initiated letter to the European Commission asking for the inclusion of gas as a transit fuel in the EU's decarbonisation programme.

PM criticises EU Emissions Trading System in Euractiv article

Poland’s prime minister has said the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) is fundamentally flawed and in need of “profound” reform.

Neutralising climate change a vital challenge today - PM

Counteracting climate change is one of today's most important challenges, said the prime minister in podcast on Friday, referring to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

Poland to double energy production from renewable sources in decade

President Andrzej Duda has stated that Poland will double the production of energy from renewable sources by 2030, but admitted that this is a huge challenge.

Gov't, unions seal social contract for mining

Government and union delegates in Katowice, southern Poland on Friday sealed a social contract for the Polish mining sector as Poland enters an EU-imposed energy transformation procedure aimed at eliminating coal from the European energy mix.

Energy transformation must be just – Polish president

Energy transformation, in accordance with the principle of "just transformation", must be participatory, that is, carried out locally, President Andrzej Duda has said.

Covid crisis is an economic opportunity for Poland, PM says

The coronavirus crisis is a huge shock but also a lesson for Poland on how to close the development gap between Poland and the West, the prime minister has said.

President, PM open Poland Major Project Congress

President Andrzej Duda and PM Mateusz Morawiecki took part in the Friday opening of the 10th Poland Major Project Congress, a series of panel discussions between representatives of science, politics, economy and culture.

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Cold cases of priests ‘murdered’ by communist secret police to be reopened

According to IPN president Dr Karol Nawrocki, chief among the renewed investigations are three opposition priests who died in suspicious circumstances in 1989.

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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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