Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Wednesday that pensions for activists of the anti-communist opposition and people repressed for political reasons will be raised to the amount of PLN 2,400 (EUR 543).
The Polish government wants to extend its ban on international flights to August 25, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, with 45 countries on the banned list, the government wrote on Friday in a draft decree on the extension.
The government has announced new coronavirus guidelines following a record infection rise over three days of last week, peaking at 658 cases on Saturday.
Additional coronavirus restrictions could be imposed for regions in Poland with the largest spikes in cases, but no decision has yet been made and the restrictions are unlikely to be nationwide, Poland's government spokesman Piotr Muller said on Friday.
The government does not rule out the re-introduction of sanitary restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, but another lockdown is not being considered, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawecki said at a press conference on Thursday.
The Polish government on Tuesday approved guidelines for next year's budget, envisaging a 4-percent GDP growth and inflation at 1.8 percent, the Government Information Centre (CIR) reported.
Talks are continuing and but real decisions concerning the upcoming government reshuffle are yet to be made, Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki told the Polsat News private broadcaster on Friday after the ruling United Right camp's meeting earlier in the day.
The government's new tools to support the Polish economy affected by the Covid-19 epidemic will include "micro-shields" for the most endangered industries, deputy PM and Development Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz told Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily on Monday.
The leader of Poland's ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) has announced a government reshuffle but underlined that PM Mateusz Morawiecki will continue to head the Council of Ministers. He added the reshuffe will take place after the holidays.
The victory of incumbent President Andrzej Duda will guarantee, in the next term of office, "constructive cooperation" between the president and the government, government spokesman Piotr Muller told PAP, commenting on the partial results of the presidential election.
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