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Today’s news round-up in Poland

Today’s news round-up in Poland Kalbar/TFN

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Parliament passes bill to hold referendum on October 15

A bill on a nationwide referendum, which is due to be held on the same day as the general election, October 15, was passed by the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, on Thursday.

Duda signs amendment enabling referendum to be held on election day

Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, on Wednesday signed an amendment to the referendum act to allow a nationwide plebiscite on issues including illegal migration to be held alongside a parliamentary election on October 15, the President's Office has announced.

Ruling party to ask Poles in referendum about retirement age

Poles will be asked in the planned national referendum if they support raising the retirement age, a deputy leader of the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) has announced.

Prime Minister slams opposition leader Donald Tusk

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has savaged Donald Tusk, the leader of the main opposition party, calling him a Judas, a scammer and a liar.

EC recommends Poland meets milestones promptly

The European Commission (EC) has advised Poland to hasten its fulfillment of the "milestones" set by the Commission to resolve a protracted rule-of-law conflict, and thus gain access to a multi-billion post-pandemic recovery fund.

Pensioner becomes PhD at age of 83 from one of Poland’s best universities!

Ignacy Skrzypek, 83, gained the title from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, after successfully defending his thesis ‘The history of museology in Western Pomerania up to 1945’.

Poland's Solidarity union to stage protest in Warsaw

Solidarity, Poland's biggest trade union, will hold a demonstration in Warsaw on November 17, the union leader has announced.

Employers who hire retired people to get financial bonus

Employers willing to hire retirement-aged staff could receive a PLN 1,800 (EUR 370) support bonus per employee over a period of 24 months under a new a government plan, the Fakt tabloid reported on Tuesday.

Hero drug-busting sniffer dog retires from long arm of the PAW

VIDEO: The chocolate-coloured sniffer dog called Loca became a legend for helping to bring down drug smugglers and dealers, with the last three years alone seeing her sniff out 18 million PLN-worth of narcotics and illegal tobacco products. 

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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
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Most expensive coin ever sold in Poland is auctioned for jaw-dropping PLN 3.24 million in just one minute

Considered one of the rarest royal coins in the world, the legendary 50-ducat coin of Zygmunt III Vaza minted at the Crown Mint in Bydgoszcz went for a staggering PLN 3.24 million in the lightning-fast audition at the Raffles Hotel in Warsaw.

The first report:

  • Tusk wants election victory to 'establish basic order' in Poland
  • Poland needs its new weapons to strengthen security says Duda
  • Duda says he will talk with Zelensky whenever he has the opportunity
  • Westinghouse, Bechtel partner for Poland's first nuclear power plant
  • Ukrainian agriculture minister ready for talks, says Telus

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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.

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