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Warsaw to begin culling wild boar ‘to protect the public’ as number of sightings more than doubles

During the first six months of 2023, the number of registered wild boar reports in Warsaw reached 3,000, compared to 2,500 reports in the entirety of last year. Marcin Bielecki/PAP

During the first six months of 2023, the number of registered wild boar reports in Warsaw reached 3,000, compared to 2,500 reports in the entirety of last year.

Poland wins road safety award as deaths fall by half in a decade

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) recognized Poland with the exceptional achievement after reducing road deaths by 47% between 2012 and 2022, far exceeding the EU average reduction of 22%.

Poland receives 2023 European Transport Safety Council accolade

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), for the first time, has awarded Poland with its Road Safety Performance Index Award.

Most Poles see their country as safe

Some 88 percent of Poles say that their country is safe and 96 percent believe the same is true about their neighbourhood, a poll has shown.

Scrapping motorway tolls will improve safety says minister

Abolishing tolls for passenger vehicles on motorways will transfer some road traffic from alternative routes and help improve road safety, the infrastructure minister has told PAP.

Today’s news round up in Poland

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

Poland sees surge in demand for nuclear bunkers, with some looking more luxurious than a 5-star hotel!

As concern heightens over the future, no longer are fallout shelters being seen as the domain of eccentric survivalists or paranoid billionaires. Vastly varying in size and cost, what was once a niche market has seen an explosion in both interest and innovation. 

Israeli youth trips with armed guard not possible Polish MFA says

Israeli agents will not be allowed to carry firearms while protecting Jewish youth trips to Poland, the spokesperson to the Polish foreign ministry has said.

US maritime presence in Baltic Sea region offers security says ambassador

The US ambassador to Poland said in Gdynia, a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast, that the docking of another American destroyer there served as a guarantee for the safety of Poland and its neighbours.

Poland's food safety fully secured says president

The Polish president has said that Poland is completely self-sufficient when it comes to food production.

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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
History | Life

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:

  • Poland will support Ukraine says FM
  • Environmental authority gives go-ahead for first nuclear power plant
  • 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

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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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