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Closeness of Ukrainians, Poles a foundation of new treaty - ambassador

According to Deschytsia, the new treaty should mirror the closeness of the Ukrainian and Polish people after Russia's aggression against Ukraine. Leszek Szymański/PAP

The outgoing Ukrainian ambassador to Poland has told PAP that a new Ukrainian-Polish good neighbourhood treaty should take into account the closeness which has become visible in mutual relations after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Poland considers activating Nato's Article 4, says PM

Poland is in discussions with Lithuania and Latvia on whether to trigger Article 4 of the Nato treaty, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has told PAP.

Polish, German presidents mark historic bilateral treaty

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, on Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of a landmark treaty that helped heal relations between Poland and Germany.

President signs bill ratifying Polish-British voting rights treaty

The Polish president has signed into law a bill ratifying a Polish-British agreement under which Poles living in the UK and Britons living in Poland can vote and run in local elections.

“I stood on the edge of Germany’s historical abyss…” The day West German Chancellor Willy Brandt stunned the world as he atoned for his country’s past

Commonly cited as one of the most iconic reconciliatory moments ever captured on camera, on this day 50 years ago the West German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, sank to his knees in Warsaw in atonement of his nation’s wartime atrocities.

Today marks Black Ribbon Day and the signing of the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact

Officially known as the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, August 23rd was chosen as it coincides with the date of the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a 1939 non-aggression pact between the USSR and Nazi Germany which would see a German-Soviet carve-up of Poland.

Treaty of Zgorzelec establishing Poland’s post WWII border with Germany signed 70 years ago today

Negotiations of “The Agreement Concerning the Demarcation of the Established and the Existing Polish-German State Frontier” were filled with tension with East German politicians refusing to treat the new border as a finality.

Poland and UK sign bilateral voting rights treaty

Both Polish and British citizens can continue to stand and vote in local elections in each other’s countries following the UK’s exit from the EU under a new agreement signed by the two governments, the Polish foreign minister said in a Friday statement.

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Culture | History | Life

How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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  • Polish farmers impacted by Ukrainian imports to get over EUR 210 mln
  • General government debt hits 49.3 percent of GDP at end-2022 says FinMin
  • Four countries join Poland in calling for limits on Ukraine grain
  • Consumer confidence at very low level, shows survey

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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