Tag: Poland

Moscow-led bloc closely following migration crisis on Belarusian-Polish border (TASS)

The members of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have been following with concern the migration crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, it spells...

Kremlin slams Polish PM’s statements blaming Russia for migration crisis as unacceptable (TASS)

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the statements by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that Russia is allegedly responsible for the situation at the Belarusian-Polish...

Putin discusses migrant situation on Belarusian border with EU in phone call with Merkel (TASS)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel have held a telephone conversation, discussing the migrant situation on the border between Belarus...

Kremlin slams Poland’s intentions to close border as ‘attempt to stifle Belarus’ (TASS)

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov slammed Poland’s intentions to close the border with Belarus over the migration crisis as an attempt to stifle the republic. Kremlin...

Europe departs from its ideals in situation on Belarusian-Polish border, Kremlin says (TASS)

A humanitarian catastrophe is looming over the Polish-Belarusian border while Europe departs from its declared ideals in this situation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Europe...

Poland To Close Belarusian Border Crossing After Attempted Breach By Migrants (RFE RL)

Poland will close a border crossing along its eastern border with Belarus after migrants on the Belarusian side attempted to break through razor-wire fencing...

Poland Fears ‘Major Incident’ As Crowds Of Migrants Head Toward Border From Belarus (RFE RL)

Poland and neighboring Lithuania say they are stepping up security at their borders with Belarus as footage on social media appeared to show hundreds of migrants...

Network of Facebook pages amplified Polish right-wing and tabloid media outlets (Givi Gigitashvili and Esteban Ponce de León, DFRLab)

The DFRLab has identified a network of 130 Facebook pages linked to right-wing Polish news outlets engaging in inauthentic distribution, a practice in violation of...

Lithuania and Poland Want to ‘Recover’ Kaliningrad, Russian Analysts Say (Paul Globe. The Jamestown Foundation)

Since Soviet times, Russian analysts have mused about the possibility that Germany might try to recover Kaliningrad, or East Prussia as it was known...

Here’s when General Dynamics thinks a sale of Abrams tanks to Poland will move forward (Jen Judson, Defense News)

Poland announced earlier this year it planned to buy 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks, with hopes deliveries would be made as early as 2022, but General...

Polish Court Turns Down Russian Extradition Request For Activist (RFE RL)

A Russian human rights activist says a Polish court has ruled against his extradition to Russia, where he faces prosecution. Yevgeny Khasoyev, a leader of the Siberia...

The Polish Recovery Plan: a careful step toward energy transition (Bartosz Bieliszczuk, Elcano Royal Institute)

The Polish National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) amounts to €35.97 billion, of which more than €21.8 billion (60% of the funding) is allocated...

Moldova Buys Gas From Poland Amid Gas Shortage (RFE RL)

Moldova’s government says it has bought a million cubic meters of natural gas from Poland after Chisinau failed to agree on a new energy deal with...

German police stop far-right vigilantes patrolling Polish border (Euractiv)

German police said on Sunday (24 October) they had stopped more than 50 far-right vigilantes armed with pepper spray, a bayonet, a machete and...

Germany Bolsters Security On Polish Border Amid Migrant Crisis (RFE RL)

Germany has deployed hundreds of extra police to the Polish frontier to help deal with a recent influx of migrants crossing from Belarus, and...

EU summit loads pressure on Poland over rule of law (Al Jazeera)

European Union leaders pressured a defiant Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki Thursday to fall back into line on recognising that EU law trumps national...