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Poland’s largest opposition party, the national-conservative PiS, has called for Ukrainian men of conscription age who are not legally working to be deported to Ukraine.

The idea was criticised by the government, which called it "absurd" and "disgusting" https://t.co/Z4kArDeLXl

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Poland’s power grid operator has, for the second time in three days and third time this summer, invoked emergency measures to ensure supply amid a heatwave.

Before this summer, it had only done so twice in the eight years since such powers were introduced https://t.co/fIDR4SimgG

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Poland’s top administrative court has upheld a decision to withhold state funds from the opposition PiS party due to campaign finance irregularities.

The decision was welcomed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who said there will be "no money for grifters" https://t.co/LnF0XFMB8g

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For more on the story, see our report from last month https://t.co/zbj0iekF1J

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The government's majority in the Senate has, for the second time, rejected a proposal by opposition-aligned President Nawrocki to hold a referendum on whether Poland should continue implementing the EU's climate policies, which he argues are too costly https://t.co/Idm6dnzQEH

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After a ten-year investigation, prosecutors have deemed that Poland's government in 2010 – which was led by current PM Donald Tusk – was not guilty of “diplomatic treason” in its response to the plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczyński https://t.co/sOunT7IHTE

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Poland’s power grid operator has, for the second time in three days and third time this summer, invoked emergency measures to ensure supply amid a heatwave.

Before this summer, it had only done so twice in the eight years since such powers were introduced https://t.co/fIDR4SimgG

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

Poland’s top administrative court has upheld a decision to withhold state funds from the opposition PiS party due to campaign finance irregularities.

The decision was welcomed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who said there will be "no money for grifters" https://t.co/LnF0XFMB8g

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After a ten-year investigation, prosecutors have deemed that Poland's government in 2010 – which was led by current PM Donald Tusk – was not guilty of “diplomatic treason” in its response to the plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczyński https://t.co/sOunT7IHTE

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After last week's migration crisis in Ceuta, Poland has called for tougher EU measures, including an automatic ban on residence for anyone who enters illegally.

It pointed to its own experience of dealing with "weaponised" migration from Belarus https://t.co/2VHn5ZUJx7

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After last week's migration crisis in Ceuta, Poland has called for tougher EU measures, including an automatic ban on residence for anyone who enters illegally.

It pointed to its own experience of dealing with "weaponised" migration from Belarus https://t.co/2VHn5ZUJx7

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Unexploded WWII ordnance was discovered under a major road in Warsaw today during construction work.

The area was shut down while bomb disposal experts worked to remove the item, with residents warned to stay inside and away from their windows https://t.co/YBu65HlCD8

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Russia has criticised the "sacrilegious" demolition of a Soviet monument in Poland, calling it a “flagrant violation” of a bilateral agreement.

But Poland's @ipngovpl says it was a "propaganda object" that had to be removed under a "decommunisation" law https://t.co/73T99ZlPqU

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Poland’s WIG20 stock market index has hit its highest ever level, surpassing a record that had stood for almost 19 years.

The WIG20 has been Europe’s best-performing major blue-chip index so far this year, gaining almost 25% https://t.co/CBbv99v2Uk

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Mateusz Morawiecki has confirmed that his Development Plus group, which is splitting from the national-conservative opposition PiS party, will soon form a party of its own.

However, he categorically ruled out ever working with Prime Minister @donaldtusk https://t.co/J6mQaer4MA

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

Unexploded WWII ordnance was discovered under a major road in Warsaw today during construction work.

The area was shut down while bomb disposal experts worked to remove the item, with residents warned to stay inside and away from their windows https://t.co/YBu65HlCD8

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Russia has criticised the "sacrilegious" demolition of a Soviet monument in Poland, calling it a “flagrant violation” of a bilateral agreement.

But Poland's @ipngovpl says it was a "propaganda object" that had to be removed under a "decommunisation" law https://t.co/73T99ZlPqU

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

Poland’s WIG20 stock market index has hit its highest ever level, surpassing a record that had stood for almost 19 years.

The WIG20 has been Europe’s best-performing major blue-chip index so far this year, gaining almost 25% https://t.co/CBbv99v2Uk

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Mateusz Morawiecki has confirmed that his Development Plus group, which is splitting from the national-conservative opposition PiS party, will soon form a party of its own.

However, he categorically ruled out ever working with Prime Minister @donaldtusk https://t.co/J6mQaer4MA

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Last month, Poland's air-traffic control agency was cut off from most of its revenue as part of efforts by Pfizer to enforce payment of the €1.3 billion Poland has been ordered to pay for the Covid vaccines https://t.co/Nd9IyLqmmf

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Poland has appealed against a Belgian court's decision requiring it to pay €1.3bn to Pfizer for Covid vaccines it ordered but later refused to receive.

It also renewed a request for the ruling's enforcement to be delayed until the appeal is heard https://t.co/fVj7miU2zP