At least four Russian spacecraft have drawn scrutiny after flying unusually close to a radar surveillance satellite linked to Ukraine, renewing concerns over Moscow’s military activity in space. TVP World’s Sonja Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] reports.
The lawyers of convicted war criminal and former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladić are asking for his release – citing health issues – after he reportedly suffered a stroke. Mladić is serving a life sentence in the Hague and is under the medical supervision of Dutch doctors.
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The Three Seas Initiative is a cooperation platform for 13 EU countries located between the Adriatic, Baltic, and Black Seas, launched in 2015 by Poland and Croatia. The annual leaders' summit begins today in Dubrovnik, and our correspondent, Sonja Agata Bišćan, is on site. [@sonjaagata] ⤵️
Artemis II may primarily be NASA’s lunar mission, but Europe is playing a crucial role in the endeavour. The European Service Module is integral to sustaining the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft while traveling to the moon.
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Poland has reaffirmed its support for the enlargement of the European Union, as Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski [@radeksikorski] met with his North Macedonian counterpart. Both sides stressed that expanding the bloc is not only an economic priority, but a key step toward strengthening security and stability across the continent. Our reporter Sonja Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] has more.
Poland and Sweden have strengthened cooperation on civil protection and defense during the second day of Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf’s visit to Poland, with both sides signing a statement of intent at the Stronger Together conference. TVP World’s Sonja Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] reports.
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have begun a three-day visit to Warsaw, where Polish President Karol Nawrocki [@NawrockiKn] invited the Swedish delegation to join the Bucharest Nine initiative, a group of NATO’s eastern flank countries. TVP World’s Sonja Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] reports.
Poland’s government is betting big on the future – unveiling a brand-new body that it says could supercharge economic growth. But what is this new strategic hub dubbed the “Council of the Future,” and can it really deliver?
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s [@POTUS] remarks at the World Economic Forum, ruling out force to acquire Greenland, brought relief on the island and in Denmark. But analysts warn that annexation rhetoric and criticism of NATO [@NATO] allies have already strained ties. TVP World's Sonja Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] reports from Copenhagen.
Russia is a “persistent but manageable threat” to NATO’s eastern members, according to the U.S. Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy, which signals a major shift in America’s defense priorities.
"Russia is breaking treaties, waging hybrid warfare and destabilizing the world," warned Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski [@radeksikorski] during his speech in India. Poland’s FM is on a three-day trip to the country, where he will press for closer defense, security, and industrial ties while urging support for Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion.
Our correspondent Sonja Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] is in India and has more.
Washington is pulling back from the global stage, withdrawing from dozens of international organizations the Trump [@POTUS] administration says run counter to U.S. interests. The move follows the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, an action the UN [@UN] has condemned as a violation of international law. TVP World’s Sonja Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] reports.
Washington and Moscow have found themselves in a standoff in the Atlantic.
In a dramatic high-seas operation, the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker south of Iceland after a pursuit across the North Atlantic.
TVP World's Sonja Agata Bišćan reports⤵️
While the future of Donbas and security guarantees for Ukraine may be at the top of the agenda for any settlement of the war, TVP World asked President Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa) if U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators agreed to demand the return of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia.
Protesters across Serbia are calling for early elections as pressure mounts on President Aleksandar Vučić. The protests coincide with new U.S. sanctions targeting the country’s only petrol producer.
Sonja Agata Bišćan (@sonjaagata) brings us more on the ongoing social unrest in Belgrade in her latest report.
Brussels has pushed back against Washington as the EU has condemned the Trump [@POTUS] administration’s decision to bar five Europeans from entering the U.S., after they were accused of seeking to curb free speech and impose unfair regulations on American tech giants. TVP World’s Sonia Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] reports.
Top officials from the International Criminal Court have been found guilty of prosecuting, quote, innocent persons like Vladimir Putin.
But there’s one problem: the court in question is based in Moscow, operating in the shadow of the Kremlin itself.
The verdict comes as Washington also squeezes the ICC, warning of extra sanctions unless it agrees not to go after President Donald Trump (@POTUS).
Making Russia pay is now central to Europe’s vision of peace in Ukraine. Thirty-four EU member states have agreed to establish an International Claims Commission in The Hague to pursue compensation for war-related damage. TVP World’s Sonia Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] reports.
As Elon Musk [@elonmusk] took to X to bash the European Union, Polish FM Radosław Sikorski [@radeksikorski] answered the richest man in the world and told him to "go to Mars."
This comes in the wake of U.S.'s new Security Strategy that claims Europe is facing quote "civilizational collapse".
And as TVP World's Sonja Agata Bišćan reports, Polish PM Donald Tusk [@donaldtusk] has sharply hit back at Washington in what is now one of the world’s most-viewed social media post of the weekend.
Poland is making a significant push into the space sector, pledging €731 million to the European Space Agency (ESA) over the next three years.
TVP World correspondent Sonja Agata Bišćan [@sonjaagata] has more ⤵️
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