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Poland accelerates its transition to Russia-free energy

Olivier Bault December 10, 2022

Poland – Like the other countries of the former Eastern bloc, Poland long remained highly dependent on Russian hydrocarbons after the fall of communism (in 1989–90) and the departure of the last Russian troops (in September 1993), which ended five decades of…

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The Beginning of a Diplomatic Crisis Between Poland and Norway?

Olivier Bault March 29, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland/Norway - Case of the Barnevernet (Norwegian Child Welfare Services) - A Polish consul has disrupted the Norwegian establishment Is it a retaliatory measure after the asylum granted to a Norwegian mother and her 2-year-old daughter? In reality Sławomir Kowalski…

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Poland, Land of Asylum for Norwegian Families

Olivier Bault January 12, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Norwegian mother Silje Garmo and her two-year-old daughter Eira, who fled from their country’s social services (Barnevernet), have won the right to asylum in Poland. Specifically, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has approved her request for asylum,…

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Polish parliamentarians met Silje Garmo, the Norwegian woman who asked for asylum in Poland for fleeing Barnevernet with her daughter

Olivier Bault June 19, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Published originally in French on Réinformation TV. Poland - The minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland should announce his decision until 22 June in the case of the application for asylum of the Norwegian woman Silje Garmo and her…

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When a Norwegian woman asks for Asylum in Poland

Olivier Bault May 13, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Today in Europe, freedom is in the East, as the Norwegian Silje Garmo did prove it by seeking asylum in Poland. Will Poland grant asylum to the Norwegian Silje Garmo and her…

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What happened to Polish shale gas?

Olivier Bault March 29, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - In 2011, the US Energy Information Administration estimated shale gas reserves in the Polish basement at 5.3 trillion cubic meters. Other less optimistic estimates then talked about 3 trillion cubic meters, and later the National Geological Institute…

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Scandinavia launches a legal action against Hungary

The Editorial Board September 26, 2016

Hungary - Germany and Austria have already threatened to return migrants to Hungary, a transit country, saying that it was for her to welcome them because of the Dublin agreements. Now it was the turn of four Scandinavian countries to take on…