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Lower taxes and subsidies against the energy crisis in Poland

Olivier Bault December 15, 2022

Poland – The surge in energy prices began before the war in Ukraine, and this cannot be stressed enough. A little over a year ago, in early December 2021, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki justified the “anti-inflation shield” implemented by his government by…

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Unlike Western Europe, Poland has managed to “schaffen das”

Dominik Tarczyński December 15, 2022

OPINION --- In an attempt to compensate for the Russian Army's poor performance on the battlefield, Russia decided to escalate the war in Ukraine on October 10th, 2022, by launching its first wave of missile and drone strikes targeting Ukraine’s heat, power…

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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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PKN Orlen and MOL oil companies expanding in each other’s base countries

The Editorial Board December 5, 2022

Hungary/Poland – With the beginning of December, the cooperation between Poland’s oil giant PKN Orlen and Hungary’s MOL – the other big player in Central Europe’s oil sector – reached a new level, consolidating the first’s growing regional ambitions and the second’s…

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Weaponising of energy by Russia started long before war in Ukraine

Olivier Bault December 2, 2022

To what extent is the drastic increase in energy prices directly due to Russia’s war, to what extent is it the result of European sanctions, and to what extent is it due to Russia’s actions aimed at weakening public support for Ukraine…

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Poland wants Patriots offered by Germany sent to Ukraine instead

La Rédaction December 1, 2022

Poland/Germany – In an interview published on 21 November by the German daily Rheinische Post , while referring to the 15 November incident when a Ukrainian air defence missile fell on a grain warehouse in Poland…

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Visegrád Group Summit in Košice

La Rédaction November 26, 2022

Slovakia – The Visegrád countries have held their planned summit despite press reports that the event would be postponed or even cancelled. Things actually seem to have gone smoothly, and there was plenty of agreement among the four Central European countries. Photo:…

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Silesia now in hands of Polish opposition

La Rédaction November 25, 2022

Poland – A major defection within Poland’s ruling party PiS at regional level has provoked a palace revolution in the Silesia voivodship, where the party had a one-seat majority of 23 seats out of 45 in the regional council (“Sejmik”). …

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Poland taking control of Gazprom’s assets

The Editorial Board November 22, 2022

Poland – The Polish daily Rzeczpospolita revealed on 14 November that Development and Technology Minister Waldemar Buda had decided to take over the shares held by PAO Gazprom (48%) in EuRoPol Gaz, the owner of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline. The other shareholders…

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Wandering missile kills two in Poland close to the border with Ukraine

The Editorial Board November 17, 2022

Poland – On the afternoon of Tuesday, 15 November, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki decided to convene an emergency meeting of Poland’s national security and defence committee, with the heads of the ministries for defence, interior, justice and foreign affairs, as well…

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Photo report of the 2022 Polish Independence Day March

Ferenc Almássy November 12, 2022

Poland - For more than a decade, each year on the 11th of November, the major event happening in the Polish capital city is the Independence March (Marsz Niepodległości). For most people, 11 November 1918 means the end of the war, but…

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Poland erecting border fence to keep out African and Middle Eastern immigrants from Kaliningrad

The Editorial Board November 7, 2022

Poland - “I have decided to take measures that will help strengthen security on the border with the Kaliningrad oblast. We will start the construction of a temporary barrier to strengthen the security of the border”, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced…