Contents tagged with Poland
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NATO begins deployment of multinational battalion to Poland
NATO has begun the deployment of a multinational battalion in Poland, in accordance with the decision to establish such units in Poland and the Baltic Countries, allotting one for each state, the Polish Defense Minister, Antoni Macierewicz, said.
"Their stationing has already begun. In January all units will be completed," he said, as reported by TASS.
It is expected that 1,200 soldiers and officers, 1,000 of whom are US military personnel, will arrive in Poland. The battalion will be located …
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Trump promised to help Poland with the return of the wreckage of Tu-154 from Russia
Even before winning the United States Presidential Elections, President-elect Donald Trump promised to raise the issue of the return of the wreckage of the Tu-154 during negotiations with Russia.
"I heard about the case and that the Russians do not want to return the fragments. I will try to help Poland in this regard," the politician said after the Congress of Polish Americans in September.
TVP Polonia reports that Trump also spoke about the "great respect to the Polish people" and that he …
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Poland determined which conditions are necessary to improve relations with Russia
The cancellation of economic sanctions against Poland and the return of the wreckage of the Polish president Lech Kaczynski’s Tu-154 plane are the conditions required to improve relations with Russia. This was stated by the Polish minister of foreign affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, while commenting on the statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin about restoring dialogue between the two countries.
Last week, the Russian leader, receiving credentials from a number of new ambassadors, …
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Polish Territorial Defense Force will increase to 53,000 soldiers by 2019
Poland’s Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz, has said that the country’s Territorial Defense Force will consist of 53,000 soldiers by 2019. This was reported by Polskie Radio.
According to the Macierewicz, the second reading of the bill on the establishment of the Territorial Defense Force will take place this week.
He said that the document will contain information on the size, financing and organizational structure of these units.
He added that three brigades and four …
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Russia wants to organize freight traffic with the EU bypassing Poland
Russia’s Ministry of Transport is considering a possible increase in ferry line freight transportation routes, which bypass Poland, between Russia and the European Union (EU).
This is according to a statement of the Rosavtotrans state transport agency. This issue was discussed by the management of Dutch company, DFDS, and Russia’s Deputy Minister of Transport, Nikolay Asaul. They also discussed the development of a draft memorandum.
Russian officials hope that transporters will be able to …
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Polish Foreign Minister accuses Russia of violating key UN and OSCE principles
Russia’s destructive actions undermine the architecture of security in Europe and the international order as a whole; they violate the core principles of the UN and the OSCE, as stated by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, on Wednesday in Warsaw during the XIV Forum of Polish foreign policy, Ukrinform reports.
“Russia undermines not only the European security architecture, but also the international order,” Waszczykowski said, adding that Poland is actively …
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Poland announces Russian forensic medical experts’ massive errors in Smolensk tragedy
90% of the Russian documentation pertaining to the forensic examination of the bodies recovered from the Smolensk plan crash contains errors. This was announced during a press conference on Wednesday by the deputy prosecutor general of Poland, Marek Pasonek.
“Forensic medical experts who worked with the exhumations found errors in 90% of the Russian documents on forensic examination of the bodies,” Pasonek said.
He added that this was the reason why the prosecutors decided to conduct an …
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Polish Ministry of National Defense intends to equip the army with thousands of drones
The minister of national defense for Poland, Antoni Macierewicz, announced the purchase of drones for operational forces and territorial defense troops, Polish Radio reported. According to Macierewicz, the troops will be equipped with both combat and surveillance drones.
“I intend to purchase as many as are needed for each type of unit. This weapon, speaking of drones, is massive. Its efficiency depends on the quantity. That is why we are talking about thousands of drones,” Macierewicz said. …
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Poland to open investigation to determine why so few autopsies were carried out for victims of Smolensk plane crash
According to the representative from the National Prosecutor’s Office press service, Eva Bialik, the Polish National Prosecutor’s Office has initiated an investigation into the lack of autopsies after the Smolensk tragedy in Poland, Polish Radio reports.
The office is investigating why some autopsies were not carried out in Poland and who is responsible.
According to Bialik, six years ago in Poland autopsy reports were accepted from Moscow, but examinations from Wroclaw Medical University …
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Poland to publish correspondence pertaining to visit of deceased President to Smolensk
Poland was able to reconstruct e-mails concerning the planning of the visit of the late President, Lech Kaczynski, to Katyn. These materials will now be published, the Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, said.
In September he indicated that this information would be published in a few days, however, just before the publishing date, he relayed on Polish radio that it would be delayed due to the appearance of new documents.
"At the time, there were only paper documents found in the archives, …