Contents tagged with Poland
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Smolensk investigative committee accuses Russia of manipulating data in Tu-154 crash
The Polish Smolensk Crash Commission, which has been investigating the causes of the Tu-154M aircraft crash in Smolensk that killed former Polish President Lech Kaczynski, presented the results of its work that indicate that data about the crash was manipulated by Russia and previous Commissions, Polish Radio reported. The Minister of National Defense of Poland, Antoni Macierewicz, stated that Russians found the black box of the presidential aircraft a few minutes after the crash, listened to …
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Ukraine accused the Soviet Union of starting WWII
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Polish Sejm have adopted a joint declaration of memory and solidarity. According to information on the parliament’s website, 243 deputies voted in favor, including one representative from the “opposition bloc.” The only deputy who voted against it was a member of the “Radical Party.”
Introducing the document, the chairman of the parliament, Andriy Parubiy, stated that the Polish Sejm will vote for the same document at the same time as the Ukrainian …
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Poland proposes new pipeline from Norway to replace supplies from Russia
Poland presented a new gas pipeline project named "Northern Gate" that could deliver gas from a shelf in Norway through Denmark to Poland, as reported by EurActiv foundation.
The plenipotentiary representative of the Polish government on strategic energy infrastructure stated during the hearings at the European Parliament that Poland wants to replace supplies from Russia with supplies from the West.
The project also known as the "Norwegian corridor" envisages the transportation of 10 billion …
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Poland has found recording of conversation between Donald Tusk and Russian leadership on day of Tu-154 crash
Poland has uncovered new information about the circumstances surrounding the plane crash near Smolensk. According to the Polish Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz, the former Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, talked to the representatives of Russian leadership on the day of tragedy. Tusk didn’t inform anyone about this talk, Russia's RIA Novosti reported.
Macierewicz said there is a record of a secret conversation between Tusk, Vladimir Putin, Sergey Shoygu and Dmitry …
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Poland could increase gas supplies to Ukraine three fold
Poland can increase gas supplies to Ukraine three fold. This can happenen if the planned expansion of the gas pipelines with Ukraine takes place by the end of 2019. This will allow to increase transportation volumes of natural gas from the current 1.5 billion cubic meters to 5-6 billion cubic meters. Ukrinform reports, citing Piotr Naimsky, the Government Commissioner on Strategic Energy Infrastructure Issues of Poland.
“There is a project on Polish-Ukrainian communications development. …
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Poland to construct canal to the Baltic Sea to reduce dependence on Russia
Poland will build a canal through the Vistula Spit to the Gulf of Gdansk (Gdańsk Bay). This is expected to boost the importance of the seaport in Elblag and will in turn reduce the dependence on the transportation through Russian territory, as stated by the leader of the Law and Justice (PIS) ruling party, Jarosław Kaczyński, during his visit to the city of Elblag in the north east of Poland.
"The benefits of the canal will be great; not only in improved navigation, but also in returning the …
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Poland will construct a hub for gas transit to Ukraine
Poland will build a hub for the transportation of gas to Ukraine and other farther countries in Southern Europe. This was stated by the Polish Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, Piotr Naimski, according to Radio Poland.
The Minister pointed out that the creation of the hub is connected with Polish company Gaz-System S.A.’s construction of several gas-transport connections with Ukraine, Lithuania and other countries. Thanks to them, Poland "will have access to …
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Ukraine and Poland agree to expand military cooperation
The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (RNBO) of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, and the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) of Poland, Paul Solokh, agreed that the two countries will continue to expand cooperation between their military departments and intelligence agencies, as stated at the end of their talks in Kyiv, the Press Service of the RNBO reported.
"The leaders of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and the National Security Bureau of Poland …
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General Hodges: The core of US tank brigade in Europe will be deployed to Poland
The Commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, Frederick Ben Hodges, stated that a U.S. heavy tank brigade, which will be deployed in Europe to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank, will be based in Romania and Bulgaria but the core part of this brigade will be in Poland.
According to Hodges, the brigade will arrive from Colorado in mid-January 2017 to Bremerhaven, Germany, then it will be rapidly deployed to Western Poland.
“Thus, the whole brigade will be in place and then the process, which we call …
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Polish Defense Minister: Russia's aggression against Ukraine is a 'clash of civilizations'
Poland’s Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz, believes that Russia's aggression towards Ukraine, terrorism and the migration crisis are all elements of a clash of civilizations.
According to Interia news agency, he said this addressing the participants of an international conference in Washington.
The news agency reported that Macierewicz has not ruled out the possibility that Moscow supports the Islamic terrorists’ plans to destabilize the West.
He stressed that the “collision …