Amid increasing regional security concerns, Poland is working on a plan to relocate its most treasured cultural artifacts in the event of a Russian attack. Culture Minister Hanna Wróblewska confirmed that the move was part of a larger defense strategy of the nation, which is the brainchild of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which also includes boosting the Polish army to 500,000 and fortifying the borders of the country.
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide bombing during Sunday mass at Mar Elias Church in Damascus. Sunday's attack is a rare one in the capital since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
Norway would raise its defence budget to reach a proposed NATO target of 5 per cent of gross domestic product for its defence and total security expenditure. The premier, Jonas Gahr Stoere, said on Friday that Norway would try to spend 3.5 per cent of annual economic output on defence and 1.5 per cent on a broader range of security measures.
A Russian drone strike overnight on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa killed one person and injured at least 14 others. The Ukraine State Emergency Service said the attack was "massive" and struck residential areas, setting fires and forcing hundreds to flee.
The Polish government is pondering dispatching an additional and final rescue air bridge between Israel and Poland, as several dozen Polish citizens are still in the war-torn country and have asked for help. That comes after two successful evacuations by Poland earlier this week.
Poland's Foreign Ministry has said it will evacuate 65 more citizens from Israel on Thursday with the help of a flight from Amman, Jordan. The operation comes at a time of heightened tension in the region. This comes after an earlier successful evacuation, Foreign Deputy Minister Henryka Mościcka-Dendys was giving updates on ongoing efforts.
Ukrainian Member of Parliament Kira Rudik has strongly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's openness to allowing Russia to help mediate conflicts in the Middle East. Rudik expressed disbelief at the idea, highlighting the Kremlin's known interest in fostering instability across the region.
U.S. President Donald Trump reopened a controversial debate by claiming it was a mistake to kick Russia out of the G8 as world leaders gathered for the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada. Trump said Russia should have been part of the group in a bid to avoid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Russia is building and upgrading at least five military installations near its western border with NATO and the European Union, an analysis of new satellite images reveals. The development has spooked European defense officials in an environment of growing tensions that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The European Union presses on with a proposed ban on importing Russian gas, despite opposition from Hungary and Slovakia. The new law, proposed by the European Commission, seeks to cut all imports of pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia by the end of 2027. The move is a piece of a larger European Union strategy to reduce reliance on Russian energy, amid rising fears that such imports support Moscow's continuing war efforts.
With tensions rising between Israel and Iran, the Polish government is finalizing plans for evacuation flights from the Middle East. The work to secure a safe and orderly arrival of our citizens has been completed by about 90 percent," the Polish defence chief, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, said. "There is no fee for returning to the country. The Air Force has been readying to assist since the very first hours of this crisis," he said on social media.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has blasted Russia for carrying out an "unprecedented massive" drone attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing it as a "direct insult" to international efforts to establish peace. In an overnight strike from Sunday to Monday, Russian forces deployed 138 Shahed drones, as well as decoy drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
More than half of the roughly 11,000 North Korean troops that Russia dispatched to the western Kursk region have been killed or injured as they have fought with Ukrainian troops, recent defense updates claimed. The soldiers were deployed in September 2024, over 6000 were casualties in what is said to have been ferocious and extremely costly fighting in the region.
Polish markets have been immune to the latest presidential election result, with the zloty, government bond and stock indexes all moving less than 1%. Yet under that stability, worrying fiscal and credit trends are also emerging.
Russia and Ukraine swapped an unspecified number of sick and wounded prisoners of war (POWs) on Tuesday as part of a humanitarian agreement made during peace talks in Turkey last month. It comes after an earlier round Monday on detainees aged under 25.
Russia carried out a significant drone strike on Kharkiv overnight that killed at least two civilians and injured 57 others, including seven children, regional officials reported on Wednesday. The attack, which lasted only nine minutes, involved 17 drones and set off fires and damage over a geographically concentrated residential area, the mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned a Russian drone attack that left the 11th century St. Sophia Cathedral in central Kyiv damaged, saying such actions were "unacceptable and catastrophic." The cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Ukraine's most precious treasures, was damaged on the front facade when the overnight strike occurred.
Ukrainian refugees have much to the robust Polish economy, boosting the GDP by 2.7 percent in 2024. This is three years after the Russian invasion, and the big wave of Ukrainians to Poland. Growing public frustration and promises to cut the refugees' support notwithstanding, an extended follow-up of findings shows the refugees have had a largely positive impact.
BY Nikodem Baran
BY Nikodem Baran
BY Iwo Mazur
BY Iwo Mazur
BY Iwo Mazur
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