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Poland Has Placed A Kazakh Company, Which Belongs To Pinskdrev, On The Sanctions List
1 Photo: Charter97.org For circumventing sanctions. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland has included the Kazakh company QARTREE LLP in the sanctions list at the request of the National Tax Administration. The tax authority proved that the...

Polish far-right leader declares Auschwitz gas chambers to be “fake”
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Polish-Ukrainian Relations Questioned in the Wake of Poland’s Presidential Elections
Jamestown Senior Fellow Janusz Bugajski just returned from a trip to Warsaw and Kyiv. He is the author of Pivotal Poland: Europe’s Rising Power. The book explores Warsaw’s determined efforts to shape NATO’s eastern policy, to maintain a strong...

Poland Refused To Lift Sanctions Against Alexander Gleb
8 Alexander Gleb The Belarusian footballer remains on the blacklist. Ex-football player Alexander Gleb asked Poland to take him off the sanctions list. But he was refused, Euroradio noted. The star player, a former Arsenal and Barcelona...
Poland's DPA issues guidance on data anonymization
Poland's data protection authority, the Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych, released guidance on data anonymization after Poland's Supreme Court published handwritten photos of protests. UODO President Mirosław Wróblewski requested the Supreme...

Poland Threatens to Close Transit Hub for Aid to Ukraine
(MENAFN) Polish President Andrzej Duda has warned that Poland may shut down its primary transit center for Western military supplies to Ukraine, accusing both Kiev and NATO of treating Polish infrastructure as if it were their own. This comes amid...

World News | Poland Warns of Shutting Major NATO Arms Route to Ukraine
Warsaw [Poland], July 11 (ANI): Polish President Andrzej Duda has warned that Poland may shut down its critical logistics hub for NATO military aid to Ukraine, expressing frustration over being excluded from key decisions on operations passing...

Poland added 637 MW of solar during Q1
Poland’s solar capacity neared 22 GW at the end of March, according to figures from the country’s Institute of Renewable Energy. There are currently 532 solar projects with a capacity equalling 950 MW with valid building permits. July 10, 2025...

Semibreve Festival announces second wave of artists for its 2025 programme
µ-Ziq, João Galante, Rafael Toral and more have joined the line-up for the 15th edition of the festival, which will take place from 23-26 October. Renowned for its curatorial quality, Semibreve returns to Portugal this year with a typically...

Poland Slams X’s Grok AI for Antisemitic Outbursts, Urges EU Probe
The Polish government has called on European authorities to investigate AI Chatbot Grok for possible violations of hate speech laws after the system, which is integrated into Elon Musk‘s social media platform X, made a flurry of antisemitic and...

Poland asks EU to probe Grok over 'offensive,' 'erratic' statements
July 10 (UPI) -- Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski asked the EU to investigate Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into the X social media platform. Gawkowski penned a letter to EU Executive Vice President for Tech Sovereignty, Security...

GTA 6 fans think Travis Scott just dropped a huge hint in new music video
Grand Theft Auto VI might not be out until next year, but the excitement just keeps building as fans believe they've spotted another Easter egg. Eagle-eyed fans reckon rapper Travis Scott may just be making an appearance in the eagerly anticipated...

Warsaw Woman Has The Guts To Get A Black Belt
Ethan Holder After seven years of operation, Meyers Martial Arts Academy in Warsaw, Missouri, is preparing to celebrate a historic milestone: its first black belt recipient. Ashley Danford, a 35-year-old mother and school bus driver, will receive...

Sports on TV for July 12 – 13
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, July 12 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 —… (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, July 12 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL...

‘Desecration of Historical Truth’: Yad Vashem Decries Revisionism at Massacre Site in Poland
Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial is urging Polish authorities to remove newly installed plaques near a monument to the 1941 Jedwabne massacre, denouncing them as a “desecration of historical truth” that obscures the role of Polish...

Poland To Flag Musk’s xAI Grok Chatbot To EU Over Offensive Remark: Report
Poland plans to report Elon Musk’s xAI (xAI) to the European Commission after its chatbot, Grok, made offensive comments about Polish politicians, including Prime Minister Donald Tusk, according to a Reuters report on Wednesday. Retail sentiment...

Poland presses EU to open probe into Grok’s ‘erratic’ behavior
In a series of posts made after X updated its AI model, Grok also referred to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in highly offensive language, as well as calling him “a traitor.” “There is reason enough to think, that negative effects for the...

Ilkley Wharfedale Rotary Club: Music for Good Causes
The visitors, from Erfurt in Germany, gave a superb concert, ranging over sacred, secular and folk traditions and singing in German, Latin, English and even Polish. The choir generously paid expenses for this concert and requested that all...

Poland doubles budget for repatriation of ethnic Poles deported by Soviet Union
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Polish president discusses “hanging traitors”, suggests “cleansing” of judiciary necessary
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