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Poland and India's PMs have, after meeting in New Delhi, outlined aims to double bilateral trade by 2030 and expand cooperation in mining, shipbuilding, energy, space and defence technologies Polish-Indian relations are "gaining speed", said @narendramodi notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Political scandals now rarely have the dramatic impact they once did, but they can still more subtly shift electoral outcomes. @AleksSzczerbiak looks at how two recent scandals in Poland may affect the political landscape ahead of next year's elections notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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A Polish soldier who accidentally shot a Syrian refugee who had entered Poland over the border from Belarus has been acquitted of causing harm through negligent use of a weapon The Syrian had sought 50,000 zloty (€11,500) in compensation from the soldier notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Poland has condemned a decision by the Lviv region in Ukraine to declare 2027 a year honouring the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which led the massacre of Poles in WWII, and one of its leaders, Roman Shukhevych notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Parliament has approved two bills that would liberalise Poland's abortion laws One would reverse the 2020 constitutional court ruling that introduced a near-total ban on abortion; the other would decriminalise helping women in obtaining unlawful abortions notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Polish leaders have hit back at US @SecWar @PeteHegseth's remarks downplaying allies' role in Afghanistan. The speaker of parliament called them "scandalous", while PM @donaldtusk read out a message from a Polish army medic who served in Afghanistan notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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A member of Poland's military reserve has been detained on suspicion of espionage. The suspect is a man of Ukrainian origin who recently obtained Polish citizenship. It has not been revealed which country he is accused of seeking to spy for notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Poland has detained and expelled 15 Russians and Belarusians who tried to take part in youth world karate championships in the Polish city of Bielsko-Biała. They had entered Poland using tourist visas from other Schengen area countries notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Poland says it has broken up an international criminal group responsible for laundering €77 million by using currency exchange offices to process money obtained from internet scams. Nine suspects – eight Ukrainians and one Belarusian – have been detained notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Poland's foreign minister has spoken with his Israeli counterpart about "the attack by illegal Israeli settlers on a diplomatic convoy, including Polish diplomats". He "emphasised that the West Bank and Gaza are not part of Israel", which "is the occupier in these territories"
📞🇵🇱🇮🇱 Wicepremier, minister spraw zagranicznych @sikorskiradek rozmawiał ze swoim izraelskim odpowiednikiem @gidonsaar. ❗ Głównym tematem rozmowy był atak nielegalnych izraelskich osadników na konwój dyplomatyczny na Zachodnim Brzegu Jordanu, w którym znajdowali się również polscy dyplomaci. Minister @gidonsaar poinformował o przeprowadzonej operacji policyjnej i zatrzymaniach w związku z tym zdarzeniem. Strona izraelska poruszyła również kwestię przystąpienia Polski do zainicjowanego przez Wielką Brytanię wspólnego stanowiska 12 państw w sprawie ograniczeń w handlu towarami pochodzącymi z nielegalnych osiedli izraelskich na okupowanych terytoriach palestyńskich. Minister Sikorski podkreślił, że Zachodni Brzeg Jordanu i Strefa Gazy nie są częścią Izraela. Izrael jest na tych terytoriach władzą okupacyjną, co wiąże się z konkretnymi obowiązkami wynikającymi z prawa międzynarodowego, w szczególności w zakresie ochrony ludności cywilnej. 🌍 Ministrowie omówili także rosyjskie wsparcie dla Iranu oraz sytuację bezpieczeństwa w obu regionach. W odniesieniu do rosyjskiej agresji na Ukrainę 🇺🇦 minister Sikorski podkreślił konieczność zwiększenia międzynarodowej presji na Rosję, która jest agresorem, a nie na ofiarę tej agresji. Obaj ministrowie zgodzili się, że Polska jest krajem bezpiecznym i przyjaznym dla odwiedzających. Potwierdza to m. in. rosnąca liczba turystów z Izraela wybierających Polskę jako cel swoich podróży.
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For more on Poland's response to the attack by masked Israeli settlers on a diplomatic delegation in the West Bank, see our report from yesterday: notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Lithuania says there is "no doubt" that a Ukrainian drone which exploded on its territory on Sunday, hitting a moving car, entered its airspace from Poland. However, Poland has so far said that there is no confirmation of an object crossing the border notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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