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07.10.2020 / 14:07

Poland fines Russia's Gazprom $7.6 billion over pipeline

WARSAW – Polish antitrust authorities have fined Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom $7.6 billion (6.5 billion euros) for its role in building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, saying the project hurts Polish consumers and increases Europe’s dependence on Russian imports.The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection on Wednesday also fined five other international companies participating in the project a total of $61 million (52 million euros).Poland is strongly opposed to the pipeline, which is in its final stages of construction and is due to transport Russian natural gas across the Baltic Sea bed to Germany and western Europe, bypassing traditional transit routes through Ukraine and Poland.

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Kaczynski joins new Polish Cabinet as deputy prime minister

WARSAW – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki presented a reshuffled Cabinet on Wednesday that formally brings in party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski as a deputy prime minister as well as a new education minister who has said LGBT people are “not equal” to others.Kaczynski, the behind-the-scenes strategist of the government since the party won power in 2015, will be a deputy prime minister under Morawiecki.

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Polish government under fire over draft animal welfare law

WARSAW – Poland’s governing conservative party has come under fire from its coalition partners and the opposition alike over a draft law that would ban fur farms and the use of animals in shows and circuses, and restrict the ritual slaughter of livestock. The proposed animal welfare legislation debated in parliament Wednesday has been strongly advocated by the ruling Law and Justice party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who recently said it brings Poland in line with European Union standards.

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Dutch cyclist in Poland crash conscious, in good condition

WARSAW – Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen is in good condition after he was brought out of an induced coma following a controversial crash with one of his countrymen near the finish line at the Tour of Poland, Doctors at the hospital in southern Poland where Jakobsen is being treated said Friday he is responsive and breathing on his own and can move his limbs. Jakobsen will need physical therapy after the crash, but could possibly leave hospital in about two weeks, said Dr Pawel Gruenpeter, deputy director of the hospital in Sosnowiec.

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LGBT groups criticize Trump for hosting Polish president

WARSAW – U.S. President Donald Trump is being accused of sending a message of support to those looking to discriminate against LGBT people and other minorities by hosting Poland's president at the White House days before his visitor faces a tougher than expected fight for reelection.Trump is scheduled to meet Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday, four days before the first round of Poland's presidential election.

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Poland says Putin falsifies history to weaken Western allies

WARSAW – The Polish government says that Russian President Vladimir Putin is manipulating World War II-era history in a way that whitewashes Soviet crimes and accuses him of doing it as part of an “information war” against the West.The statement Friday from the government in Warsaw came a day after Putin in a lengthy article in a U.S.

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Polish leader's Trump card: a pre-election U.S. invite

WARSAW – President Donald Trump will be giving an image boost to Poland's populist president, Andrzej Duda, by hosting him at the White House next week, just four days before Poland holds a presidential election in which Duda is fighting for a second term.Since the June 24 visit was announced Wednesday, some in Poland have accused Trump of interfering in their election, noting that it is unheard-of for a U.S. leader to host a foreign politician so close to an election because it could be seen as an endorsement.“President Trump is directly interfering in the election campaign in our country," said Janusz Sibora, an expert on diplomacy.

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Former Chelsea goalkeeper Marcin Bulka wrecks 200k Lamborghini in huge crash

Former Chelsea goalkeeper Marcin Bulka has remarkably emerged unhurt after crashing a £200,000 Lamborghini in his native Poland.

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Song critical of Polish leader disappears from hit chart

WARSAW – A song took aim at an alleged abuse of power by Poland's ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. It rose to the top of the chart of a public radio station. Then it disappeared.

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St John Paul II honored as Poland sees new abuse allegations

WARSAW – St. John Paul II was honored on the centennial of his birth with special Masses at the Vatican and in his native Poland on Monday, an anniversary that comes as the Polish church finds itself shaken by new allegations of sexual abuse by clerics.

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Arrests at anti-lockdown demonstrations in Warsaw, London

FRANKFURT – Demonstrations took place Saturday in several European cities against restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the coronavirus, with tear gas used on protesters in Poland and arrests made at a gathering in London’s Hyde Park.

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Poland's presidential vote to be in person with mail option

WARSAW – Polish lawmakers have changed the rules for the country's postponed presidential election to make it a vote in person at polling stations with an option of voting by mail. No date for the vote has been set yet.

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Poland's Chopin piano competition put off till October 2021

WARSAW – Polish cultural authorities said Monday that they have decided to put off the 18th edition of the Frederic Chopin international piano competition by a full year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Polish leader insists on May vote, even if delayed slightly

WARSAW – Poland’s prime minister said Wednesday that the presidential election must be held in May despite the coronavirus pandemic to meet the requirements of the constitution.

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Virus spread scales down Warsaw Ghetto commemoration events

WARSAW – Sirens wailed and Jewish prayers were said for the heroes of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, but the annual memorial observances were scaled down Sunday and moved to the internet because of the coronavirus pandemic and the need for social distancing.

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Poland lawmakers defer final vote on divisive abortion bill

WARSAW – Polish lawmakers on Thursday postponed a final decision on a controversial proposal to impose a near-total ban on abortion in the predominantly Catholic country, in a move that could lead to the draft law being mothballed.

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Poles divided on `draconian` abortion, sex education bills

WARSAW – Polish lawmakers on Wednesday are debating draft laws backed by a conservative Catholic group that would impose a near-total ban on abortion, criminalize school sex education and equate homosexuality with pedophilia, revisiting proposals that were shelved after a popular outcry.

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Poland marks 10 years since president killed in plane crash

WARSAW – Poland's government on Friday marked the 10th anniversary of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others by demanding that Russia return the wreckage of the plane.

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Polish govt divided over holding mail-in presidential vote

WARSAW – Poland's government is divided and reportedly struggling for its survival over whether to hold a mail-in presidential election in May during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Poland divided over having presidential vote during pandemic

WARSAW – Poland’s parliament is preparing to vote Friday on legislation that would transform the country’s May presidential election entirely into a mail-in ballot due to the health risks of having public voting stations during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Polish opposition urge voters to boycott May election after government refuses to postpone

Poland's liberal opposition on Sunday urged voters to boycott the 10 May presidential election, which the right-wing government has controversially refused to postpone despite the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86

WARSAW – Poland's leading composer and conductor, Krzysztof Penderecki died Sunday after a “long and serious illness,” sources close to his family said. He was 86.

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