polish news ale in english
- www.politico.eu Poland’s Tusk hits a wall on legalizing abortion
Failure of abortion vote raises big questions of whether Tusk can deliver the key social reforms he promised in last year’s election.
*(partial) decriminalising
Also what Kosiniak said in Polsat News is a manipulation, in CEBOS research abortion is not a last priority
- www.desmog.com Revealed: Far-Right Links of Polish Farmer Hunger Strikers
An obscure far-right linked farmers group has risen to prominence in Poland after it was championed by populist politicians ahead of the EU elections, DeSmog can reveal. Orka, a new farmers’ movement that materialised earlier this month, entered Warsaw’s parliament building on May 9 to protest again...
cross-postowane z: https://szmer.info/post/3452186
> >The nascent Orka movement has gained access to the president after vowing to toss the EU’s Green Deal “in the trash”. >
- www.bleepingcomputer.com Poland says Russian military hackers target its govt networks
Poland says a state-backed threat group linked to Russia's military intelligence service (GRU) has been targeting Polish government institutions throughout the week.
- apnews.com Bugging equipment found in room where Polish government was to meet
A Polish government official says that bugging devices were detected in a room where Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was scheduled to meet with his Cabinet ministers.
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> Bugging devices were found in a room where Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was scheduled to meet with his Cabinet on Tuesday, an official said. > > The Cabinet ministers were meeting in Katowice, a southwestern Polish city where Tusk was attending an economic conference. > > Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesperson for the head of Poland’s secret services, said a routine security check uncovered equipment that could be used for recording or eavesdropping. > > He wrote on social media on Tuesday morning that “the State Protection Service, in cooperation with the Internal Security Agency, detected and dismantled devices that could be used for eavesdropping in the room where the meeting of the Council of Ministers is to be held today in Katowice.” > > “The services are conducting further activities in this matter,” he added. > > The Cabinet traditionally holds a weekly meeting in Warsaw but exceptionally held it in Katowice due to the European Economic Congress taking place there, at which European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen delivered a speech. > > Tusk and the government ministers went to Katowice on Tuesday morning by train.
- www.euractiv.com Polish judge seeks political asylum in Belarus
High-level Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt, loyal to the previous PiS (ECR) government, has requested political asylum in Belarus on Monday, calling it an act of “protest against Poland’s unjust and harmful policy” towards Moscow and Minsk.
Some context: he was about to be prosecuted for leading a hater group supporting the last (PiS) administration by attacking neutral and opposition aligned judges (often based on illegal sources). Then, after being outed, he snitched on the group itself, causing major issues for the faction of the ex-ruling party which controlled the ministry of justice (and most of the court system). So he was either going to be legally persecuted or 'taken care of' by his own ex-friends, and might have been pushed to a jurisdiction which will not cooperate with Polish authorities. Common joke is that "there he'll be granted anything he wants for the rest of his life". Last Polish soldier-defector 'hang himself' after 4 months, and a propaganda tour, in Belarus.
- www.euronews.com Polish minister outlines how previous government used spyware
The use of spyware in Poland under the previous government resulted in accusations that the authorities were abusing power and eroding democratic guardrails.
- www.aljazeera.com After leaving the grind in Asia, Filipino women find exploitation in Poland
Filipino migrant workers in European country allege wage theft, salary deductions and passport confiscation.
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> Filipino migrant workers in European country allege wage theft, salary deductions and passport confiscation.
- www.euronews.com Polish pupils happy about new government limits on homework
The Polish government has introduced strict limits on the amount of homework pupils must do in a bid to modernise the education system. But some parents and teachers aren't convinced by the changes. #EuropeNews
- www.telegraph.co.uk Tensions grow as 160 tonnes of Ukrainian grain sabotaged in Poland
Incident at train station is latest in increasingly bitter cross-border dispute
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Poland's new government deprograms its once far-right public media
>After eight years of government under the far-right nationalist Law and Justice party, Polish voters turned up in record numbers in a historic October election that heralded a new, liberal government under the leadership of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. > >After being sworn-in in December, Tusk's new government immediately moved to retake the state-funded TVP. Under Law and Justice, the broadcaster had been transformed into a far-right propaganda machine, jeopardizing European Union funding to the country for violating the EU's democracy standards.
- apnews.com Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
Poland’s new prime minister says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims.
- www.smithsonianmag.com Bodies and Treasure Found in Polish Lake Could Be Connected to Ancient Water Ritual
New research suggests the Chelmno group followed their water burials with mass deposits of bronze jewelry and artifacts
- en.interfax.com.ua Polish FM on Ukraine's negotiations with Russia: No shortage of ‘pocket Chamberlains’ ready to sacrifice someone else's territory for sake of their comfort
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski opposed Ukraine's inclination to negotiate with the Russian Federation, stressing that only Ukrainians can make such a decision.
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Map Shows Polish NATO Territory Losing GPS Amid Russia Electronic Warfare Drill
www.newsweek.com Map shows NATO territory losing GPS amid Russia electronic warfare drillLarge parts of Poland reported GPS disturbances in the second such incident in the region this month.
- www.404media.co Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service.
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> > > > > > In one of the coolest and more outrageous repair stories in quite some time, three white-hat hackers helped a regional rail company in southwest Poland unbrick a train that had been artificially rendered inoperable by the train’s manufacturer after an independent maintenance company worked on it. The train’s manufacturer is now threatening to sue the hackers who were hired by the independent repair company to fix it. > > > > > > > > > > > After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service. > > > >
- www.theguardian.com Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles
Incident came hours after new PM Donald Tusk vowed to reform Poland after eight years of rule by rightwing Law & Justice party
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Polish train maker denies claims its software bricked rolling stock maintained by competitor
www.theregister.com Polish train maker denies claims it geofenced trainsSays it was probably hacked, which isn't good news either
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Za vaši a naši svobodu | Anarchistická federace
www.afed.cz Za vaši a naši svobodu | Anarchistická federace11. listopadu nemohli ultrapravičáci prohlásit, že jim patří ulice Varšavy, konala se v nich totiž i antifašistická street party.
i see there is a note and this community is for info also in oder languages not only in english about pl
- www.bbc.com Poland's LGBT community hopeful era of hate speech is over
LGBT activists hope a likely opposition coalition will bring both a change in tone and policy.
- pramen.io Anarchists joined the November 11 antifascist march in Warsaw - Pramen
November 11 in Warsaw is traditionally considered the most unsafe day of the year. On this day, not only people with migration experience, anti-fascists, LGBTQ+ people and other minorities who do not fit into the logic of national unity and patriotic frenzy are not safe to be on the streets, but ord...
- arstechnica.com Massive cryptomining rig discovered under Polish court’s floor, stealing power
Top law enforcement agency taps IT experts to calculate stolen energy costs.
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Poland: New parliament meets for the first time
www.dw.com Poland: New parliament meets for the first time – DW – 11/13/2023Newly-elected lawmakers of both houses of parliament are convening, but the country will likely be without a government for weeks as a conservative majority seeks to hang onto power.
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Polish minister apologises for falsely accusing Ukraine of not inviting Poland to defence forum
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> Polish minister apologises for falsely accusing Ukraine of not inviting Poland to defence forum > OCT 3, 2023 > > Poland and Ukraine have clashed over the absence of Polish defence firms from an industry forum in Kyiv at the weekend. The Polish state assets minsiter eventually apologised after realising he had falsely accused Ukraine of not inviting Poland. > > Meanwhile, the Polish foreign minister skipped a meeting of his EU counterparts in Kyiv yesterday, saying that the decision was due to a current “downturn” in relations with Ukraine. > > Though Poland has been a close ally of Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last year, the two countries are currently embroiled in a dispute over Ukrainian grain exports, which Warsaw has unilaterally banned. > > Yesterday, the majority of the EU’s foreign ministers gathered in Kyiv for their first ever summit in a country outside the EU itself. They agreed a €5 billion package of additional military aid for Ukraine. > > However, Poland was among a small number of countries that did not send its foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, with one of his deputies attending instead. > > “My absence from the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kyiv is partly an expression of the fact that, when it comes to relations between Poland and Ukraine, we are entering a period of decline,” Rau told Polsat News. > > “I wouldn’t call it retaliation,” he added, emphasising that Poland still has “common strategic interests with Ukraine”. However, when it comes to “national interests we have divergent interests and misunderstandings regarding the transit of Ukrainian grain through Poland”. > > Rau’s remarks yesterday followed a war of words with Ukraine over a defence industry meeting last weekend in Kyiv. While firms from over 30 countries were present, there was no representative from Poland. > > “Shame on you, Mr Zelensky,” tweeted Krzysztof Lipiec, an MP from Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. “Where is Poland? This is how Ukraine thanks Poland?” > > In an interview with Radio Zet yesterday, Poland’s minister for state assets Jacek Sasin said that “PGZ [Poland’s state defence holding firm] as a company was not invited”. He added that “we have been dealing with a series of unfriendly gestures from Ukraine recently”. > > “I am afraid that this is a matter of current political interest on the part of the Ukrainian authorities, who believe that when an [election] campaign is underway in Poland, it is better to side with Germany and to play for a change of government in Poland,” said Sasin.”This will have a negative impact on Ukraine.” > > However, that version of events was disputed by Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, who told broadcaster TVN that “Poland was among the first to be invited to this event” and its absence is “a question for the Polish side”. > > Shortly after, Sasin issued a statement admitting that he had been wrong and that PGZ had, in fact, been invited to the forum in Kyiv. “I am sorry for the misunderstanding,” he wrote. > > Sasin added that PGZ “decided not to attend due to the circumstances described below” and shared a statement from the firm. However, the statement did not provide any reason for PGZ’s decision not to attend the forum and instead talked about the firm’s existing good relations with Ukraine. > > The government’s conflict with Kyiv has drawn criticism from the opposition, who have accused it of harming Poland’s relations with Ukraine in order to benefit the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party’s current campaign for parliamentary elections that will take place on 15 October. > > “Poland as a country is currently paying the cost of an election campaign in which PiS subordinates the issues of national defence and relations with Ukraine to its own political benefits,” said Czesław Mroczek, an opposition MP and deputy head of the parliamentary defence committee. > > “If Poland excludes itself from the group of countries and companies that will participate in the rebuilding of Ukraine, that will cause terrible harm to the interests and economy of our country,” Mroczek told industry news service Defence24.
- apnews.com US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military
The Biden administration says it is offering $2 billion in loans to Poland to support the defense modernization of the ally which has been a hub for weapons going into Ukraine.
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Left nominates polish activist Justyna Wydrzyńska fighting for a free, safe and legal abortion for 2023 Sakharov Prize
left.eu Left nominates women fighting for a free, safe and legal abortion for 2023 Sakharov PrizeThe right to abortion is under attack, but the feminist fight is strong and vibrant.
- www.theguardian.com Poland’s ruling party pivots away from Ukraine in attempt to shore up votes
PiS party is hoping to gain traction before 15 October election despite strong anti-Russian sentiment
- www.straitstimes.com Polish president says PM was misinterpreted on Ukraine arms
Andrzej Duda said the PM's comments on no longer arming Ukraine had been taken the wrong way. Read more at straitstimes.com.
- www.bbc.com Poland no longer supplying weapons to Ukraine amid grain row
Mateusz Morawiecki's remarks come as tensions escalate over Ukraine's grain exports.