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Poland's police chief hospitalised after a gift from Ukraine exploded

Warsaw police commander Jarosław Szymczyk received the gift during a recent visit to Ukraine.

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Some EU countries are 'very selfish' over energy crisis - Polish PM

In a wide-ranging interview with Euronews, Mateusz Morawiecki discussed the energy crisis, the Ukraine war, sanctions on Russia and the rule of law.

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Poland's only cosmonaut, Mirosław Hermaszewski, dies aged 81

Gen Mirosław Hermaszewski, who circled the Earth in a Soviet spacecraft in 1978, died on Monday at the age of 81.

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Treacherous weather conditions in Europe cause disruption to travel

Snow in the UK, Poland, Estonia causes widespread travel chaos to public transport and airports as heavy rain in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia causes rivers to burst their banks

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Members of human trafficking network arrested in several countries

Police in Poland, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania and Latvia, coordinated by Europol, have arrested several members of a human smuggling ring using the Belarusian border with Poland to smuggle migrants into Europe.

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Is Poland becoming more authoritarian?

"We took it for granted that after Communism Poland would become a democracy ... that everything would go smoothly," said Filip Pazderski of the Insitute of Public Affairs.

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Polish prime minister U-turns on World Cup player bonus

Mateusz Morawiecki had initially promised the Polish national football team a bonus of around €6 million.

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England to meet France in quarter-finals after Senegal and Poland wins

Here's everything you need to know about the football action at the World Cup on Sunday -- at a glance.

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Australia face Argentina in knockouts, Mexico miss out on last-16

France progressed as Group D winners despite losing 1-0 to Tunisia at the Education City stadium, a fine Wabi Khazri goal just before the hour mark wasn't quite enough for them as Australia beat Denmark at the Al Janoub Stadium.

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Poland qualify amid late drama to join France, Australia & Argentina

Here's our at-a-glance look at Wednesday's matches as eight more teams battled for a place in the last 16 in Qatar.

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Poles vent anger at Law and Justice leader over views on women

A few hundred protesters gathered Monday outside the house of Poland's ruling party leader to vent anger at what they regard as an erosion of women's rights

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World Cup: Lewandowski breaks duck as Poland beat Saudi Arabia 2-0

One of the best forwards in the world, Lewandowski’s barren streak at the World Cup was somewhat puzzling. Now, in his fifth match at the tournament, it’s over.

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Arms made at pace ‘highest since Cold War’ as Europe’s east aids Kyiv

Central and eastern European countries, from the Czech Republic to Poland, have seen their guns and ammo manufacturing reach 30-year highs as they try to replenish stock donated to Ukraine and beef up their own defence.

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Poland's surprise move to reject German air defence system causes stir

Warsaw's suggestion to donate it to Ukraine instead has left Berlin concerned about further NATO involvement in the war in eastern Europe, while domestic critics believe the move was a mistake.

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Ukrainian investigators join probe of fatal missile blast in Poland

NATO and Poland’s leaders have said the missile most likely came from a Ukrainian air defence system that fired in response to Russia’s attack.

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What were the top stories in Europe this week?

Russia continued its heavy strikes against Ukraine, as missile barrages hit targets throughout the country.

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Ukraine must get legal permission to access missile probe says Duda

At a press conference in Przewodow, Poland, where a missile killed two people on Tuesday, Polish President Andrzej Duda said.

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Polish abortion ban victim's family says 'nobody cared about her life'

Thousands took to the streets to protest the victim of Poland's near-total abortion ban, which was approved in October 2020.

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Video shows aftermath of Tuesday's deadly missile blast in Poland

Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has blamed Russia, but the US and NATO have supported Warsaw's assessment that the missile was probably fired accidentally by Ukraine.

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Poland explosion shows war is 'dangerously close' to NATO borders

The explosion was likely caused by Ukrainian air defence, NATO says, emphasising that Russia bears the "ultimate responsibility" for the incident that killed two people.