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Ukraine war: What you need to know this Saturday

These are the latest developments in the Ukraine war you need to know about this Saturday.

Culture news

Poland wants Russia to return artwork looted by Red Army

The country lost an estimated 50 per cent of museum collections during the Nazi and Soviet occupations.

Poland

The Global Energy Crisis And Polish Coal

As winter looms, coal is expensive and scarce in the Polish city of Walbrzych and illegal mines have sprung-up.The government has made 2.4 billion euros of financial aid available. But critics say the money should be prioritise the poorest families.

Poland

Exiles feel at home at the 'Karma' bar in Warsaw

People who've left repressive or war-torn countries such as Belarus and Ukraine can express themselves creatively through discussions and art at the 'Karma' bar in Warsaw, Poland. It's become a home from home for many people.

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The Cube

'Inauthentic' anti-Ukraine hashtags are trending in Poland - report

A study has found the hashtag #StopUkrainisationOfPoland does not represent widespread ill-feeling.

Sport

Belarusian athlete who fled Lukashenko becomes Polish citizen

The 25-year-old sprinter gained international attention by refusing orders to return to Belarus after criticising her country's athletics federation.

Europe News

Poland to demand €1.3 trillion from Germany in WWII reparations

Poland's top politician said the government would seek €1.3 trillion from Germany in WWII reparations after the release of a report on the cost to the country of Nazi German occupation.

Europe News

EU Council sued for approving Poland's €35-billion COVID recovery fund

It is claimed the agreement between Brussels and Warsaw fails to restore judicial independence in Poland.

Slovakia

Poland and Czech to protect Slovak airspace as ageing MiGs are retired

Slovakia has 11 Soviet-era fighter planes, which will be replaced by modern jets. Meanwhile Poland has signed a €6 billion euro arms deal with South Korea.

Germany

Oder river fish die-off remains a mystery as new details emerge

Germany and Poland are still attempting to answer what caused the deaths of thousands of fish in the Oder river that began in late July.

Poland

Controversial passage on fertility removed from Polish school textbook

According to critics, the book suggested that children born via IVF would not be loved.

Germany

Mass fish die-off sparks political row between Poland and Germany

Experts in the Czech Republic, the UK and the Netherlands are helping the investigation into the hundreds of tonnes of fish found dead in the Oder River.

Poland

New Polish school textbook provokes anger over section on fertility

According to critics, the book says that no one loves children who are conceived via IVF.

Nature

Polish police are offering €215,000 to solve the River Oder poisoning

The pollution could ‘exterminate nature’ in Poland’s unique nature reserves, and has spread into Germany. How did it happen?

World News

Speculation over 'environmental disaster' in Germany Poland

Speculation has mounted over the cause of an "environmental disaster" in Germany and Poland, after thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of the Oder river.

World News

Mass fish die-off in German Polish river worries conservationists

Dead fish have littered the banks of the Oder River in Poland and Germany, prompting conservationists to call on government authorities to investigate.

Europe News

Brussels and Warsaw in new tussle over post-COVID recovery fund

The general secretary of Poland's ruling party said they were prepared to aim "all our cannons in our arsenal" on the Commission and if needed form a coalition to unseat Ursula von der Leyen as Commission President.

Croatia

12 dead as bus carrying Polish pilgrims to Bosnia crashes in Croatia

Poland's prime minister said the bus was taking pilgrims to the Catholic shrine in Medjugorje, Europe’s third-most popular pilgrimage destination.

Nature

Cats classified as 'invasive alien species' by Polish scientist

The scientist clarified that although he is a dog owner, he doesn't have anything against cats.

Europe News

Europol dismantles network smuggling migrants through Belarus into EU

Law enforcement authorities arrested 11 people for smuggling migrants through Belarus into the European Union.

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