In Italy far less illegal migrants arrive via the Mediterranean than last year. In March there were a small 1400, nearly 90 percent less than in March 2017. In the first three months of this year, there were about 6600, a three-quarters decrease compared to a year earlier.
Poland and the US signed the agreement on Wednesday for the delivery of US Patriot air missiles to Warsaw. The delivery involved an amount of more than 3.8 billion euros. It is therefore the largest defense purchase in Poland ever.
Tens of thousands of Poles have taken to the streets to demonstrate against a possible tightening of abortion legislation. Protesters gathered in the vicinity of the parliament building in Warsaw and the headquarters of government party Law and Justice (PiS).
Germany is considering stopping EU billions of flows to Poland. If the Warsaw in the cross breaks the independent rule of law in its own country, then Berlin thinks about cutting back the very generous support. That is what minister Heiko Maas of Foreign Affairs said yesterday to this newspaper.
There is widespread support among EU member states for the way in which the European Commission is trying to bring Poland in line. The laws with which the Polish government puts the judiciary under political control are causing many countries, including France, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Not only in the Netherlands do we suffer from winter temperatures. The freezing cold causes inconvenience in large parts of Europe.
Due to the icy cold in Poland, at least eight people have been frozen to death since Friday, the Polish authorities report. In total, 48 people in Poland have died from the cold since last November.
Poland has its own cow gate. A cow escaped spectacularly from a Polish slaughterhouse last month and has been living on an island for three weeks now.
There is a 'good chance' for a compromise in the conflict between Poland and the European Commission, believes Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. The nationalist government in Warsaw is under fire because of laws that bring the judiciary under political control. Juncker's right-hand man Frans Timmermans pulled out the heaviest instrument in December, which means that Poland could theoretically lose its voting rights in the EU.
Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a controversial Holocaust law that makes it punishable to use the term 'Polish extermination camps'.
The Polish Senate has adopted a controversial law that makes it punishable to suggest that Poland has been involved in crimes committed by the Nazis in the country. With the law, the Polish government wants to prevent Poland being blamed for the Holocaust, among other things.
The Polish police arrested five neo-Nazis because they had made an altar for Adolf Hitler in uniforms of the German army to honor him. According to PAP news agency, the suspects are being prosecuted for making nazipropaganda.
The theme of Iran will dominate a large part of the talks next week during a visit by the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, London, Paris, Warsaw and Davos.
The Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has removed important ministers from his cabinet: Witold Waszczykowski (Foreign Affairs) and Antoni Macierewicz (Defense) have been dismissed, after they have repeatedly been scorned with statements about, for example, 'vegetarians and cyclists'.
The Polish Ministry of Justice has put a register with eight hundred sex offenders online. The register contains names, birth dates, residence, photographs and the crimes of the sex offenders.
The Netherlands supports the European Commission's proposal to use the toughest EU procedure against Poland. 'You must always take a threat to the rule of law seriously,' says Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra.
The new Prime Minister Mateusz Marowiecki (49), a West-educated banker, simply continues the Polish crusade against the EU, independent judges and the press. Yesterday, he underlined his plans in Warsaw to counter the declining Polish influence in Brussels.
Polish president Andrzej Duda sworn in on Mateusz Morawiecki (49) on Monday in the Warsaw presidential palace as the new prime minister. The former Minister of Development and Finance follows the popular Beata Szydlo in this position.
Mateusz Morawiecki is the intended new prime minister of Poland, a spokeswoman for government party Law and Justice (PiS) announced Thursday in Warsaw.
Thousands of Polish nationalists and legal traders attended a so-called independence march in Warsaw on Saturday. They called lies like 'God, honor and fatherland' and 'Polish industry in Polish hands,' reported the Polish press office PAP.
The Polish government says it wants to talk with EU Vice President Frans Timmermans about the conflict of the rule of law in the country. 'I think this handbook is encouraging and hope to receive the Polish ministers in Brussels. I am also willing to travel to Warsaw so that we can conduct this dialogue, 'said Timmermans.
Donald Trump has created the country 'Nambia' today, but he is not the first politician to come across. The country 'San Escobar' also thanks her to a politician.
The European Commission is putting pressure on Poland in the ongoing conflict on the rule of law in the country. Brussels is not satisfied with the Polish explanation of a new law for the organization of the lower courts. Deputy Prime Minister Frans Timmermans gives Warsaw a month to adjust the law.
The Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski supports the government party's intention to file a claim against Germany for damage suffered during World War II. 'We need to engage with the Germans in a serious conversation and discuss how to solve the problem,' he told radio station RFM FM.
The European Commission is considering further steps against Poland as the country refuses to amend laws reforming the rule of law. The Polish government has sent a letter from Brussels to 12 letters, rejecting the objections of the committee. According to Warsaw, the measures are in accordance with EU standards.
An unarmed Russian military device was flown over some vital places in the United States on Wednesday. This was done in the context of an agreement between NATO and countries of the former Warsaw Pact, which was a longstanding, CNN news channel reported Thursday.
Employees of an Israeli football club have been attacked by Polish hooligans Wednesday night near Warsaw. The Polish government condemned the attack on Thursday, which calls the Israeli embassy 'anti-Semitically motivated'.
The European Court of Justice ordered Poland to resign immediately on the large scale cutting of trees in the Bialowieza forest. The logging is in violation of nature conservation laws and it poses a serious threat to an area that belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
If Poland takes measures to dismiss judges of the Supreme Court, the European Commission will immediately invoke Article 7. That said Vice President Frans Timmermans Wednesday in Brussels.
Polish President Andrzej Duda has agreed in a conversation with the first president of the High Court, Malgorzata Gersdorf. She asked him in a letter for a business and calm discussion about the reform of the case law. The conversation will take place monday, the Polish press office PAP reported.
