Poland

Tusk nudges Zelenskyy to mend rift with Poland

Polish PM Donald Tusk urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “show good will and ingenuity” in defusing diplomatic tensions with Warsaw, Tusk said in a Twitter post on June 9.

10 June, 01:36 AM

Polish Sejm speaker urges restraint from Zelenskyy and Nawrocki over UPA unit dispute

Polish Sejm Speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty called for restraint in a growing dispute between Poland and Ukraine over the decision to give a Ukrainian military unit the honorary name Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), news agency PAP reported on June 9.

9 June, 06:01 PM

Former Polish minister fears dispute could derail Zelenskyy visit

Former Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz warned that growing tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv could lead President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to skip a major Ukraine recovery conference scheduled to take place in Gdańsk later this month.

9 June, 12:42 PM

Stripping Zelenskyy's award will backfire on Poland - former Polish FM

Former Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz slammed the decision to strip Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, arguing that escalating the conflict with Kyiv will only harm Poland’s international image, news outlet Onet wrote on June 9.

9 June, 12:35 PM

Kyiv moves urgently to defuse tensions with Poland

Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov’s urgent trip to Poland suggests that Kyiv understands the importance of smoothing out its relations with Warsaw, Ukrainian diplomat and former Ambassador to the EU Kostyantyn Yeliseyev told NV Radio on June 8.

8 June, 09:28 PM

Kyiv proposes compromise over UPA-named military unit

Ukrainian officials proposed changing the honorary name of a Special Operations Forces unit during a visit to Poland by Presidential Office chief Kyrylo Budanov, amid growing tensions over its designation honoring the Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), Polish outlet Wirtualna Polska reported, citing unnamed sources.

8 June, 10:46 AM

Poland arrests former Ukrainian deputy minister in bribery case

Polish authorities have detained former Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Volodymyr Bedrykivskyi on suspicion of attempting to bribe a Polish public official in Warsaw earlier this month, according to prosecutors cited by TVP World on June 6.

6 June, 11:06 PM

Budanov, Polish official discuss UPA unit naming row

Marcin Bosacki, a state secretary at Poland’s Foreign Ministry, met with Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, to discuss Kyiv’s decision to give a Ukrainian Special Operations Forces unit an honorary name honoring fighters of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the Polish ministry said on June 5.

6 June, 01:19 AM

Pepco to sell 344-store Dealz Poland chain for 1 zloty ahead of Ukraine expansion

Poland’s Pepco Group will sell all of its shares in supermarket chain Dealz Poland for the symbolic price of 1 zloty, or about 27 cents, as it prepares to expand into Ukraine, the company said in a June 3 statement.

5 June, 12:25 PM

Polish analyst calls Nawrocki's criticism of Zelenskyy among the most cynical he has seen

Ukraine and Poland are facing what appears to be their most serious wave of tensions in recent years, Polish political scientist and journalist Marek Sierant said in an interview with Radio NV on June 4.

4 June, 06:09 PM

Ukrainian restaurant in Warsaw celebrates milestone entry into Michelin Guide

Willa Biała, a Warsaw restaurant launched by Ukrainian founders, has earned recognition from the Michelin Guide.

4 June, 02:08 PM

Czech private operator to launch train from Germany to border with Ukraine

Czech private rail and bus operator Leo Express will launch what it says is one of Europe’s longest direct train routes on June 25, linking central Germany with the Polish city of Przemysl near the Ukrainian border.

3 June, 01:05 PM

Former Polish ambassador returns Ukrainian state award

Former Polish ambassador to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki returned an Order for Merit that he received from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2022, Polish outlet RMF FM reported on June 1.

2 June, 02:11 AM

Lublin removes Ukrainian flag from city hall over UPA-related military honor

Officials in the Polish city of Lublin removed the Ukrainian flag from city hall after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave one of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces units the honorary name “in honor of the Heroes of the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army),” a move local authorities said offended Polish historical memory, Polish outlet WP Wiadomości reported on June 1.

1 June, 03:47 PM

Quarry worker finds WWII German grave in Poland

A mass grave containing the remains of 14 German World War II soldiers was accidentally discovered during excavation work at a silica quarry in western Poland near the village of Bolemin, local archaeologists announced.

29 May, 01:14 PM

Media project Sestry names 50 Poles who have supported Ukrainians for years

The Polish-Ukrainian outlet Sestry named 50 doctors, teachers, volunteers, journalists, entrepreneurs, diplomats and artists who have supported Ukrainians for years, with NV republishing the list as part of a media partnership.

28 May, 11:55 AM

Poland’s Allegro enters Ukraine, setting up marketplace fight with Rozetka

Allegro, Poland’s largest online marketplace, is preparing to enter Ukraine and plans to begin the first phase of its expansion as early as June.

27 May, 01:10 PM

Washington OKs Poland to make PAC-3 interceptors

Poland won preliminary approval from the U.S. State Department to produce PAC-3 interceptors for Patriot air-defense systems on Polish soil, Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk said on May 26.

26 May, 10:47 PM

Warsaw warns Moscow over possible attacks on diplomatic sites

Poland’s Foreign Ministry responded to a Russian Foreign Ministry statement urging foreigners and diplomats to urgently leave Kyiv over alleged planned strikes on military facilities and “decision-making centers.”

26 May, 10:21 AM

Poland's parliamentary speaker visits Ukrainian teen beaten for speaking his language in Warsaw

Poland's parliamentary speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty visited 16-year-old Ukrainian teenager Artem, who suffered a skull fracture and lost teeth after being attacked by Polish youths for speaking Ukrainian in Warsaw, condemning the assault and inviting the boy and his family to parliament, Czarzasty announced on Facebook.

25 May, 01:03 PM

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