Chancellor Scholz's government is strengthening deportation procedures - authorities will have more powers, regulations will be tightened. The government passed a bill to this effect in Berlin yesterday, dpa reported. According to the heads of the Interior Ministry of the Länder, dealing with the crisis requires more decisive steps, describes the portal of the daily Welt.more
Yesterday, the Parliament of Wales adopted a statement recognizing the Great Famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine as a genocide of the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian Embassy in the UK reported.more
Antisocial behavior has dropped by up to 36 percent in some high-risk areas as a result of increased police presence, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday.more
Brexit should not have been allowed to happen with the backing of only 52 per cent of voters, a former Tory Brexit minister has said. In a devastating admission, leading Brexiteer Steve Baker has admitted that the historic vote to leave the EU should have required a “super-majority” of 60 per cent.more
The leader of the Civic Coalition, Donald Tusk, will meet with top EU officials this week in Brussels to repair relations with the EU and unlock frozen funds for Poland, Reuters reports.more
Today marks exactly one year since Rishi Sunak took office as Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new prime minister avoided the mishaps that ruined his two predecessors and provided a lot of stability, but he did not make it possible for the Conservative Party to think about maintaining power after the next elections to the House of Commons, which is what his supporters were counting on.more
Hospital campaigner Marie McMahon has warned that people in the midwest are terrified of having to go to the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick (UHL). more
Almost three quarters of Poles believe that Jarosław Kaczyński should retire from politics, according to an IBRiS poll for Radio ZET. One in five voters is of the opposite opinion.more
Belgium's federal government has proposed a new plan of action following last week's terrorist attack in Brussels that killed two Swedish soccer fans. The plan is intended to solve long-standing problems for the police and justice system. Among other things, a database of all those ordered to leave the country will be created, Belgian TV station VRT reports today.more
The head of the Christian Democratic CDU party Friedrich Merz said that in Germany "naturalization must be stopped too soon." The opposition leader demands that naturalization should only be possible if applicants recognize Israel's right to exist. Anyone who does not sign this has nothing to look for in Germany, Merz said in an interview with ZDF television.more
According to 27.4 percent of respondents, Donald Tusk should be the candidate of the KO, the New Left and the Third Way for prime minister. Rafał Trzaskowski was indicated by 14.3 percent, and the podium is closed by Szymon Holownia with the support of 10.3 percent of respondents, according to a SW Research poll for rp.pl released yesterday.more
56 percent respondents believe that the president should entrust the mission of forming the government to the candidate indicated by KO, Third Way and New Left, and 25.7 percent believe The candidate should be chosen by PiS - according to a SW Research survey for rp.pl published yesterday.more
If we don't stop Putin, he won't stop in Ukraine. He has already threatened and "reminded" Poland that its western lands are a "gift" from Russia, US President Joe Biden said in an address to the nation on the need for further assistance to Ukraine and Israel. He announced that today he would ask Congress for a significant package of funds for both countries.more
The West's unconditional support for Israel in the first days after the Hamas attack, without standing up for the rights of the Palestinians, makes it difficult to win the Global South to Ukraine's cause, said the Financial Times, based on interviews with many diplomats.more
The PO national board authorized Donald Tusk for coalition talks with Third Way and the Left, at the same time confirming that he is the Civic Platform's candidate for the office of Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland - said the head of the KO club, Borys Budka, yesterday after a meeting of the PO national board.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak began a visit to Israel today aimed at showing solidarity with Israelis following the October 7 attack by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. Sunak is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.more
Scotland will issue its own bonds for the first time in history, helping to demonstrate its financial credibility on the road to independence, announced the First Minister (Prime Minister) and leader of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP), Humza Yousaf.more
Spain's Ministry of Anti-Exclusion, Social Security and Migration has declared a state of emergency due to the increasing wave of illegal immigration to the Canary Islands. This archipelago only in the first half of October this year. 8.5 thousand arrived newcomers from Africa.more
The National Electoral Commission announced the official results of the parliamentary elections yesterday. In the Sejm elections, PiS obtained 35.38 percent. votes, KO - 30.70 percent, Trzecia Droga - 14.40 percent, New Left - 8.61 percent, Confederation - 7.16 percent.more