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The Roman daily "La Repubblica" presented a unilaterally negative image of Poland, wrote the Polish ambassador to Italy Anna Maria Anders in a letter to the editor, published yesterday in the newspaper. She referred to the report entitled "Black Heart of Poland" from April 18.more

US President Joe Biden will visit the UK in June for his first overseas trip since his election victory last year. The president will travel to Cornwall for the G7 summit, which takes place between 11 and 13 June.more

Downing Street has defended Boris Johnson's conduct after former top adviser Dominic Cummings questioned the PM's "competence and integrity". Once his closest ally, Mr Cummings made a string of allegations about the prime minister's behaviour in a blog post.more

Five employees of the Polish embassy in Moscow have been recognized by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as undesirable and are expected to leave Russia by the end of May 15, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a press release.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised US President Joe Biden for his commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by 50-52% by 2030. compared to the 2005 level, Johnson described it as a breakthrough in US climate policy.more

A majority of people on both sides of the Irish border believes Northern Ireland will have left the UK within 25 years, a poll suggests.more

The situation of Poles in Belarus is extremely difficult - said today the Polish ambassador in Minsk, Artur Michalski, who is visiting Vilnius, where he talked with a representative of Belarusian civil society, Swiatlana Cichanouska.more

Boris Johnson has cancelled a trip to India amid rising Covid cases in the country. No 10 said the Indian PM Narendra Modi and Mr Johnson would instead speak later this month to "launch ambitious plans for the future partnership".more

EU relations with Russia are not improving, on the contrary, they are becoming increasingly tense, said the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell today, ahead of the informal videoconference of EU chiefs of diplomacy.more

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny risks cardiac arrest "any minute" as his health has rapidly deteriorated, doctors warned Saturday, urging immediate access to Russia's most famous prisoner.more

British warships will sail for the Black Sea in May amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia, the Sunday Times newspaper reported, citing senior naval sources.more

The Irish Republic has the sixth most powerful passport in the world - one place ahead of the British document, the latest rankings have revealed. more

The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok expressed his concern about the "erosion of the rule of law" in Poland. According to the head of Dutch diplomacy, his country, through the embassy in Warsaw, will support Polish social organizations and free media on the Vistula River.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that he shares "widespread concern" over the controversy over lobbying for Greensill Capital by former head of government David Cameron, but has rejected a call for a full lobbying investigation.more

In a special speech addressed to Polish leaders of the world of politics and business, during the 10th LSE SU Polish Economic Forum in Warsaw, the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana Cichanouska, called for the imposition of sanctions on the regime of Alexander Lukashenka and further support for peaceful democratic activities in Poland's eastern neighbor.more

Ireland began to ease covid restrictions, which were considered to be one of the strictest in the world. From now on, the order to stay 5 km from the house is no longer applicable and it is possible to meet in the open air.more

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is entering the Bundestag election campaign with radical demands such as Germany's withdrawal from the EU. In addition to Dexit, the group wants, inter alia, restrictions on immigration and lifting the obligation to wear masks.more

The EU wants to introduce the so-called covid passport. It would make travel easier, but also the use of cinemas and stadiums, reports today's "Rzeczpospolita" and informs that Poland is participating in the process that is to lead to the introduction of digital certificates within this period.more

The French European Affairs Minister accused the Anglo-Swedish vaccine producers of "making fun of Europeans". He said: "AstraZeneca did not honour its commitments and in a way made fun of Europeans." more

Explosions in the fuselage and wing of an official aircraft carrying the Polish president and dozens of senior political and military figures caused it to crash, according to a film on the work of an investigative committee into the accident, broadcast on Saturday.more

The EU's Charles Michel has said he's losing sleep over the gaffe that left Ursula von der Leyen without a chair during a high-level meeting in Turkey.more

In Belfast yesterday evening, there were again sporadic attacks on the police, even though loyalist leaders had previously called for no demonstrations to be held due to the death of Prince Philip, Irish station RTE reported.more

Britain mourned the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, on Friday after the BBC interrupted scheduled programming to broadcast the national anthem, “God Save the Queen.” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Philip “earned the affection of generations here in Britain, across the Commonwealth and around the world".more

Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, has acknowledged that Brexit has caused problems for the region - while stressing that violence is unacceptable.more

Families coming to live in the UK from Hong Kong using a new visa route will benefit from a support package worth £43 million, the government has announced.more