The US called on China on Saturday to stop "bullying behaviour" in the South China Sea and said it was concerned by reports of Beijing's "provocative actions" aimed at offshore oil and gas developments in the disputed waters.more
"If the Polish parliament decided to amend the constitution and introduce one, seven-year term of office of the president, I would agree with this solution and I will not argue with his will" - said President Andrzej Duda yesterday.more
Britain and its allies will ask tough questions of China over the coronavirus outbreak, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday, adding "we can't have business as usual after this crisis".more
It is only four months since Boris Johnson led the Conservative party to a historic victory. His 80-seat majority seemed to recast the electoral landscape for a generation. It also marked another milestone in Brexit's transformation of the Conservative party from the party of business to the party of the flag. Today, that seems like another world.more
Polish law does not provide for the possibility of canceling elections, so the government is constitutionally obliged to hold presidential elections in May - the Polish ambassador to Great Britain Arkady Rzegocki wrote in the Financial Times.more
At first, there were not many ready to help Italy, and now Europe apologizes for this - today the EP head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said in an emotional speech to the victims of a pandemic, including a mother from Poland who will not see how her child is growing.
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Britain and the European Union should not add a factor of uncertainty to the current situation, excluding the extension of the transitional period after Brexit - today assessed the executive director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalin Georgiev.
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In Ireland, 38 people died of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, resulting in an increase in the number of deaths from epidemics to 444, the country's health ministry said last night.more
Last week, RIA Novosti was the only major media outlet in the world to report that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson required mechanical ventilation while he was hospitalized for COVID-19. The story turned out to be false. Mmore
Only voting by correspondence will enable Polonia to participate in the general election in May - assessed the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Piotr Wawrzyk, who sent for consultation a draft regulation on the establishment of voting circuits for presidential elections abroad.more
The UN Secretary-General criticized President Donald Trump's decision to suspend funding for the World Health Organization. "This is not the time to diminish WHO's resources or any other humanitarian organization fighting the virus," said Antonio Guterres yesterday.more
As a result of restrictions introduced due to coronavirus, the UK economy may shrink by 35% in the second quarter of this year, and the unemployment rate may rise to 10%. - assessed today the Office of Budgetary Responsibility (OBR).
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Foreign Minister Dominik Raab, who was replacing him at the weekend, but is now focusing on recovery and not on government work, spokesman said today.more
Boris Johnson is continuing to make "very good progress" in hospital, where he is being treated for coronavirus, according to Downing Street. The prime minister, 55, was taken to hospital on Sunday - 10 days after testing positive for the virus.more
Health Minister Łukasz Szumowski announced today that he will probably issue an election recommendation at the end of next week. He estimated that the state of the epidemic could be over the next year and correspondence choices are the only form that could be used during this time.more
Poland's government on Friday marked the 10th anniversary of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others by demanding that Russia return the wreckage of the plane.more
10 people will run in the presidential election in May - according to data from the National Electoral Commission. Yesterday, NEC registered the last candidates who collected at least 100,000 signatures supporting their candidatures.more
The cabinet minister Robert Jenrick is facing questions after travelling to visit his parents at the weekend, despite repeatedly urging the public to stay at home during the lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.more
