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For the first time since 1975, Hong Kong did not take first place in the World Economic Freedom ranking published by the Fraser Institute. The Canadian think tank blames the degradation on interference from the communist authorities in Beijing. The Hong Kong administration does not agree with this view, reports the independent website Hong Kong Free Press.more

One of Ukraine's staunchest allies, Poland, has said it is no longer supplying weapons to its neighbour, as a diplomatic dispute over grain escalates. more

The cost of housing illegal immigrants in British government-rented hotels has risen to £8 million a day, according to a financial report published by the Home Office on Tuesday. Previously, a figure of £6 million a day had been reported in the media.more

Tesco’s Irish arm made a €120.3m operating profit in its last financial year, according to accounts filed here for the first time ever by the division. more

Rishi Sunak appears set to water down some of the government's net zero pledges to ensure they are "proportionate", in a move that has sparked backlash from across the political spectrum and campaigners.more

The Onet portal revealed a new version of the visa scandal, pointing to the practice of trading places in queues to consulates. The practice was detected in India, but in April this year. we reported that it is also happening in the UK.more

The Swedish government anticipates an increase in carbon emissions in its draft budget for 2024, presented today. It also estimates that ambitious climate targets will not be achieved in the coming years.more

Almost two thirds of Poles cannot imagine changing the choice of the party they want to vote for. However, this possibility is accepted by every fourth respondent - according to the IBRiS survey for Radio ZET published yesterday.more

Senior government officials spoke to Buckingham Palace to express worries about Boris Johnson’s conduct in office, and discussed asking Queen Elizabeth to raise concerns with him during their private audiences, a BBC documentary has said.more

Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles called on EU member states to become more involved in Africa because "Russia may occupy this territory." Robles pointed to the "instability of the countries of the Sahel region" and the simultaneous "Europe's separation from Africa" during a videoconference in the European Parliament's subcommittee on security and defense in Brussels.more

A legal dispute between the Scottish and British governments begins today in a court in Edinburgh regarding the highly controversial Gender Recognition Bill, which is to allow for legal gender change in Scotland only on the basis of the declaration of the person concerned.more

Yesterday, Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Mariusz Kamiński met in London with the head of the British Ministry of Internal Affairs, Suella Braverman, and the Minister of Security, Tom Tugendhat, the Polish ministry announced.more

A new report by online bank Revolut shows that consumers on the Green Island "spend more, but remain cautious and are far from being extravagant." It was added that there are many indications that the domestic trade is "experiencing a boom" and can count on significant profits again.more

On September 15, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs provided information on the creation of voting districts in the elections to the Sejm and the Senate in 2023 for Polish citizens residing abroad. There are 75 voting districts in the UK. You can register now, the deadline for applications is October 10.more

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, announced today that if it wins the forthcoming election to the House of Commons, it will seek to significantly renegotiate the deal reached with the European Union on the terms of Brexit.more

Rishi Sunak should cut taxes, reduce benefit increases, raise the retirement age and delay net-zero commitments, his predecessor Liz Truss is set to say. more

39.7 per cent of Poles believe that the so-called visa scandal will not affect the outcome of the PiS in the elections; more than 30 per cent are of the opinion that the issue will harm the PiS, according to an IBRiS poll for 'Rzeczpospolita' and RMF FM.more

The fact that the Soviet Union has never been held accountable for its war crimes, even though it participated on an equal footing with Germany in the invasion of Poland, translates into Russia's current policy, writes Daniel Finkelstein, columnist for the British newspaper The Times and member of the House of Lords, in the US magazine 'The Atlantic'.more

What is at stake in our war against Russia is the future global order; we are not a fiction, a book, but we are really fighting a nuclear power that threatens to destroy the world, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed in an interview with US CBS television on Sunday night.more

Before the end of the year, ownership of American XL Bully dogs in the UK will be banned, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday in response to another case of a fatal human bite.more

On the day a former British army soldier accused of terrorism escaped from London's HMP Wandswoth prison, 39 percent of staff were absent from work, the Justice Ministry admitted yesterday.more

If the parliamentary elections were held this Sunday, PiS would receive 33.3 per cent of the vote; KO would receive 26.4 per cent. The Left would come third with 11.1 per cent, followed by the Third Way, which can count on 10.2 per cent of the vote, according to the latest IBRiS poll for Onet.more

Wyborcy przebywający poza Polską będą mogli oddać głosy w wyborach i referendum w jednym z 402 obwodów głosowania. Aby oddać głos należy zgłosić się do właściwego terytorialnie konsula o ujęcie w spisie wyborców. Wnioski można składać do 10 października.more

Members of gangs trafficking illegal immigrants to the UK should be treated as terrorists, opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said yesterday. However, he also announced that his government could take in some migrants under the EU relocation mechanism.more

A 3D-made equestrian statue of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel did not even survive two years in the Upper Palatinate town of Etsdorf, writes the dpa agency. According to the artist Wilhelm Koch, the 2.70-metre-high sculpture collapsed on the night between Wednesday and Thursday.more