earlier diktat to suspend operations at the Turow opencast mine on its border with the Czech Republic

BRUSSELS( Reuters)-The European Commission notified Poland on Tuesday it would withhold cash that the EU was to pay Warsaw as part of regular EU transfers, to cover the first part of fines imposed by the EU's court on Poland which the country did not pay. This is the first time that the Commission has to withhold EU money for a member country because it is not complying with a ruling by the EU's top court. Last September, the Court of Justice of the European Union put a 500, 000 euro($ 571, 000)

WARSAW( Reuters)-Poland's Constitutional Tribunal could rule on Wednesday on whether the country's constitution or European Union treaties take precedence, a key judgement which an EU commissioner said was holding up the release of EU funds to Warsaw.... The primacy of European laws over national ones is a key tenet of European integration.... Warsaw vowed to keep the mine running despite the penalty.( Reporting by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Joanna Plucinska; Editing by Giles Elgood)....

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WARSAW( Reuters)-Poland summoned the Russian charge d' affaires and demanded an explanation for the violation of Poland's airspace by a missile and an immediate halt to such activities, Poland's foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday evening. According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, a Russian missile entered the airspace of the NATO member on Friday morning.... Ukrainian authorities had reported a mass attack on various cities throughout Ukraine overnight." On Friday a

Rather, he added:" It's real and it started over two years ago." Diplomats from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia also raised alarm bells about the changing climate in the continent, urging the West to be prepared to" respond quickly" to potential challenges arising.In a joint article penned for The Sunday Telegraph to mark the 20th anniversary of the Baltic countries' accession to NATO, the Estonian ambassador Viljar Lubi, the Latvian ambassador Ivita Burmistre, and Lithuania’s charge d’affaire Lin

Speaking with German publication Phoenix, the European People’s Party MEP gave a stern warning.... She said: “ I think the danger is real – not because someone would actually demand it, or because it would be part of the communication strategy of the Polish government… But in the end, if we are not careful, it will amount to a factual exit.” Speaking of the split opinions on the possibility by Polish citizens, the MEP said: “ I am relying very much on the fact that the Polish people, who have s

Poland's President Andrzej Duda signed a declaration Thursday calling for a 30-day state of emergency in areas along the country's border with Belarus to stop migrant crossings.... Then, Belarusian forces allegedly shepherded them to its borders with Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. Recommended Afghanistan news live: UK into ‘final hours’ of evacuation mission Who are Isis-K?... But the bloc also wants to avoid large numbers of people arriving illegally. THE RESPONSEPoland, Lithuania and Latvia h

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 28 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... " After these five years many more people voted for me." According to the projection by the Ipsos polling firm, Duda won 41.8 percent and Trzaskowski 30. 4percent in Sunday's vote.... He was projected by the Ipsos poll to have 13.3 percent....

В Польше заговорили о гипотетическом прекращении членства страны в Европейском Союзе. Являясь одной из самой проевропейских государств содружества, Польша недовольна диктатом Брюсселя в области энергетики и правосудия.