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Five people are killed and seven others remain trapped after a coal mine explosion in the Pniówek Coal Mine in Poland.
2022-04-20

Belarus confirms that it has revoked its status as a non-nuclear state, thus allowing the country to host and develop its own nuclear weapons. President Lukashenko says that he could ask Russia to return nuclear missiles to his country if any nuclear weapons are transferred to Poland or Lithuania.
2022-02-28

Hong Kong suspends the import of poultry meat and products from bird flu-affected areas in South Korea, Germany and Poland due to spread of highly pathogenic H5N8 in those areas.
2021-02-19

Poland reports a record 674 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 14,988.
2020-11-25

Poland reports a record 27,143 new infections and 367 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total since the pandemic began to 466,679 cases and 6,842 deaths, respectively.
2020-11-5

Amidst ongoing protests against Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus abruptly closes its borders with Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine, while leaving its border with Russia open. Lukashenko insists that the move is to restrict the spread of COVID-19.
2020-10-29

Poland reports a record daily jump of 1,002 new cases, according to the Health Ministry's Twitter account, the highest daily increase since the pandemic began. The new record comes days after the authorities tightened conditions under which doctors are obliged to send patients for testing.
2020-09-19

Polish Minister of the Interior, Jerzy Miller, says beavers caused the floods; local authorities up hunting quotas for the animals.
2010-05-25

Floods in Poland kill 5. The downpours also cause flooding in areas of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
2010-05-20

Controversy arises over the decision to bury Polish President Lech Kaczyński in Wawel Cathedral in Kraków—a place reserved for Poland's kings and heroes. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in protest, and thousands have joined an internet campaign objecting to the plan.
2010-04-14