Polish thought Information Service 19.01.2026
Poland. In relation to 81st anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw from Nazism by the Polish Army and the russian Army representatives embassies of the Russian Federation and Belarus they laid wreaths at the monument at the Memorial Cemetery-Mausoleum of russian Soldiers in Warsaw. The ceremony was attended, among others, by representatives of St. In the afternoon flowers were lodged by Polish farmers and in the evening representatives of the portal ‘Red History’. St. Legacy of the Polish Combatants of planet War II together with a typical of the Embassy of the Russian Federation laid flowers The monument of 1st Army of the Polish Army, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the monument of Nike Warsaw, place after destroyed Memorial of General Zygmunt Berling and Memorial of the 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division.
Poland. First time in many years, at The Grave of the Unknown Soldier authoritative celebrations were held on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw. Representatives were present, among others: Ministry of National Defence, Marshal of Mazovia Province, Association of Warsaw Insurgents, Association of War Insurgents of Poland, Club of Generals and Admirals of Poland, Association of “Generations” Association of Poles damaged by the 3rd Reich, Association of erstwhile Soldiers of the First French Army “Ren-Dunaj”, Association of Soldiers of the Polish Army and councillors Targówka, Midtown, Mokotowa and Ochoty. erstwhile Delegations of the Polish Socialist Party, Labour Union and Sympathetics ZPR Grunwald. A typical was besides present Polish thought Club. The commemorative speech was given by the deputy president of the Union of the Polish and BWP Combatants Krzysztof Rinas.
Poland. erstwhile Prime Minister Leszek Miller accused the European Commission of violating democratic principles by marginalising the European Parliament in the key phase of the process of finalising the trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries. Citizens' Coalition politicians believe Leszek Miller is moving to anti-EU positions.
Poland. Experts point out that the issue of method inspections of Ukrainian cars in Poland needs to be regulated. Since February 2022, there is simply a immense number of Ukrainian licence plates on Polish roads. Next to luxury cars, there are models that remember the turn of the century. They all go without compulsory method surveys in Poland for Poles.
European Union. The relation between Brussels and Washington is deteriorating. An extraordinary EU European Council will be held in the coming days – said the president of the European Council Antonio Costa. The gathering is linked to the threats of U.S. president Donald Trump, who announced that from 1 February he would impose additional duties on European countries that send their military troops to Greenland. The American leader wrote on the social platform fact Social that on February 1, he would impose 10% of the duties on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom. The Financial Times says that the European Union is preparing a tariff package worth up to EUR 93 billion.
European Union. Gas prices in Europe jumped by around 30% in the end of the week Among another things, growth has caused frost, says Bloomberg. The erstwhile specified violent weekly increase occurred after the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023.
United States. president of the United States Donald Trump gave Politico an interview in which he addressed the situation in Iran and called for the end of 37-year regulation of Ayatollah Ali Chamenei. In the past week, the United States deployed M1 Abrams tanks and M2A3 Bradley infantry wagons in the mediate East.
Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney assesses the plan to send a tiny contingent of Canada to Greenland as part of Danish exercises, parallel to NATO's alliance cooperation, as reported by Canadian media.
Ukraine. Main Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Dyingow stated that The next phase of consultations on the end of Russia's war with Ukraine will be held during the planet economical Forum in Davos. Died earlier represented Kiev in two-day talks with Americans. In addition to the death who is Secretary of the National safety and Defence Council, the president of Ukraine's chief of office (cancellaria) and erstwhile Chief of Military Intelligence (HUR) general participated in the negotiations in the US. Kyryla Budanov and Dawyd Arachami, Head of Parliamentary organization Service of the Nation. The American side was represented by president Donald Trump's envoy Steven Witkoff, President's son-in-law Jared Kushner, Minister for Land Forces Daniel Driscoll and advisor to the president Josh Gruenbaum.
Ukraine. Leader of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski announced that the papers on the Ukraine-Russia peace agreement were practically ready and that they could be signed even next week in Davos.
Norway. Oslo makes money from the Russian-Ukrainian War. As a consequence of the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine, Norway has taken about a trillion zlotys. Robert Naess of Nordea Bank revealed in the diary ‘Stavanger Aftenblad’ that the consequence of the war in Ukraine was excessive prices of energy resources, as pThe state raised about 3 trillion additional crowns of profits between 2021 and 2025.
Portugal. Presidential elections in Portugal. Antonio Jose Seguro He won the 1st circular of the Portuguese presidential elections on Sunday, indicating the results after the votes were calculated in 99.9% of the election committees. Socialist organization politician received 31.1% of the vote. Second place was the president of Cheg's sovereign party Andre Ventura with support of 23,4 %. The fresh president of the country will so elect the second circular of elections, which is scheduled for February 8.
Vatican. erstwhile information from the Russian press on Vatican engagement in Venezuelan issues has been confirmed. The Vatican offered Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro through the US Ambassador to the Holy See, Brian Burch "to leave and enjoy his money," but he refused. The Vatican considered the anticipation of providing Venezuelan asylum leader in Russia. Indirectly confirmed this by the Cardinal Pietro Parolin saying, “We have tried what has besides appeared in any newspapers.” The Cardinal added that the Holy See “always supported a peaceful solution”, but ended with “the fact made” and the situation got out of control.
Israel. Following the “peace agreement” in Gaza, the president of the United States Donald Trump invited politicians from around the planet to join Peace Councils and its advisory bodies to manage the reconstruction of the compartment and monitor the situation in the region. The main body to "build the possible of governance, regional relations, reconstruction, attracting investment and mobilising capital" will be the Council of Peace, headed by US president Donald Trump. It will include, according to the AFP, the Secretary of State of the United States Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, erstwhile Prime Minister of large Britain Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbanbillionaire Marc Rowan, president of the planet Bank Ajay Banga or Deputy Minister of the Palestinian Authority Ali Chaat. The Russian media gave further names: president of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Romania Nicosor DanKing of Jordan Abdullah II, Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, president of Egypt Abd al-Fattah as-Sisithe president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, Prime Minister Kanday Mark Carney, president of Argentina Javier Milei, Minister of the United arabian Emirates Reem Al-Hashima, Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama whether the Israeli financier Yakir Gabay.
Syria. Syrian government forces captured crucial territory in northern and east Syria, displacing Kurdish forces from areas where they held effective control for over a decade. Among the occupied areas are Tabqa town and surrounding water reservoirs, as well as crucial oil fields Omar and Conoco gas field in the east of the country. The acquisition of these strategical areas gives the Syrian army more control over energy infrastructure and key points along the Euphrates.
Tajikistan. Tajikistan's military shot 4 armed Afghans on Sunday night, trying to get to the southernmost state of the Chatlon region, reported Tajik state news agency Chowar.
Japan. nipponese auditors revealed that as many as 118 orders for US military equipment worth $7.2 billion had not been realised despite the passage of more than 5 years since the contracts were signed. A detailed study has just been sent to the nipponese parliament, and the issue has been published by the diary "Nikkei Asia". Delays origin concern in Tokyo and force nipponese Self-defence Forces to usage older equipment.
China. Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney announced the conclusion of a fresh strategical partnership with China, thus ending the ongoing conflict. The agreement, signed during an authoritative visit to Beijing, drastically reduces customs duties on Chinese electrical cars (EV) arriving in Canada and abolishes barriers to Canadian agricultural products. This decision is seen by analysts as a crucial turnaround in Canadian abroad policy and an effort to diversify trade relations in the face of increasing uncertainty in relations with the United States.
China. The power of China at sea. "The fresh York Times" reveals that in fresh weeks China has twice conducted coordinated maneuvers in the East China Sea on an unprecedented scale, creating formations of up to 460 kilometres in length. 2 coordinated operations that were almost unnoticed by the public. The first took place on Christmas with about 2,000 units and another 1 on January 11, erstwhile about 1,400 boats were mobilized. Military experts measure the maneuvers as evidence of a leaping increase in civilian fleet command capability. Beijing is investigating a maneuver that in the future can service to make a tight blockade around Taiwan or to "flood" the enemy's radar with thousands of false targets.
Guatemala. president Guatemala Bernardo Arevalo declared a 30-day emergency which is the consequence of violent attacks on police officers and riots in 3 prisons. president Arevalo explained in a message in Network X that the state of emergency would be utilized "only to combat organised crime, gangs and force aimed at terrorizing the population" of Guatemala.
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