Tag: Poland

• Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Polish woman gives birth to sextuplets: four girls and two boys

  

  A woman has given birth to Poland's first sextuplets with each newborn weighing about 1kg (2.2 pounds), physicians at the University Hospital in the city of Krakow announced on Monday.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Poland and Germany inclined to strike a renewed Brexit deal with Britain

  

  The Polish Prime Minister and senior German politicians have urged Brussels to strike a Brexit deal with Britain in the first sign of divisions within the European Union over its blanket opposition to offering fresh concessions to Theresa May.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  “Collapse of civilization on the horizon” because of climate change declared Sir David Attenborough

  

  The collapse of civilization and extinction of much of the natural world is “on the horizon” due to climate change, Sir David Attenborough declared at the opening day UN climate talks in Poland.

• Thursday, May 31st 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  EU pledges more funds to combat populism and migrant crisis

  

  The European Union has proposed spending more on Italy and other member countries hit by the economic and migrant crises, but less on increasingly wealthy eastern states like Poland. The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, proposed the regional shift in the “cohesion” portion of the post-2020 multi-year budget as Italy faces political chaos.

• Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 10:30 UTC

  Theresa May says she is more than “Madame Brexit”, and is “in for the long term”

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted she is more than “Madame Brexit,” having been given the title by Poland's prime minister. She said there were “other things” she wanted to achieve apart from delivering a successful exit from the EU - such as improvements to education and training, and insisted she was “in it for the long-term”, shrugging off suggestions she had had a bad year.

• Friday, November 22nd 2013 - 02:08 UTC

  Major environmental groups walk out of UN climate conference in Warsaw

  

  Several major environmental groups, including Greenpeace and WWF, have walked out of UN climate talks in Warsaw, Poland in protest at what they see as a lack of progress towards an international deal to curb rising global greenhouse gas emissions.

• Monday, July 29th 2013 - 03:10 UTC

  ”Shake the church, go spread the word of God”, Francis tells 3 million at closing mass

  

  Pope Francis on the last day of his week long pilgrimage to Brazil urged Catholics to reject selfishness, hatred and intolerance to help build a new world.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 06:23 UTC

  Poland warns trade agreements must abide by EU sanitary and food security standards

  

  Poland which currently holds the rotating chair of the European Union presidency warned that any trade agreements with third parties must strictly abide by the EU sanitary and food security standards.