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Poland outlines new rules for use of firearms at border amid escalating migration crisis.
Poland’s government has proposed new rules for the use of firearms by uniformed officers amid an escalation of the security crisis at the border with Belarus. Prime Minister Donald Tusk ordered them to be prepared following the death of a soldier who was stabbed while trying to stop migrants from crossing.
The measures would remove criminal liability for the use of weapons in certain cases when officers are acting in self-defence or repelling “attacks on the border”.
“The deteriorating security situation means that the armed forces are and should be used more and more often for operational, reconnaissance and deterrence purposes,” wrote the defence ministry, which was responsible for preparing the bill.
“This means that soldiers should be equipped with personal weapons during these activities and, more importantly, should have the authority to use, if necessary, means of direct coercion and weapons,” they added, quoted by the Rzeczpospolita daily.
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Poland overtakes Russia in value of exports for first time
Poland overtakes Russia in value of exports for first time
Given Poland's history of getting invaded from both sides, this is a good idea.
Hungary has granted political asylum to a former Polish government official suspected of corruption. Poland has called Hungary’s action a hostile act.
“A member of the Polish Sejm, a former deputy minister of justice, accused of embezzling huge sums of state funds, fled from a Polish court to Hungary and was granted political asylum there,” Sejm Speaker Szymon Gołownia began his speech on Thursday.
“We consider the decision of Viktor Orbán’s government to grant political asylum to Mr. Romanowski, a suspect in a crime wanted under a European arrest warrant, as an act hostile to the Republic of Poland and the principles of the European Union. We will announce our decisions tomorrow,” Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski briefly commented on Hungary’s decision.
Marcin Romanowski, 48, is a suspect in the case of embezzlement of PLN 58 million from the Justice Fund. On Thursday, the Warsaw District Court announced the issuance of a European arrest warrant for the former deputy justice minister, who is also a current member of the Sejm from the Law and Justice party. On December 12, the prosecutor's office issued a warrant for the politician's arrest. The prosecutor's office accuses Romanowski, who as a politician of Solidarity Poland (and then Sovereign Poland) was the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who oversaw the Justice Fund from 2019 to 2023, of committing 11 crimes, including participation in an organized criminal group and organizing competitions to receive money from the fund.
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