Poland Financial News

18.01 / 11:11

Anti-abortion MEP Roberta Metsola favourite for European Parliament presidency

Anti-abortion MEP Roberta Metsola is the favourite to succeed David Sassoli as the European Parliament president.

17.01 / 11:41

Google Texas London Petro Poroshenko: Ex-president arrives back in Ukraine to face treason charges

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived back in Ukraine on Monday to fight treason charges.

16.01 / 19:17

Eco-friendly Group arrested in Poland is accused of multi-million-euro migrant trafficking operation

Polish border guards have detained several people accused of trafficking migrants from the Polish-Belarussian border towards western Europe.

14.01 / 13:07

Ukrainian government websites down after 'massive' cyberattack

Several Ukrainian government websites were down on Friday morning following a "massive" cyberattack, officials have confirmed.

12.01 / 16:01

MPs Downing Boris Johnson apologises for Downing Street party during grilling by MPs

Boris Johnson has apologised over a party held at Downing Street during the first coronavirus lockdown, as he faced MPs at Prime Minister's Questions.

12.01 / 08:43

NATO Russia and US take tougher stances before more talks on Ukraine

Moscow and Washington both took uncompromising stands Tuesday ahead of more talks amid a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine — with the US rebuffing a demand to halt NATO expansion and the Kremlin said it will quickly see if it is worthwhile to even keep negotiating.

12.01 / 08:43

VISA isolate Novak Djokovic admits visa form 'error' and failing to isolate after positive test

Novak Djokovic knew he had tested positive for COVID-19 when he attended a newspaper interview and photo shoot at his tennis center in Serbia last month, saying Wednesday he made an “error of judgement" and should have immediately gone into isolation.

11.01 / 23:41

business Blockchain Adoption Ramp expands presence in US with FinCEN regulation

On Tuesday, crypto-fiat gateway payments platform Ramp announced that its U.S. subsidiary Ramp Swaps LLC hadreceived its registration as a Money Service Business with the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The regulatory greenlight enables Ramp to do business in 38 states across the U.S. Besides the development, Ramp also has regulatory clearance with the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority and Poland's Financial Supervision Authority.

11.01 / 18:05

President Jakub Żulczyk: Writer acquitted of calling Poland's president a 'moron'

A Polish court has dismissed charges against a well-known writer who called President Andrzej Duda a "moron".

07.01 / 19:31

Poland's Kaczynski admits country bought Pegasus but denies spying on opponents

The leader of Poland's ruling party has admitted that the country bought Pegasus spyware but has denied that it was used to target political opponents.

05.01 / 23:41

Art Health 'Polish Watergate': Tensions grow as Polish government pushed to investigate spyware claims

Poland's government is facing increasing pressure to investigate claims that it illegally used Pegasus, known powerful spyware, against its opponents.

05.01 / 16:51

CBDC Central Bank banking Polish Banks Mull CBDC, Cryptoasset Projects

Poland’s central bank (Narodowy Bank Polski, NBP) and the country’s largest retail bank seem to be accelerating their respective works on developing digital assets - with the former potentially working on a central bank digital currency (CBDC), and the latter possibly moving to launch its own crypto.

05.01 / 11:21

business Police Murder NOT Polish murderer on the run for 20 years arrested for not wearing facemask

Police in Poland have arrested a convicted murderer who had been on the run for 20 years because he was not wearing a face mask.

28.12 / 15:28

Human Rights foreign rights 'Another foreign agent': Russian court orders closure of country's oldest human rights NGO, Memorial

Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organisation should be closed down — a move that stirred up much public outrage and is the latest step in a months-long crackdown on rights activists, independent media, and opposition supporters.

27.12 / 15:45

European Union Media Poland’s president vetoes controversial media law following pressure from US

Poland’s president has vetoed a controversial media law that had been passed in the country’s parliament, under pressure from the US.

24.12 / 17:13

Berlin wants EU to be 'Fourth German Reich', says Poland's Kaczynski

Poland's national-populist leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski accused Germany of trying to turn the European Union into a federalist "Fourth German Reich" in an interview published Friday.

21.12 / 09:43

Health World Health Organization events 'Better to cancel Christmas events than grieve later,' WHO chief warns over Omicron spread

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday recommended people cancel holiday gatherings as Omicron continues to spread.

21.12 / 09:43

Crime Health Japan carries out first death row executions since 2019

Japan executed three death row inmates on Tuesday, applying the death penalty for the first time since December 2019.

20.12 / 18:25

business Blockchain Health Police uncover 455 social media accounts encouraging Belarus-to-EU migration

Hundreds of social media accounts have been flagged for encouraging illegal immigration into the EU from Belarus, Europol announced on Monday.

20.12 / 13:32

education Children Money Teachers COVID: Omicron 'tidal wave' prompts UK to urge out-of-work teachers to return to classrooms

The UK has urged out-of-work teachers to return to classrooms amid expected Omicron-induced staff shortages in the new year.

20.12 / 10:01

Money Media Poles protest across the country to defend media freedom

Poles flocked to city centres across the country Sunday to defend a US-owned television network that is being targeted by the country's right-wing government and to protect media freedom in a European Union nation where democratic norms are eroding.

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