POLAND: Germany Border Controls & more – 12th Sep 2024

[Music] vam from ba this is a raruk Poland update from the 12th of September 2024 a quick summary of what's going down in Poland let's kick off this Edition with some news on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday the 11th prime minister Donald Tusk criticized the German government because it will impose border controls on Poland and its neighboring countries to restrict the influx of illegal immigrants normally there is freedom of movement within the European Union and people are free to cross from Poland to Germany without having to go through border controls Tusk said that instead of resolving the root cause of the illegal immigration Problem by helping Poland strengthen its eastern border Germany is being selfish he called all EU countries to come to the dialogue table to strengthen the Polish border which is the eu's eastern border speaking of Germany the government announced that Tusk cancelled his trip to the country that was going to take place on Thursday the 12th the German Chancellor Olaf Schultz was going to give Tusk a prestigious European media award for defending democracy tusk's decision not to attend the ceremony came after Schultz and announced he could not participate due to his conflicting schedules Tusk also gave a similar excuse saying that he has important National meetings on Thursday social media users commented that the consolation of the trip may show worsening relations between the Polish and German governments in an update to a previous Story three weeks ago we reported that the Polish Army said that a Russian drone violated polish airspace during a Russian air strike on Ukraine however on Friday the 6th the Army said that after analyzing the situation in depth there was actually no violation also on Monday the 9th during a military exercise a group of Polish paratroopers were supposed to land in the blendova field in southern Poland however 12 soldiers accidentally landed in a village nearby and some of their Landings damaged house roofs also some soldiers got tangled in power lines but luckily were not electrocuted all these incidents raised concerns about whether the Army is ready for a potential War scenario with Russia a possibility that Poland's politicians emphasize people experienced cyber threats this week as well on Thursday the 5th police warned citizens that hackers leaked customer information from some online shops and they were using it to Blackmail customers the hackers targeted some erotic online shops and have gotten customers personal information including their mails and Order histories they blackmailed victims demanding money for instance by threatening to reveal the erotic products they bought to their close ones police asked victims not to pay the hackers because criminals are most likely to continue blackmailing people who have decided to give them the money authorities recommended using strong passwords and having the two-step verification method enabled speaking of crimes on Tuesday the 10th the financial times the British Daily Newspaper wrote that drug traffickers are increasingly using polish flagged Yachts to move drugs across the Atlantic because a 2020 polish law enabled easy and less costly registration of vessels under Poland's flag while only 2,000 votes were registered under the Polish flag in 2020 the number has increased to more than 70,000 criminals realized this loophole in Polish law and they transport cocaine and Other Drugs having the Polish flag as a member of the EU gives them relative protection when they are on the high seas Poland's Ministry of infrastructure acknowledged the issue but has yet to confirm if organized crime groups are involved meanwhile the government is working on legislative changes to facilitate better inspections on these boats in other news on Thursday the 5th Law And Justice the main opposition started to raise money from its supporters after the national electoral commission cut $3 million worth of election funds allocated to the party the commission took away the money because this year Law And Justice gave $1 million from the election funds to some members for personal gain the commission also said they may as well cut the party funds in the next few years Law And Justice rejected the accusations saying that it was another attempt to eliminate the party that has nationalistic views it also said that already more than 50,000 people have donated money to the party on a sad note on Tuesday the 10th the world marked World Suicide Prevention Day racing con concerns about Poland's suicide rate according to the World Health Organization Poland ended up in the 18th position in the suicide ranking the study showed that each day on average 15 people take their lives men aging between 35 and 60 are more likely to commit suicide divorce unemployment alcohol or drug addictions and living in rural areas increase the possibility of committing suicide psychologists said that 80% of those who want to commit suicide Express this implicitly or explicitly to their close ones before it happens according to mental health experts emotional support can save lives emphasizing the importance of recognizing crises and offering non-judgmental support on Tuesday the 10th Miners and energy sector workers staged a protest in front of the ministry of State assets the protesters were against the government plan to reduce the use of coal in producing energy due to climate change they fear that the cut might cost them their jobs in the near future as the country may have fewer mines that extract coal they are also asking for a 15% raise in their wages YK bar mitski the deputy minister of State assets said that miners have the right to express concerns about their future however climate policy still needs a gradual move away from coal also on Tuesday the 10th Poland's Institute of meteorology and Water Management announced that 70% of Poland's rivers and hydrological stations had the lowest amount of water this year the most affected River was the Vistula river which flows in central Poland with water levels at the vers of bulvar monitoring station dropping to 20 cm even though this does not mean that Poland will experience a water shortage it still raises concerns for the country's future the meteorology management expects the temperatures to decrease starting from the 10th leading to frequent rains which will contribute to filling the Water Resources in unrelated news this year some residents of the touristic zakopane City expressed their discomfort about sightseeing helicopter flights over the city since zakopane has nice views and mountains some people organize sites seeing helicopter flights on Friday the 6th lucash philipovich the mayor of the Town appealed to the civil aviation authority to prohibit these flights and to wrap up this Edition when you think about the Polish kitchen the first thing you might think of is perogi or polish dumplings if you like them don't miss the perogi Festival in luds from the 13th to the 22nd of September 24 famous local restaurants will participate in the festival and that's it for this week thanks for tuning in to the r Poland update you can connect with us on social media as rorock Poland on Twitter and Instagram do soena [Music] n [Music]