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Threat to one of Europe’s last primeval forests

February 8, 2022745 Views

Organisations ask EU to stop Poland building wall on border with Belarus More than 150 non-governmental organisations are asking the European Commission to intervene to halt the construction of a wall on the Polish-Belarusian border running through protected areas, including one of Europe's last primeval forests. Poland started building a 186 km (115.6 mile) metal barrier in January to deter migrants after nearly 40,000 people from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa tried to cross from Belarus last year. FILE PHOTO: A herd of bison is seen on the field during migrant crisis on Belarusian Polish border, near Hajnowka, Poland, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel The barrier will run through several protected Natura 2000 areas, including the Bialowieza Forest, a UNESCO W...

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Poles go underground for COVID treatment in UNESCO-listed salt mine

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March 1, 2021580 Views

A UNESCO World Heritage site in Poland is being used to help people recover from COVID-19, with patients going deep underground in the Wieliczka salt mine to a therapeutic centre dealing with respiratory illness. Famous for its ornate underground chapels carved from salt, the Wieliczka mine, located just outside the southern city of Krakow, is one of Poland’s biggest tourist attractions, drawing around 1.8 million visitors in 2019. But doctors say the micro-climate in the mine, which stretches as far as 327 metres underground, also helps people with pulmunory problems. Magdalena Kostrzon, a doctor working at the mine, told Reuters that patients with respiratory illnesses have been coming there since the 19th century. “The underground micro-climate is, above all, characteri...

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Poland puts India in black list for air services

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August 22, 20201098 Views

Days after Hong Kong banned Air India flights from landing on its airport, Poland has also put India in the black list for air service because of its rising COVID-19 numbers. Currently, there were no flights operating between Poland and India. In a decision on Friday, the government of Poland announced restoration of air service with Russia, as well as few other countries, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a decree, partially published by the Polish Press Agency, besides Russia, China, Gabon, Singapore, Serbia, and Sao Tome and Principe will also be removed from the black list, the report says, Warsaw Airport At the same time, Poland extends the black list of countries with suspended air service; the number of states in the list grows from 44 to 63. A...