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WARSAW, April 29 (Reuters) - Poland’s climate ministry has extended a mining concession for the open-pit coal mine in Turow until 2044, outraging environmental campaigners, who said the move would worsen the climate crisis.
The decision comes as the Court of Justice of the European Union is poised to decide in early May whether the mine, located near the Czech and German borders, must close immediately, following a lawsuit filed by the Czech Republic in February.
The Czech Republic said Warsaw had violated the bloc’s law with an earlier extension of mining at Turow until 2026. Meanwhile, Czech residents close to the mine say it has contaminated drinking water and they have suffered from noise, dust and subsidence.
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FILE PHOTO: Children take part in a lesson after schools reopened for grades 1-3 amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Warsaw, Poland, May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
WARSAW (Reuters) - Children from the first three grades in Poland are expected to go back to school next week as coronavirus infections fall, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Wednesday.
The government is on track to ease some restrictions on Wednesday as the country of 38 million seems to have combated its third wave of the pandemic.
“I think that from next Tuesday, May 4, children from grades 1-3 will return to school. We have only one question - which we will resolve shortly - whether it will be nationwide, or whether some regions will have hybrid teaching,” Niedzielski told private radio RMF24.
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WARSAW, April 29 (Reuters) - The takeover of Polish newspapers publisher Polska Press by state-run refiner PKN Orlen is legally binding despite a court’s decision to suspend the regulator’s approval of the deal, PKN chief financial officer said on Thursday.
Opposition parties say the takeover, which was approved by competition watchdog UOKiK in February, was part of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party’s efforts to increase its control of the media. PKN Orlen says it is a business transaction.
In April the Court of Competition and Consumer Protection suspended the UOKiK approval, following an appeal by Human Rights Ombudsman Adam Bodnar, a vocal government critic.
Back to school next week for Poland s youngest pupils
FILE PHOTO: Children take part in a lesson after schools reopened for grades 1-3 amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Warsaw, Poland, May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel reuters tickers
This content was published on April 28, 2021 - 08:24
April 28, 2021 - 08:24
WARSAW (Reuters) - Children from the first three grades in Poland are expected to go back to school next week as coronavirus infections fall, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Wednesday.
The government is on track to ease some restrictions on Wednesday as the country of 38 million seems to have combated its third wave of the pandemic.
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