Wojciech Kość

@wojciechkosc.bsky.social

Journalist. I cover 🇵🇱 for IntelliNews. Also words in Politico Europe, Notes from Poland, the Parliament Magazine and others. Po polsku: OKO Press. Write me at cijwojciech@gmail.com.

Polish media report that a bus carrying fans of Rayo Vallecano for their away Conference League fixture against Poland's Jagiellonia Białystok was stopped on the S8 expressway last night. A group of masked men entered the bus and "brutally beat" the Spanish fans. www.wprost.pl/kraj/1219928...

Hiszpańscy kibice zaatakowani na S8. W ruch poszły młotki i pałki

W nocy ze środy na czwartek 11 grudnia na trasie S8 doszło do ataku na autokar z kibicami Rayo Vallecano. FMF FM informuje, że rannych zostało 10 osób.

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Jak co miesiąc omawiam w OKO.press analizę klimatu przygotowaną przez @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social. Miniony listopad był trzecim najcieplejszym listopadem w historii pomiarów, a rok 2025 prawie na pewno będzie drugim lub trzecim najcieplejszym rokiem po latach 2023 i 2024. oko.press/na-zywo/na-z...

Za nami trzeci najcieplejszy listopad w historii

Według danych agencji Copernicus, 2025 będzie prawie na pewno drugim - na równi z 2023 - najcieplejszym rokiem w liczącej 250 lat serii pomiarowej.

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Poland 🇵🇱 new president, Karol Nawrocki, was sworn in yesterday. His inaugural address was a scathing attack on the government, foretelling the political struggle in the next 2+ years until the general election in 2027 (if the current parliament lasts). Ever more interesting times ahead.

After nearly eight hours of debate (which wasn't really a debate, but ok), Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk won the confidence vote he called after his candidate lost presidential election on June 1. 243 votes for, 210 against, no abstentions.

Polish PM Tusk is delivering an address to the parliament right now ahead of a confidence vote coming later this afternoon. Tusk called the confidence vote after his candidate Rafał Trzaskowski lost presidential election to opposition-backed Karol Nawrocki on June 1.

I keep forgetting I'm here :-) Anyway, yday's presidential vote put poll favorite Rafał Trzaskowski in extremely precarious position ahead of the run-off on June 1. RT only leads rival populist Karol Nawrocki by 360,000 votes. V strong result by the far right hints (even if only just) at Nawrocki.

Na OKO.press mój nowy tekst - tym razem o kończących się w piątek konsultacjach społecznych Wód Polskich w sprawie tzw. planów urządzenia wód. Są to dokumenty przedziwnej treści. Szczegóły ➡️ oko.press/wody-polskie.... PS Jeszcze jest czas na wzięcie udziału w konsultacjach! Instrukcja w tekście.

Wody polskie kontra Wody Polskie. "Czy bobry będziecie rozstrzeliwać przed rozbiórką ich tam?"

Prace utrzymaniowe Wód Polskich przyspieszając spływ wody zwiększają ryzyko powodziowe, pogłębiają suszę i degradują ekosystemy

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Watching the event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of #Auschwitz, I remembered how a similar event 20 years ago actually featured a speech from Vladimir Putin, who, unfazed by the circumstances, talked about how he's fighting (Chechen) terrorists.

Polish presidential election will take place on May 18, the parliament Speaker said today. The very likely run-off vote, which takes place if no candidate scoops 50%+1 vote in the first vote, will be on June 1.

Poland's Defense Minister breaks nearly 24-hour silence about an incident near PL-BY border in which a drunk soldier reportedly fired 90 rounds in the air and at a random car (no one was hurt). The soldier will face charges and will be expelled from the army, the minister said.

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Using a special border security law that allows to circumvent standard regulations concerning the environment, the Polish government has been butchering habitats along the Bug River on the border with Belarus. The devastation is shocking. Pic by Małgorzata Klemens.

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Niepotrzebna nam wojna, skoro sami ochoczy niszczymy nasz kraj. Nad granicznym Bugiem trwa masowa dewastacja przyrody. Między innymi ogołocono z drzew otoczenie kościoła w Krzyczewie. Na zdjęciach (odpowiednio Google Maps i Towarzystwo Krajoznawcze Krakobraz) stan przed i po.

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Surely 2024 ain't 2015 but back then at some point, an important point of the media coverage of the presidential race was whether Bronisław Komorowski would sweep it in the first round already. Duda was largely a laughing stock.

Poland’s election watchdog PKW dismissed today the 2023 financial report of Law and Justice (PiS), the now-opposition party that ruled in 2015-2023 until losing power to the incumbent coalition under PM Tusk. The decision means PiS might lose 70+ million zloty in financing in the next 3 years.

Breaking News: President Biden authorized the first use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said. His decision is a major change in U.S. policy.

Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles

With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia.

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