Inflation in Poland stood at 2.8 percent in year-on-year terms in February, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) announced on Friday. The price growth rate in Poland has therefore dropped exceptionally significantly, considering the fact that the consumer price index (CPI) stood at 6.2% in December 2023. 

On March 14, 1794, General Józef Bem, one of the outstanding officers of the November Uprising and army commander during the Hungarian Uprising, was born in Tarnów. His sacrifice and struggle for the Hungarian freedom fight, as well as his military talent which helped the Hungarian army achieve many victories, are held very dear in Hungarian public memory.

Warsaw has joined the Czech initiative to purchase hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds for Ukraine - announced Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski. Rounds of artillery ammunition are seen in a position nearby Bakhmut. Photo by AA/ABACA/PAP/Abaca

"Ukrainian soldiers have for months heavily rationed their munitions and are currently outgunned by a ratio of eight to one. This is certainly no way to win. But we can still set it right. In the long run we should invest in our security to create a deterrence so powerful it dwarfs Putin and his cronies. We can deepen and widen our alliances to secure a lasting peace from a position of strength.

Polish President Andrzej Duda wants to negotiate with the allies that NATO members must spend three percent of GDP annually on defense instead of the current two.

Americans are the most popular nation among Poles for another year in a row. The Italians came second, the Czechs third and the Slovaks fourth.

– Hungary is undoubtedly part of the West, and it became so by the decision of King St. Stephen. Hungarians are Europeans, not only in a geographical sense but also in a spiritual sense," president Tamás Sulyok said today in his inauguration speech.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has responded on X/Twitter to Pope Francis following the latter's controversial remarks that Ukraine should have what he called "the courage of the white flag" and negotiate an end to the war with Russia. "How about, for balance, encouraging Putin to have the courage to withdraw his army from Ukraine?

The Hungarian forint is record cheap compared to the Polish zloty. The Hungarian currency is also losing against other major currencies, including the euro and the US dollar. Photo by Meszárcsek Gergely/Pixabay (J)

Hungary's President Tamás Sulyok has signed the bill that formally approved Sweden's accession to the NATO military alliance, removing the last obstacle after 18 months of delays.

Kinga of Poland or Kinga of Hungary or Saint Kinga born 800 years ago today, was a Hungarian princess and has been the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania since 1715. St. Kinga of Poland. Source: public domain

On Sunday, Poland officially ended temporary border controls with the Slovak Republic. As the Ministry of the Interior in Warsaw pointed out on Friday, the Polish authorities will continuously monitor the situation with migrants and may restore border controls in the event of an increase in the threat.