Information Service of Polish thought 28.01.2026
Poland. Poland turns the tap off harder, more gas will flow to Ukraine. Kiev and Warsaw have agreed to increase the capacity of gas imports from Poland to Ukraine since February 2026. According to the Deputy Prime Minister Denysa Szmyhala to aid stabilise the supply of heat for, among others, houses and critical infrastructure. By the end of April, the capacity towards Poland-Ukraine is expected to increase from 15.3 million to 18.4 million cubic metres of gas per day.
Poland. “Wprost” reports: “Jump increases in cooperatives. Poles start tearing their hair off their heads.” There is simply a price which will affect up to 10 million Poles who live in cooperative apartments. Increases in housing cooperatives at the beginning of the year are mainly due to the updating of operating costs, higher tariffs for media (energy, heating, water, sewage) and higher charges for waste disposal.
Poland. The Ministry of Climate wants to introduce a fresh model of extended maker work (ROP) under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Act (UC100), a fresh taxation on packaging. The increased costs of entrepreneurs resulting from the "UC100 experiment" will should be passed on to consumers who will feel this at higher prices of the products bought.
European Union. Fourteen European states, including Poland, issued a joint appeal on Tuesday calling for a stronger fight against Russian shadow fleet tankers. Bloomberg's agency reported that the signatories to the paper besides announced additional sanctions for violations in the Baltic and North Sea waters.
European Union. Brussels sends hundreds of generators to Ukraine to guarantee the operation of hospitals and basic services in the mediate of cold winter. Russian attacks on the power grid leave millions of people without electricity and heating. The European Union has announced sending hundreds of generators to Ukraine to support key institutions in supplying electricity during the cold winter. The European Commission has announced that 447 generators worth €3.7 million will be deployed from the EU's strategical reserves to reconstruct the operation of hospitals, shelters and another services needed for the civilian population. Before that, Brussels had already delivered 9,500 specified devices to Ukraine.
European Union. The world's largest trade agreement – the European Union and India – is becoming a reality. It affects 2 billion people.
They concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement, said the European Commission. It believes that India will gradually abolish advanced tariffs on European industrial goods, e.g. car rates are to be reduced from 110 % to 10 %. The EU's submission is explained by experts that it wants India out of the cooperation region with both China and Russia.
United States. There was another shooting in Minneapolis, and another individual – Alex Prettie – was shot by ICE. This happened only hours after national agents shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, Trump administration officials called the deceased a "potential killer" and blamed the Democrats for supporting "terrorists". And the Democrats charged national agents with "murder." Democrats gave Trump an ultimatum: if he does not retreat the ICE, legislature will not approve the budget.
United States. Experts inform against war. Researchers from the University of Chicago one more time moved the Doomsday Clock, pointing to the escalation of armed conflicts, the disintegration of control of atomic weapons, and fresh threats associated with artificial intelligence. The Doomsday Clock was set 85 seconds before midnight – the closest in its almost 80-year history. This is another year in a row erstwhile scientists from The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. The clock, created in 1947 in Chicago, symbolically shows how close humanity is to a global disaster – understood as a atomic war, a civilization collapse, or another event on the scale of destruction.
Russian Federation. spokesperson for the Kremlin Dmitri Doskov stated that Poland and the Baltic countries wrongly demonise Russia. According to Kremlin spokesperson Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia could benefit from a deeper commitment to building relations and learning about Russian culture.
Ukraine. Ukrainian media, citing DeepState service, reported the Russian business of Orichowo-Wasyliwka village in the Donetsk Oblast. Last day Ukraine was the mark of mass and customs Russian drone attacks, resulting in casualties and demolition of infrastructure in respective regions.
Ukraine. Good hit on Russia. “Gazeta Wyborcza” informs that during the night the Russians targeted the energy infrastructure of Odeski, Lviv, Djepropietrowski, Mikołajowski, Sumsko and Kharkovsky. 2 people died in Odessa and 35 were injured.
Ukraine. Administration Donald Trump She signalled to Ukraine that the safety guarantees on the part of the US are dependent on the agreement that will most likely require the transfer of Russia to the full Donbass," states the Financial Times. According to the British paper Washington besides signaled that he could offer Ukraine more weapons to strengthen her army in peacetime if Kiev agreed to retreat forces from those parts of Donbas that stay under his control. These reports deny the White House.
Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities admit that the population of Kiev remains 710 000 without power.
Ukraine. The National Anti-corruption Office of Ukraine (NABU) together with the peculiar Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) reported the detection of a strategy of fraud of funds allocated to payments under the ‘green’ tariff. As reported, the losses of the state budget amounted to a full of $3.2 million, or about 141.3 million hryvnia.
Czech Republic. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babish categorically rejected the anticipation of selling L-159 light assault aircraft to Ukrainians. "There is no L-159 and there will be no L-159. This is simply a closed matter," said Andrej Babisz against the position of Czech president Peter Pavla And the Chief of General Staff.
Slovakia. Slovakia will sue the EU Court of Justice against the ban on Russian gas imports into the European Union," announced Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday. The Slovak Government intends to coordinate its actions with the Hungarian authorities, which have announced the same legal steps on this matter.
Hungary. Soros press is attacking Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. According to liberal media, Prime Minister Orban's brother was to conduct business in an armory with a spy associated with Moscow. A erstwhile Czechoslovak intelligence officer associated with the russian KGB was to organise a abroad business journey years ago Arona Orbana, the younger brother of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, during which he explored the anticipation of buying weapons in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, stated Hungarian portal 444 on Tuesday.
Germans. Berlin is preparing to fight Moscow. General Gerald Funke says that ‘Russia may attack in 2 to 3 years’. The Commander of the Bundeswehr Support Command (UstgKdoBw) argues that "in connection with the Russian threat we must return to the Cold War situation erstwhile all German knew what to do in the event of an armed conflict." In the event of a Western European war with Russia, German troops would play a key function in military and logistical activities, and the civilian sector would be utilized with their support.
Germans. Berlin back to coal! The cold wave, rising request and decreasing production of renewable energy in the winter, makes coal power plants in Germany gotta fulfil their role. The brown coal-fuelled power plants returned to profitability after carbon prices dropped by about 8% this week, reported analysts in an interview with Bloomberg.
Spain. There will be more migrants. The Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez approved at its Tuesday gathering provisions that would let the position of around 500,000 immigrants who reside illegally in this Iberian country to be regulated. The fresh provisions are addressed to persons who, until 31 December 2025, lived in Spain continuously for at least 5 months and to applicants who applied before that date.
Iran. president of Iran Masud Peseshkan said in a telephone conversation with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanThat Tehran would approve any way to avoid a war in accordance with global law. At the same time, he warned that US threats would bring “instability to themselves”.
The service was prepared by the editorial squad of Polish Thought.
