Stories from Warsaw · Poland

Sub-Brigadier Sławomir Sierpatowski announced that most air assets involved in recent extinguishing actions are being sent off. Police aviation firefighting aircraft are returning to Warsaw.

Organizers agreed with the regional environmental protection directorate to withdraw a proposal for a ban. A new proposal from the Vava Student Festival organizer was received yesterday and will be considered in the coming days.

The President's Office has sent a notification to the prosecutor's office regarding the publication of photographs containing matriculation sheets.

The banking crisis in Poland has concluded, and banks have been released from the crisis. However, the banking sector has not yet fully recovered, according to the source. PKO Bank Polski, a major Polish bank, has announced upcoming disruptions to its transaction services. Specific hours for these interruptions have not yet been detailed.

A regulation from Alior Bank is valid until the end of March this year.

A Polish radio station reported that the state's total budget includes 11.8 million zlotys.

Polish troops are set to receive modern weaponry.

A music competition for the "New Tradition" folk festival will feature non-trivial and original reinterpretations of traditional music. The event is scheduled for May 22 and 23, starting at 16:00, at the concert studio.

Warsaw City Council Chairman Bartosz Domaszkiewicz stated that alcohol sales restrictions in the city center, in place for over half a year, have been successful. According to city guard data, monthly interventions have decreased from approximately 450 to 187, a reduction of more than half. Decrees expanding these restrictions could be adopted. A restriction implemented in Warsaw's city center has led to a reduction in interventions, decreasing from approximately 450 to 187 over a monthly period, which represents more than a 50% decrease.

Poland has become the first country in the European Union to sign certain conditions. A new 'program for welfare' has been announced, described by the source as 'a big historical' and 'the first of real events.' This initiative is presented as a development in social policy. A 'SAFE program' or 'program for security' was proposed by the Prime Minister during the Polish presidency. The source described it as the 'biggest historical' and 'first of real events' program for security, based on constitutional principles of peace, good, justice, and beauty.