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12.05.2025Joint statement by the Minister of Justice - Prosecutor General and the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, Coordinator of Secret ServicesOn 12 May 2024, a fire broke out at the Marywilska 44 Shopping Centre in Warsaw. A total of 1,400 shops and service outlets were completely burned.
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06.05.2025Resolution on submitting to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland a request for consent to the extension of the temporary restriction of the right to lodge an application for international protection at the state border with the Republic of BelarusThe Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on submitting to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland a request for consent to the extension of the temporary restriction of the right to lodge an application for international protection at the state border with the Republic of Belarus, submitted by the Minister of Interior and Administration.
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29.04.2025More than EUR 82 million under the Norway Grants for the Internal Affairs programmeOn 23rd April 2025 in Warsaw, Poland and Norway concluded an intergovernmental agreement opening the fourth edition of the Norway Grants for the years 2021-2028. Under this agreement, Poland will receive a total of over EUR 441 million (i.e., more than PLN 1.9 billion) for projects and investments. Out of this amount, more than EUR 82 million will be allocated to the programme being implemented by the Ministry of the Interior and Administration.
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24.04.2025 Połowce"Protecting the Polish and EU borders is our shared responsibility" says Minister of the Interior and Administration during a meeting with Commissioner Magnus Brunner."Protecting the border is our shared responsibility. We are glad that Commissioner Brunner came to Poland to oversee this matter personally. For the past three and a half years, Poland has been dealing with hybrid aggression perpetrated by the Lukashenko regime, which entices people from various parts of the world and then tries to force them to cross the border into Poland and into the European Union", said Minister Tomasz Siemoniak at a press conference at the border crossing in Połowce. On Thursday 24 April, the Minister of the Interior and Administration met with Magnus Brunner, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration.
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17.04.2025 KosovoMinister Tomasz Siemoniak meets Polish police officers serving in Kosovo as part of the EULEX mission‘I want to stress the importance of this mission, in particular in recent years, which have shown how easily destabilisation, conflict or war can occur. The Polish mission to Kosovo has been ongoing for 25 years to date. This is something to be proud of,’ said Minister Tomasz Siemoniak. On Thursday, 17 April, the Minister of the Interior and Administration met with Polish police officers who are serving in Kosovo as part of the EULEX mission. He also attended the Easter meeting and presented commemorative plaques to distinguished officers.
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08.04.2025EU-US talks on justice and home affairsA meeting of senior European Union and the United States officials concerning justice and home affairs took place on 31 March and 1 April 2025, led by the Polish Presidency in the Council of the European Union. Common priorities included combating crime and irregular migration.
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31.03.2025 LondonMinister Tomasz Siemoniak attended the Border Security - Organised Immigration Crime summit in LondonOn Monday, 31 March, Minister of the Interior and Administration and Coordinator of Special Services Tomasz Siemoniak took part in the Border Security - Organised Immigration Crime summit. The Minister of the Interior and Administration also met with representatives of the UK security sector.
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24.03.2025Minister Tomasz Siemoniak meets the Lithuanian Minister of the InteriorOn Friday, 21 March 2025, Minister of the Interior and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak met with Lithuanian Minister of the Interior Vladislav Kondratovič. The ministers exchanged views on international cooperation concerning migration management, strengthening border protection and responding to hybrid threats, as both countries are victims of hybrid aggression perpetrated by Russia and Belarus.
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24.03.2025 SejmMinister Tomasz Siemoniak: Cooperation is key in the face of hybrid threats“We need to work hand in hand and solve problems together. In the face of hybrid threats, we need to coordinate our actions,” said Minister Tomasz Siemoniak in the Sejm on Monday. The Minister of the Interior and Administration attended the Inter-Parliamentary Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, where he presented the Polish perspective on the hybrid threats we currently face.
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14.03.2025The Minister of the Interior and Administration held talks with the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for the third time this yearOn Friday, 14 March, Minister of the Interior and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak met Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Unity of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov for the third time in 2025. The ministers continued their talks concerning the challenges stemming from the presence of Ukrainian war refugees in Poland.