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The European Commission aims to counter 'the weaponization of migration’. Photo: Marek Antoni Iwanczuk/ Getty Images

EU to fund security upgrades on Poland-Belarus border

Poland will receive €52 million in EU funding to increase security on its eastern borders.

“If the security of my compatriots is to be safeguarded by the Iron Curtain being put up again, then OK," said President DudaPhoto by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

New Iron Curtain with Poland on the ‘free side’ could protect us from Putin, says Polish President

In an interview with the British newspaper *The Sunday Times*, Polish President Andrzej Duda described the country’s “Eastern Shield” initiative as a new version of the Iron Curtain.

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Poland’s Eastern Shield program to become broader European initiative, official says

The Eastern Shield program is gaining traction as a broader European initiative recognized by both the EU and NATO, according to Polish defense officials.

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Lithuania enhances security with €147 mln air defense system purchase

Lithuania’s Defence Ministry announced on Monday the acquisition of the mobile short-range air defense system RBS70 NG (MSHORAD) for €147 million.

Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (R) and Saulius Nekraševičius (L), head of Lithuania’s border control agency at the barrier on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border in Padvarionys, Lithuania, July 3, 2024. Photo: PAP/Valdemar Doveiko

Border security a concern for all of EU, Polish and Lithuanian Def Mins say

The protection of the Polish and Lithuanian borders is a concern for the EU as a whole, and now the two countries plan to raise the issue with their allies, Poland’s Defence Minister said on Wednesday after meeting his Lithuanian counterpart.

Polish scientists urge environmental integration in ‘Eastern Shield’ defense plan

The Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) has called on Poland’s top authorities to incorporate the potential of natural environments in the development of the ‘Eastern Shield’ initiative.

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Defense Ministry working on details of Eastern Shield initiative

The Polish government is pouring money into the Eastern Shield, a program to strengthen the country’s borders with Russia and Belarus.