An ambulance is leaving the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in Myslowice one went missing and another 12 were injured in a cave-in near the coal face Poland (AP) — Two miners were killed and one remains missing after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland early Tuesday in which 12 other miners were hurt some 870 meters (2,800 feet) underground in an area where 15 miners were working the deputy head of the company that runs the mine He said two of the miners located by rescuers and brought to the surface were declared dead Eleven other miners were earlier brought to the surface with various injuries Rescuers were still searching for one missing miner but had no contact with him Six teams of rescuers were working in the area an area especially exposed to cave-ins or explosions of methane gas which is present in the rock in many Polish coal mines It is the second cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola mine this year following one on April 17 that killed one miner Two other coal mine workers were killed in accidents inside other mines in Poland this year 15 miners were killed in on-the job accidents Subscribe  Gift a Subscription Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Apr 1, 2025 | Politics, Society Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers We cannot do what we do without your support Images of large numbers of Muslims praying in Polish cities have stirred controversy with right-wing opposition politicians raising concern about the impact of mass immigration local media report that such celebrations of Islamic festivals have also happened in previous years Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Fitr a three-day festival marking the end of the month-long period of Ramadan during which Muslims are expected to fast from dawn to dusk Trzeba natychmiast zamknąć granicę dla imigrantów z państw muzułmańskich zanim w Polsce będzie jak w Wielkiej Brytanii To jest ostatnia szansa. Trzeba rozpocząć deportacje, zamiast próbować ich integrować!pic.twitter.com/uuDg4ipSc1 — Sławomir Mentzen (@SlawomirMentzen) March 30, 2025 pictures and videos showing large number of Muslims celebrating the festival went viral on social media In Gdańsk, for example, people could be seen sitting outside a mosque on the city’s Abraham Street, which had been closed off by police Other videos purported to show Muslims who had gathered on a street in Wrocław, Poland’s third-largest city, and in a sports hall in Mysłowice a town of around 70,000 in southern Poland Nie tylko Gdańsk czy Wrocław. Oto scenka rodzajowa z Mysłowic. I co uśmiechacie się? pic.twitter.com/P692BJ4xkB — Rafał 🇵🇱 (@_rafaello81) March 31, 2025 Poland in fact has one of Europe’s oldest Muslim communities, the Lipka Tatars, who have lived in a small area in the northeast of the country since the 14th century However, the vast majority of Muslims have arrived in recent years, during which time Poland has experienced the highest levels of immigration in its history and among the highest in Europe Between 2019 and 2023, the number of work permits granted annually by Poland to immigrants from Asia rose fivefold That included tens of thousands of people from Muslim-majority countries such as Bangladesh The Muslim Religious Union in the Republic of Poland estimates that the current number of Muslims in Poland is around 60,000 Videos of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Poland were shared on social media in particular by figures associated with Poland’s two main opposition parties the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) and the far-right Confederation (Konfederacja) Sławomir Mentzen one of Confederation’s leaders and its candidate for May’s presidential election posted a video from the Gdańsk mosque and wrote: “We need to close the border to immigrants from Muslim countries immediately “This is the last chance,” he added “We need to start deporting them instead of trying to integrate them!” Tusk — żądamy natychmiast:1.Wypowiedzenia Paktu Migracyjnego,2.Zamknięcia granic,3.Zaniechania tworzenia Centrów Integracji Cudzoziemców oraz wszelkiej infrastruktury wspierającej inwazję imigrantów na Polskę Działaj ze mną — broń Polski… pic.twitter.com/gxv7payUaH — Robert Bąkiewicz (@RBakiewicz) March 30, 2025 blamed the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk for the situation “Tusk’s tourists on the offensive,” he wrote alongside a video from the Gdańsk mosque “Can you imagine such an image during the times when PiS was in power.” Mass immigration in fact took place when PiS was in power from 2015 to 2023. During that time, Poland for seven years running issued more first residence permits to immigrants from outside the European Union than any other member state While the vast majority of those who arrived came from Ukraine and Belarus there were also growing numbers from Asia and Africa Poland issued 275,000 work permits to migrants from Asia and Latin America last year The figures have accelerated particularly fast since 2022, when most Ukrainian men were banned from moving abroad due to the war https://t.co/KldHUG0Ws8 — Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) May 20, 2024 a news service covering Gdańsk and the neighbouring cities of Gdynia and Sopot where a mosque has been located since the 1980s is closed to car traffic every year during Eid al-Fitr It added that last Sunday’s “celebrations took place without disturbing the peace and public order in the district…[where] local residents have long become accustomed to Muslims who pray in front of the mosque during the most important Islamic holidays” wrote in a post on X that Muslims were simply celebrating an important festival “without harming anyone” and noted that members of Poland’s Catholic majority also conduct religious events Właśnie skończył się ramadan, a ten meczet jest głównym punktem praktyk religijnych muzułmanów z Gdańska i okolic. Modlitwą nikomu nie robią krzywdy. Są częścią społeczności. W najbliższych tygodniach katolicy wyjdą na uliczne drogi krzyżowe i procesje świąteczne. https://t.co/Ba5lxCkviy — Rafał Mrowicki (@MrowickiRafal) March 30, 2025 When Tusk’s ruling coalition came to power in 2023, it did so after an election campaign in which it accused the PiS government of allowing uncontrolled immigration, including through corruption in the visa system However, PiS argues that Tusk – a former president of the European Council – is making such declarations for political reasons ahead of May’s presidential election and that in practice he will not follow through Poland has suspended the right to claim asylum on the border with Belarus making immediate use of a law signed by the president yesterday This will "combat illegal migration, which is an element of hybrid aggression against Poland", says the government https://t.co/OEWd6aWzDC — Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) March 27, 2025 Daniel Tilles is editor-in-chief of Notes from Poland He has written on Polish affairs for a wide range of publications , , The proportion of Poles saying the US has a positive influence on the world has also fallen to its lowest recorded level , , Poland has recorded the strongest rise in consumer sentiment across the EU this year , , , The stunt has also been criticised by Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland as well as politicians from Poland’s main ruling party Apr 30, 2025 | , , , That response will include “large Polish and NATO exercises in Poland” Apr 29, 2025 | , , , Those employed in Poland work on average the third-longest hours in the European Union Apr 28, 2025 | , , , , Westinghouse and Bechtel were first chosen in 2022 as partners on the 192 billion zloty ($51 billion) project please consider helping us to continue and expand it [email protected] Copyright © 2025 Notes From Poland | Design jurko studio | Code by 2sides.pl Senior Research Fellow at the Global Europe Centre ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Weronika Strzyżyńska is currently studying journalism at Goldsmiths as a Scott Trust Bursary recipient She  has written on issues immigration and Brexit for New Statesman and Prospect Agnieszka Wądołowska is managing editor of Notes from Poland She has previously worked for Gazeta.pl and Tokfm.pl and contributed to Gazeta Wyborcza ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Daniel Tilles is editor-in-chief of Notes from Poland and assistant professor of history at the Pedagogical University of Krakow The Independent and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Stanley Bill is the founder and editor-at-large of Notes from Poland.He is also Senior Lecturer in Polish Studies and Director of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge Stanley has spent more than ten years living in Poland He founded Notes from Poland in 2014 as a blog dedicated to personal impressions cultural analysis and political commentary He is committed to the promotion of deeper knowledge and understanding of Poland He is the Chair of the Board of the Notes from Poland Foundation ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Professor of European Studies at Oxford University ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Professor at the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Executive Director of Taube Family Foundation ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Science ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR your new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news and behind-the-scenes from Brussels and beyond From the economy to the climate and the EU's role in world affairs this talk show sheds light on European affairs and the issues that impact on our daily lives as Europeans Tune in to understand the ins and outs of European politics Dare to imagine the future with business and tech visionaries Deep dive conversations with business leaders Euronews Tech Talks goes beyond discussions to explore the impact of new technologies on our lives the podcast provides valuable insights into the intersection of technology and society Europe's water is under increasing pressure floods are taking their toll on our drinking water Join us on a journey around Europe to see why protecting ecosystems matters and to discover some of the best water solutions an animated explainer series and live debate - find out why Water Matters We give you the latest climate facts from the world’s leading source analyse the trends and explain how our planet is changing We meet the experts on the front line of climate change who explore new strategies to mitigate and adapt Two miners were killed and one remains missing after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland early on Tuesday Authorities say 12 people were also injured The cave-in happened around 3:30 am local time some 870 metres underground in an area where 15 miners were working Two of the miners located by rescuers and brought to the surface were declared dead Eleven other miners were rescued earlier from the mine with various injuries following one on 17 April that killed one miner 15 miners were killed in on-the-job accidents Courtesy of GMTAccording to StadiumDB, "single-tiered stands are to create a complete bowl of 12,000 seats once the stadium is built, but are also envisaged to be expandable by as much as 4,000 seats by simply adding three rows atop the entire bowl [without] not changing the integrity of the design." 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or let us know: contact Technology: aitnet.pl Ⓒ AiB Publishing House 2025 there was a government strategy for the coal sector but at the present there is no such document The only common element of the Polish governments’ activities is the rescue of the mining industry by the energy industry which could be damaging to the latter if it is forced to finance non-restructured coal mines the money from the energy sector is used to patch-up the financial holes in the mining industry because the industry’s losses reaching billions of PLN are becoming increasingly difficult to make up for The most urgent project is the rescue of Kompania Węglowa – currently known as Polish Mining Group (Polska Grupa Górnicza provided it with funds from the energy industry Meanwhile European Commission is closely observing Polish efforts to rescue the mining industry because in accordance with Directive 2010/787/EU public aid can only be provided to mines slated for closure The company received support in the amount of PLN1.8bn (EUR417.8m) from the state-controlled energy industry companies (EUR116m each Węglokoks and the state-owned Investment Fund of Polish Enterprises (Fundusz Inwestycji Polskich Przedsiębiorstw) – EUR69.6m and consented only to the rollover of bonds (some even for 10 years) Katowicki Holding Węglowy (KHW) is working on the implementation of its restructuring plan The entire management board of the company has just been replaced We don’t know yet whether the new management will implement the ideas of its predecessors because KHW needs to receive at least EUR116m as soon as possible in order to maintain financial liquidity is trying to sell of a large part of its assets JSW is the largest producer of coking coal in the EU (PGG and KHW are mainly producing coal for the energy industry) This raw material is the base for the production of steel thus steel sector depends on the condition of JSW and whose 60 per cent of stake is now owned by the State Treasury-controlled energy company limiting production (its capacity is 11 million tons of coal per year and in this year it will extract 8.5-9 million tons) and is doing relatively well on this difficult market It belongs to another energy company Tauron This mine was intended for closure (according to the government’s plans as of January 2015) a decision was made to rescue the coal mine which is located in the hometown of the Prime Minister Beata Szydło because it is the main employer in the area but also because the mine has large coal deposits although access to them is very difficult after an underground fire from a few years back In accordance with the agreement reached with the trade unions in April of this year In total the company took over 11 mines from Kompania Węglowa The remaining establishments will create three mega-mines The goal of combining the mines is to reduce the unnecessary infrastructure which is supposed to lead to a decrease in the extraction costs An important element of savings in the PGG will be the reduction of employment by over 11 per cent Around four thousand people will go on coal miner’s leave envisaged in the Mining Act (i.a for underground workers who have four years or less until retirement) the management board adopted the rules of collective redundancies for people who have acquired pension rights but choose not to retire (the record holder acquired pension rights in 2001) A total of 600 people may be ultimately let go in this way a new entity called Polski Holding Węglowy (PHW) is to be created on the basis of this company In this case assistance will be provided primarily by Węglokoks supported by Enea has emphasized that JSW needs at least EUR232m in order to fight for survival The company is still involved in talks with banks The government bondholders have bought out the yields from the private ING Bank Śląski which has been signaling since autumn that it wants JSW to redeem its securities early JSW ended 2015 with a loss of more than EUR696.2m (including write-offs for the value of its coal assets) but managed to reduce extraction cost by more than 10 per cent compared to 2014 the company will not pay a number of social benefits to its workers (among others bonuses or the free coal allowance) what is supposed to give savings of EUR464.1 the Minister of Energy Krzysztof Tchórzewski did not rule out a new issue of JSW shares with pre-emptive rights for the existing shareholders (the State Treasury still has more than a 50 per cent stake in JSW) which led to an immediate 15 per cent drop in the value of the company’s shares in June Minister Tobiszowski said the issuance has not yet been decided The Czech hotel sector saw a transaction volume of EUR 340 miln in Q1 2025 Prime rents in Prague city centre reached EUR 30 in the first quarter of the year and the vacancy rate continues to decline according to the latest research from Prague Research Forum Segro European Logistics Partnership (SELP) has acquired a fully 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