Hello Irlandia Weekly News 11th November 2021

Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• security forces on Poland’s eastern border with Belarus battle daily attempted migrant crossings

• EU and U.S. voice strong support for Poland’s stance in the face of Lukashenko’s ‘hybrid war’

• death in hospital of a 30-year-old woman with pregnancy complications who had sought an abortion triggers street protests, and

• Poland’s Ambassador to Ireland, Anna Sochańska, receives a United Nations award for ‘Bicycle Diplomacy’.