Marek Strzelecki

Polish pipeline operator PERN will sign a preliminary deal on Friday with a unit of Poland's defence ministry to extend the country's fuel pipelines to connect them with the NATO system, the ministry said on Thursday.

Four NATO and European Union countries bordering Russia plan to build concrete bunkers and anti-drone nets at vital energy facilities under a plan to protect their power grids following Russian drone incursions.

The 19th package of European Union sanctions against Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine will close a loophole allowing Russia to bypass an EU ban for imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), Polish energy minister said on Thursday.

Poland has urged European Union member states that are still buying Russian energy to end those imports by the end of 2026 and will offer them help towards that effort, Energy Minister Milosz Motyka said on Wednesday.

Poland is ready to react to any attacks or provocations, the Polish Prime Minister said after the country shot down Russian drones that entered its airspace during a widespread Russian attack in western Ukraine.

Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, the first time a NATO member state has fired shots in the war.

Poland has arrested a Belarusian spy and will expel a diplomat who "supported the aggressive action of the Belarusian state against Poland", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday on X, without providing any further details.

The Polish government will extend the cap on electricity prices through the fourth quarter, Energy Minister Milosz Motyka said on Friday, which could remove one inflation risk and boosted market bets on an interest rate cut.

Croatian pipeline operator Janaf could fully cover the needs of the two refineries of Hungarian oil group MOL in Hungary and Slovakia that now mostly depend on Russian oil delivered via the Druzhba pipeline, Janaf's chief told Reuters.

Polish energy group Orlen on Thursday reported a near 74% rise in its second-quarter profit, with a strong upstream performance helping to offset the impact of lower refining margins and asset write-downs.