Polish truckers agree to halt border protests

STORY: Polish truckers agree to halt border protests SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 16, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:55 LOCATION: Warsaw CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of officials and representatives 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Polish): DARIUSZ KLIMCZAK, Minister of Infrastructure 3. various of officials and representatives 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Polish): BARTOSZ JASINSKI, Representative of the Committee for the Defense of Carriers and Transport Employers 5. various of trucks passing by STORYLINE: Polish truckers have agreed to halt protests that have blocked several border crossings with Ukraine since November, the Polish government said on Tuesday. Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak said the government had signed an agreement with the protesters, which will lead to the suspension of protests until March 1 at three road border crossings: Korczowa, Hrebenne, and Dorohusk. SOUNDBITE 1 (Polish): DARIUSZ KLIMCZAK, Minister of Infrastructure "This protest is interdisciplinary, it covers many topics - inter

Polish farmers join trucker protest near border with Ukraine

STORY: Polish farmers join trucker protest near border with Ukraine SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 16, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: KORCZOWA, Poland CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes of protest STORYLINE: Farmers of a trade union from Poland's Rzeszow region joined the protest by Polish truckers on the Polish-Ukrainian border on Thursday. For over a week, Polish truckers have been protesting over a loss of business to foreign competitors during the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Protesters have blocked several border crossings with Ukraine. They allowed one truck per hour to the crossings in Korczowa and in Dorohusk, according to media reports. Buses carrying food, humanitarian aid and fuels were constantly greenlighted. Transport entrepreneurs in Poland complained that the lower costs of doing business in Ukraine made it difficult for them to vie for customers. They demanded that Ukrainian trucks entering Poland obtain operation qualifications from Polish authorities.

Polish transport workers block roads to border crossings with Ukraine in protest

STORY: Polish transport workers block roads to border crossings with Ukraine in protest SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 8, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: PRZEMYSL, MALHOWICE, Poland CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of truck queue near Przemysl 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Polish): JOANNA GOLISZ, Police in Przemysl 3. various of the Malhowice-Nizankowice border crossing in construction (shot in Malhowice) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Polish): LIEUTENANT PIOTR ZAKIELARZ, Press Spokesman for the Commander of the Bieszczady Border Guard Unit STORYLINE: Representatives of Polish transport companies protested on the access roads to three border crossings with Ukraine on Wednesday, against unfair competition from the neighboring country's businesses. Protesters almost do not allow trucks to pass to crossings in Korczowa and Dorohusk in Lublin Voivodeship, which led to long queues of trucks. The only active crossing for trucks is the crossing in Medyka near Przemysl in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, where nearly 60

Ukrainian grains greenlighted to pass through Poland amid import ban

STORY: Ukrainian grains greenlighted to pass through Poland amid import ban DATELINE: April 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:07 LOCATION: Warsaw CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of grains 2. various of convoy departing from the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing in Dorohusk 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Polish): JUSTYNA PASIECZYNSKA, Press secretary of the Head of the National Revenue Administration 3. various of Polish and Ukrainian government officials 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Polish): ROBERT TELUS, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland 5. various of farmers protesting in Szczecin STORYLINE: Poland resumed transit of Ukrainian grains through its border on Friday, as the first convoy carrying grains, eggs and corn departed from the Polish-Ukrainian border in the Lublin region to the Netherlands. SOUNDBITE 1 (Polish): JUSTYNA PASIECZYNSKA, Press secretary of the Head of the National Revenue Administration "The first transport that left the border crossing in Dorohusk is headed for the Netherlands. The commo