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Tall Ships Races

Polish training ship Dar Mlodziezy embarks from the harbour in Central Helsinki, Finland on Sunday, 7th July, 2024. The ships sail from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia on Sunday. The annual Tall Ships Races, an international sailing competition for thousands of young people, takes place in the Baltic Sea every four years. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Tall Ships Races

Polish training ship Dar Mlodziezy embarks from the harbour in Central Helsinki, Finland on Sunday, 7th July, 2024. The ships sail from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia on Sunday. The annual Tall Ships Races, an international sailing competition for thousands of young people, takes place in the Baltic Sea every four years. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Tall Ships Races

Polish training ship Dar Mlodziezy embarks from the harbour in Central Helsinki, Finland on Sunday, 7th July, 2024. The ships sail from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia on Sunday. The annual Tall Ships Races, an international sailing competition for thousands of young people, takes place in the Baltic Sea every four years. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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GLOBALink | Energy crisis in Poland features coal price hike, stirs air pollution concerns

*** Highlights: As winter approaches, the European energy crisis is having a direct impact on home heating in Poland, a country that relies heavily on coal for energy. #GLOBALink *** Subtitles & Soundbites: As winter approaches, the European energy crisis is having a direct impact on home heating in Poland, a country that relies heavily on coal for energy. According to official estimates, even under normal circumstances, 37 percent of Polish homes use coal for heating. While Poland is the largest coal producer in the European Union (EU), it still needs to cover roughly 20 percent of its needs from imports. Data from Statistics Poland show that in 2020, Russia accounted for 75 percent of Polish coal imports. However, since Poland imposed an embargo on Russian coal this April, well ahead of the EU-wide ban that took effect in August, this route is no longer open, which has left many Poles in a precarious situation just before the start of the heating season. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOANNA MACKOWIAK-PANDER

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construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts

Ongoing construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts in the surroundings of the Turow open-pit lignite mine, near the Czech-Polish border, expanding by 16 wells, in Hermanice, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2020. The Turow mine supplies coal mainly to the nearby Turow plant, which generates 8 percent of Poland's energy supplies. The owner of both installations, PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), plans to continue mining at the location until 2044. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts

Ongoing construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts in the surroundings of the Turow open-pit lignite mine, near the Czech-Polish border, expanding by 16 wells, in Hermanice, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2020. The Turow mine supplies coal mainly to the nearby Turow plant, which generates 8 percent of Poland's energy supplies. The owner of both installations, PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), plans to continue mining at the location until 2044. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts

Ongoing construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts in the surroundings of the Turow open-pit lignite mine, near the Czech-Polish border, expanding by 16 wells, in Hermanice, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2020. The Turow mine supplies coal mainly to the nearby Turow plant, which generates 8 percent of Poland's energy supplies. The owner of both installations, PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), plans to continue mining at the location until 2044. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts

Ongoing construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts in the surroundings of the Turow open-pit lignite mine, near the Czech-Polish border, expanding by 16 wells, in Hermanice, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2020. The Turow mine supplies coal mainly to the nearby Turow plant, which generates 8 percent of Poland's energy supplies. The owner of both installations, PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), plans to continue mining at the location until 2044. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts

Ongoing construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts in the surroundings of the Turow open-pit lignite mine, near the Czech-Polish border, expanding by 16 wells, in Hermanice, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2020. The Turow mine supplies coal mainly to the nearby Turow plant, which generates 8 percent of Poland's energy supplies. The owner of both installations, PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), plans to continue mining at the location until 2044. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts

Ongoing construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts in the surroundings of the Turow open-pit lignite mine, near the Czech-Polish border, expanding by 16 wells, in Hermanice, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2020. The Turow mine supplies coal mainly to the nearby Turow plant, which generates 8 percent of Poland's energy supplies. The owner of both installations, PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), plans to continue mining at the location until 2044. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts

Ongoing construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts in the surroundings of the Turow open-pit lignite mine, near the Czech-Polish border, expanding by 16 wells, in Hermanice, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2020. The Turow mine supplies coal mainly to the nearby Turow plant, which generates 8 percent of Poland's energy supplies. The owner of both installations, PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), plans to continue mining at the location until 2044. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts

Ongoing construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts in the surroundings of the Turow open-pit lignite mine, near the Czech-Polish border, expanding by 16 wells, in Hermanice, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2020. The Turow mine supplies coal mainly to the nearby Turow plant, which generates 8 percent of Poland's energy supplies. The owner of both installations, PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), plans to continue mining at the location until 2044. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts

Ongoing construction of the network of water boreholes for monitoring of Turow mining impacts in the surroundings of the Turow open-pit lignite mine, near the Czech-Polish border, expanding by 16 wells, in Hermanice, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2020. The Turow mine supplies coal mainly to the nearby Turow plant, which generates 8 percent of Poland's energy supplies. The owner of both installations, PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), plans to continue mining at the location until 2044. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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Richard Brabec, Martin Puta

Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec, right, and Liberec Region Governor Martin Puta want to have data from the monitoring network of the impact of the Polish open pit lignite mine Turow on groundwater, noise, air and surface subsidence by mid-2020, they said today, on Thursday, January 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Richard Brabec, Martin Puta

Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec, right, and Liberec Region Governor Martin Puta want to have data from the monitoring network of the impact of the Polish open pit lignite mine Turow on groundwater, noise, air and surface subsidence by mid-2020, they said today, on Thursday, January 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Richard Brabec

Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec, photo, and Liberec Region Governor Martin Puta want to have data from the monitoring network of the impact of the Polish open pit lignite mine Turow on groundwater, noise, air and surface subsidence by mid-2020, they said today, on Thursday, January 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Richard Brabec, Martin Puta

Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec, right, and Liberec Region Governor Martin Puta want to have data from the monitoring network of the impact of the Polish open pit lignite mine Turow on groundwater, noise, air and surface subsidence by mid-2020, they said today, on Thursday, January 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Richard Brabec, Martin Puta

Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec, right, and Liberec Region Governor Martin Puta want to have data from the monitoring network of the impact of the Polish open pit lignite mine Turow on groundwater, noise, air and surface subsidence by mid-2020, they said today, on Thursday, January 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Richard Brabec, Martin Puta

Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec, right, and Liberec Region Governor Martin Puta want to have data from the monitoring network of the impact of the Polish open pit lignite mine Turow on groundwater, noise, air and surface subsidence by mid-2020, they said today, on Thursday, January 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Tibor Benko, Barbara Cwiorova, Peter Gajdos, Lubomir Metnar, meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four countries

(R-L) Czech minister of defence Lubomir Metnar, his Slovak counterpart Peter Gajdos, Polish ambassador in Czech Republic Barbara Cwiorova and Hungarian minister of defence Tibor Benko during the welcome ceremony ahead of three day meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four (V4) countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, starts to open Czech V4 presidency in defence cooperation, in Landek Park in Ostrava - Petrkovice, Czech Republic, September 19, 2019. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)

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Barbara Cwiorova, Peter Gajdos, meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four countries

Polish ambassador in Czech Republic Barbara Cwiorova, left, and Slovak minister of defence Peter Gajdos during the welcome ceremony ahead of three day meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four (V4) countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, starts to open Czech V4 presidency in defence cooperation, in Landek Park in Ostrava - Petrkovice, Czech Republic, September 19, 2019. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)

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Tibor Benko, Barbara Cwiorova, Peter Gajdos, Lubomir Metnar, meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four countries

(L-R) Hungarian minister of defence Tibor Benko, Polish ambassador in Czech Republic Barbara Cwiorova, Slovak minister of defence Peter Gajdos and his Czech counterpart Lubomir Metnar during the welcome ceremony ahead of three day meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four (V4) countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, starts to open Czech V4 presidency in defence cooperation, in Landek Park in Ostrava - Petrkovice, Czech Republic, September 19, 2019. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)

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Tibor Benko, Barbara Cwiorova, Peter Gajdos, Lubomir Metnar, meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four countries

(L-R) Hungarian minister of defence Tibor Benko, Polish ambassador in Czech Republic Barbara Cwiorova, Slovak minister of defence Peter Gajdos and his Czech counterpart Lubomir Metnar during the welcome ceremony ahead of three day meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four (V4) countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, starts to open Czech V4 presidency in defence cooperation, in Landek Park in Ostrava - Petrkovice, Czech Republic, September 19, 2019. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)

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Tibor Benko, Barbara Cwiorova, Peter Gajdos, Lubomir Metnar, meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four countries

(L-R) Hungarian minister of defence Tibor Benko, Polish ambassador in Czech Republic Barbara Cwiorova, Slovak minister of defence Peter Gajdos and his Czech counterpart Lubomir Metnar during the welcome ceremony ahead of three day meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four (V4) countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, starts to open Czech V4 presidency in defence cooperation, in Landek Park in Ostrava - Petrkovice, Czech Republic, September 19, 2019. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)

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Tibor Benko, Barbara Cwiorova, Peter Gajdos, Lubomir Metnar, meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four countries

(L-R) Hungarian minister of defence Tibor Benko, Polish ambassador in Czech Republic Barbara Cwiorova, Slovak minister of defence Peter Gajdos and his Czech counterpart Lubomir Metnar during the welcome ceremony ahead of three day meeting of defence ministers of Visegrad Four (V4) countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, starts to open Czech V4 presidency in defence cooperation, in Landek Park in Ostrava - Petrkovice, Czech Republic, September 19, 2019. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)