{"id":41039,"date":"2018-11-28T16:24:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T21:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41039"},"modified":"2018-11-28T16:24:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T21:24:48","slug":"polish-government-issues-terrorism-alert-in-katowice-days-before-start-of-un-climate-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41039","title":{"rendered":"Polish Government Issues Terrorism Alert in Katowice Days Before Start of UN Climate Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2018\/11\/28\/polish-government-issues-terrorism-alert-katowice-days-start-un-climate-talks\">Polish Government Issues Terrorism Alert in Katowice Days Before Start of UN Climate Talks<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The Polish government has implemented a terrorism alert in the province where the annual\u00a0UN\u00a0climate talks are about to\u00a0start.<\/p>\n<p>Climate campaigners are warning of a \u201ctense atmosphere\u201d in and around the city of Katowice in southern Poland, where the global climate negotiations, known as\u00a0COP24, are due to kick off on\u00a0Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Katowice, a city of around 300,000 people\u00a0\u2014 and the smallest city to host the\u00a0UN\u00a0climate talks yet \u2014 is about to welcome nearly 30,000 people for the climate conference, including heads of state, government representatives and\u00a0UN\u00a0officials.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Polish Prime Minister\u00a0Mateusz Morawiecki has signed an order declaring an\u00a0ALFA\u00a0alert \u00a0\u2014 the first of four increasing terrorism security levels \u2014 across the entire southern province of Silesia, where Katowice is located, and the city of\u00a0Krakow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018ALFA\u2019\u00a0alert\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mswia.gov.pl\/pl\/aktualnosci\/18486,Szczegolne-srodki-bezpieczenstwa-w-zwiazku-z-konferencja-COP-24-w-woj-slaskim-i-.html\">statement<\/a>, the government confirmed the heightened security measures had been introduced in connection with\u00a0COP24and will remain in force for the entire length of the talks, until December\u00a015.<\/p>\n<p>The heightened alert has seen increased controls implemented across the affected areas, with residents are asked to report any suspicious situation or\u00a0individual.<\/p>\n<p>It also means enhanced security forces will be deployed in cases of emergency and that officers can control and check vehicles as well as access private\u00a0communications.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wpolityce.pl\/spoleczenstwo\/422247-od-czwartku-tymczasowe-kontrole-na-granicach-szczegoly\">Polish border police also confirmed<\/a>\u00a0that Poland\u2019s borders with Germany, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia had temporarily been restored and that the border could only be crossed in designated areas, with further checks being carried out at ports and\u00a0airports.<\/p>\n<p>The measures are due to last for the entirety of the climate conference with random checks being carried out for people entering\u00a0Poland.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish Government Issues Terrorism Alert in Katowice Days Before Start of UN Climate Talks The Polish government has implemented a terrorism alert in the province where the annual\u00a0UN\u00a0climate talks are about to\u00a0start. 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