POLAND

With Moscow blacklisted since it invaded Ukraine, Europe's main producer of caviar wants to put an end, once and for all, to the delicacy's traditional association with Russia.

The West's plan to starve Russia of resources to fight its war in Ukraine by imposing a price cap on its oil exports hit a diplomatic logjam in Brussels on Friday.

European stock markets slid Wednesday, with investors spooked over a deadly missile blast in Poland near the border with Ukraine.

European shares fell on Wednesday, with Mercedes Benz Group leading losses in automobiles stocks, while a blast in Poland kept sentiment subdued and pushed up defence stocks.

NATO and global leaders will meet on Wednesday after a Russian-made rocket fell on NATO member Poland and killed two people, raising concerns that the Ukraine conflict could spill over its borders.

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) economies will hold a second day of talks on Wednesday, although the schedule at the summit was disrupted by an emergency meeting to discuss reports of a missile landing in Polish territory near Ukraine.

The National Bank of Poland (NBP) kept its main interest rate on hold at 6.75% on Wednesday, it said, opting to leave borrowing costs unchanged despite soaring inflation as it warned of an economic slowdown in the coming months.

Polish authorities have recovered 100 tonnes of dead fish from the Oder River that flows through Poland and Germany.

The cause of death is uncertain, though officials believe the fish are likely to have been poisoned.

The vast heatwave covering swathes of Europe moved steadily eastwards on Thursday, forcing countries including Italy, Poland and Slovenia to issue their highest heatwave alerts as firefighters battled wildfires across the continent.

Hopes that the Polish central bank's monetary policy tightening cycle may be nearing its end could be shattered by government policies aiming to support domestic demand and ease the pain of inflation in a pre-election year, economists say.

Poland's 5.5-metre tall steel barrier, built on its border with Belarus, was meant to be a European version of former U.S.

Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Oleksander Kubrakov said that the two neighbours were working on easing transport of Ukraine's goods to the European Union.

EU countries have paid more than 45 billion euros ($47.43 billion) to Russia for gas and oil since it invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.

The group announced a net profit attributable to shareholders of 2.1 trillion rubles ($29 billion).

Russian energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for gas in roubles

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on "unfriendly" countries to pay for gas imports in roubles

Six out of 10 Ukrainian refugees -- 2,267,103 so far -- have crossed into Poland

US and NATO officials say flatly that for a Ukraine NFZ to work their own jets would have to be prepared to shoot down any Russian violators

Thousands of Indian students who were left stranded in war-torn Ukraine had to undertake a perilous journey on foot, go without food and water for days before they could safely reach their homes in India.

Before the crisis, around 1.5 million Ukrainians lived in Poland, the vast majority working in the EU nation.