Europe News Prague will be 'honest broker' on rule of law, says Commissioner Commissioner Věra Jourová, said Prague will also focus on strengthening democracy across the bloc during its EU presidency and will be an "honest broker" with Poland and Hungary. 01/07/2022
Europe News Von der Leyen defends controversial approval of Polish recovery plan MEPs urged the Commission to withhold payments until all judicial reforms are carried out. 07/06/2022
Uncovering Europe Why is Poland's housing market under unprecedented pressure? The influx of refugees wanting temporary accommodation and a rise in interest rates have sparked fears of housing shortages. 07/06/2022
Europe News MEPs want confidence vote in VDL over COVID cash decision for Poland Senior MEPs have criticised von der Leyen for approving Poland's recovery plan despite concerns over its rule of law provisions. 06/06/2022
Europe News Poles told to gather firewood amid soaring energy prices The government said it was taking steps to make it easier for people to collect firewood in an effort to ease the pressure created by sky-rocketing energy bills and shortages of coal. 03/06/2022
Europe Decoded Brussels' green light of Poland's recovery plan reveals loopholes The agreement with Brussels doesn't include the automatic reversal of the decisions taken by the disciplinary chamber. 03/06/2022
Europe News Brussels approves €35B Polish recovery plan despite rule of law doubts The plan was blocked for more than a year over controversial judicial reforms in Poland. 01/06/2022
The Cube False claims spread about military movements in Poland and Finland Social media users have spread misinformation that Polish and Finnish armies are preparing to engage in conflict. 06/05/2022
Europe News Exclusive: Poland's PM on Ukraine war and 'short-sighted' EU states In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Mateusz Morawiecki criticised "short-sighted" EU countries dependent on Russian energy. 05/05/2022
Europe Decoded Poland and Bulgaria could manage without Russia gas but not for long Gazprom's decision to switch off the taps won't hit consumers just yet but industries in Poland and Bulgaria are likely to be hit. 27/04/2022
Europe News EU blasts 'blackmail' as Russia cuts gas tap to Poland and Bulgaria Ursula von der Leyen called Gazprom's decision "yet another attempt by Russia to use gas as an instrument of blackmail" while Charles Michel said it was an "aggressive unilateral move by Russia'. 27/04/2022
Europe Decoded Watch: Construction of Norway-Poland gas pipeline resumes Watch: Construction of Norway-Poland gas pipeline resumes 25/04/2022
Europe Decoded EU member states can leave, but can the bloc kick one of them out? The EU has not included such a procedure in its treaties — adding it now would take years and most likely fail. 08/04/2022
Uncovering Europe Going home to war: Why are more Ukrainian refugees now turning back? More than 3.9 million Ukrainians have fled since Russia's invasion. But at the Poland-Ukraine border town of Przemyśl, more are now heading back than leaving. 30/03/2022
Uncovering Europe How past horrors are pushing Polish Jews to help fleeing Ukrainians “I didn’t know how many people, I didn’t know who was arriving -- I just said yes,” said Alina Sobczak. 28/03/2022
Uncovering Europe How Warsaw has opened its door and heart to Ukrainian refugees “It is an amazing mobilisation that I’ve never seen before in my life. Everyone I know is in some way involved.” 16/03/2022
Europe News Czech, Polish and Slovenian PMs meet with Zelenskyy in Kyiv The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia travelled to the war-torn capital to express the EU's support for Ukraine. 15/03/2022
Europe News Polish judges detail rule of law backsliding in new documentary Some Polish judges are making sure the conflict between Warsaw and Brussels over rule of law backsliding isn't forgotten. 14/03/2022
Europe News More than 500,000 refugees have fled Ukraine in just four days - UN Neighbouring countries such as Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have all made an unconditional welcome to those feeling the Russian invasion. 27/02/2022
Europe News ECJ rules in favour of making EU cash handouts conditional The high court rejected a bid by Poland and Hungary, which argued the budgetary instrument exceeded EU competences. 16/02/2022
Europe News Brussels to withhold EU funds from Poland to cover unpaid fines Warsaw was slapped with a €500,000-a-day fine last year for failing to close a controversial lignite mine near the Czech Republic. 08/02/2022
Uncovering Europe Meet the judge fighting against Poland's controversial judicial reform Pawel Juszczyszyn says he was suspended from work for questioning the appointment of one judge and insisting that Polish laws obey EU law. 03/02/2022
Europe News EU sends formal request to Poland for payment of daily €1 million fine The European Commission has sent a formal request to Poland for payment of a daily €1 million fine. 20/01/2022
The Cube 'Polish Watergate': Warsaw accused of using Pegasus to spy on rivals Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza published a report on Wednesday claiming that the PiS-led government has purchased and used the powerful spying software since 2017. 05/01/2022
The Cube Belarusian KGB used fake accounts to stir border tensions, says Meta Facebook's parent company also said it had removed dozens of fake Polish accounts that posed as migrants. 02/12/2021
Europe News Court 'should dismiss' Hungary-Poland bid to stop EU cash conditions Hungary and Poland are trying to stop EU cash handouts from being conditional on respect for rule of law and other key values of the bloc. 02/12/2021
