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Divine intervention in Polish election?

Masses around the country featured the words "God loves law and justice" as voters went to the polls to give their verdict on the ruling Law and Justice party.

22/10/2018

Poland

Poland's populist PiS party on track to win election in test for EU

Poland's ruling PiS party on track to win top spot in regional election.

21/10/2018

Poland

Poland's local elections being watched closely in Brussels

Voters in Poland are taking part in regional elections seen as a key test for the ruling Law and Justice party, whose policies are making waves in Brussels.

21/10/2018

Poland

Donald Tusk comments on removed plaque at Poland's EU office

“The plaque is not a big deal. What matters is that they do not unscrew Poland from the European Union”, Tusk tweeted after a plaque bearing his name was removed by Polish authorities.

17/10/2018

Poland

EU to take Poland to court over Supreme Court law

24/09/2018

Poland

Thousands march in Warsaw demanding higher public sector pay

Thousands of protesters marched through Warsaw on Saturday demanding higher public sector pay ahead of a municipal election in October.

22/09/2018

Poland

Euroviews. 7 Questions for the Art. 7 Hearing on the rule of law in Poland | View

It should become clear /.../ that the continuing, systemic and vicious attacks on Polish courts and their judges are bound to produce consequences beyond Polish borders and constitute a clear and present danger to the EU legal system as a whole. This is no time for further dialogue or half measures.

17/09/2018

Europe News

Midnight deadline looms for Warsaw

Polish government has to officially justify its controversial justice reforms

14/09/2018

Business Planet

How one Polish company is proving disability is no handicap when it comes to working

In partnership with The European Commission

For those bedridden or paralysed the jobs market appears to be closed. One Polish entrepreneur is turning that notion on its head.

07/09/2018

Poland

What the fate of one village reveals about Poland's justice system

Residents of Grabówka thought they had one a three decade battle with a final court ruling in their favour. But getting justice isn't so simple.

07/09/2018

Poland

2019: The great European mutiny? Poland's Deputy PM talks to Euronews

Can Poland's ultra-conservative government reconcile its traditionalist approach with the values which dominate the European Union? Piotr Glinski, the Deputy Prime Minister, spoke to Euronews.

06/09/2018

Poland

Poland: Contested Supreme Court reform signed into law

Poland sees a new wave of protests as President Duda signs contested judicial appointments law that accelerates changes in Supreme Court.

26/07/2018

Poland

Euroviews. Poland's democracy is being boiled to death while the world watches

Polish democracy is being subject to the boiling frog strategy via the adoption of unconstitutional legislation without, however, any risk for the ruling party as effective constitutional review has now been neutralised.

25/07/2018

Sport

Poland’s Andrzej Bargiel becomes the first to ski down from K2

Andrzej Bargiel has skied his way into the record books by becoming the first man to descend one of the world’s highest mountains.

23/07/2018

Poland

Poland joins EU countries battling Sweden’s wildfires

Poland has sent a convoy of fire trucks to Sweden this weekend, joining several other EU states helping the country battle wildfires caused by hot weather and low levels of rainfall.

22/07/2018

Poland

Judicial reforms met with protests in Warsaw

Judicial reforms met with protests in Warsaw

21/07/2018

Poland

Poland's post-apocalyptic "Old Town" festival

It stages a live one hundred hour long action game where particpants role play, many of them clearly inspired by the cult dystopian film Mad Max.

18/07/2018

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How to make customs checks more effective

Inside the millions of containers arriving in Europe, there are also illegal goods such as weapons, drugs or radioactive materials. How to make customs controls more effective without slowing down unloading operations? An answer comes from the C-Bord project.

16/07/2018

Poland

Warsaw officials scramble to find python on the loose

Animal Rescue Poland Foundation and Warsaw Zoo officials are on their tenth day of hunting for what specialists presume could be a six-metre-long, 50-kilogram Indian python.

11/07/2018

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FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships kick-off for 2018

It was a week full of airsports, with breathtaking and spectacular parachuting action at the airfield in Szymanów, which is situated near Wroclaw in Poland.

09/07/2018

Poland

The teacher who never stopped learning: our sixth #Europeanhero

Małgorzata Kulesza has been teaching chemistry and science for more than three decades. She believes that education is all about building relationships and opening the classroom to the world.

09/07/2018

Poland

Increasing anger over Poland reforms

Poland's top judge defies a new retirement law as anger grows over government reforms and protests gather pace

04/07/2018

Poland

Hundreds protest in Poland at judge retirement law

Changes in Poland that force judges to retire at 65 could mean up to 40 percent of Supreme Court judges will lose their jobs.

04/07/2018

Poland

Is Poland modernising the judiciary or destroying it?

The Polish government's move to retire Supreme Court judges at 65 threatens to escalate the row with Brussels over judicial independence.

04/07/2018

Poland

Poland’s top judge turns up for work defying retirement order

Malgorzata Gersdorf says she wants to ‘protect the rule of law’ against government reforms that critics including the EU say undermine judicial independence.

04/07/2018

Poland

Poland Holocaust law drops jail terms

Polish lawmakers voted on Wednesday to water down a Holocaust law that angered the United States and Israel. It's to remove parts that imposed jail terms on people who suggest the nation was complicit in Nazi crimes

27/06/2018