Poland

Poland

Polish activist detained over LGBTQ depiction of Virgin Mary

An activist in Poland has been detained after police discovered posters in her flat depicting the Virgin Mary with a rainbow-coloured halo

07/05/2019

Poland

EU's Tusk slams Polish leaders for 'disrespecting constitution'

European Council President Donald Tusk called on Poland's political leaders to respect the constitution on Friday, amid speculation that he may return to domestic politics when his term ends in November.

03/05/2019

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Poles stage banana protest over removal of 'indecent' artwork

Around 1,000 people, many eating bananas to make their point, protested in front of Warsaw's National Museum on Monday (April 29) over a decision last week to remove artworks deemed "indecent" by the museum's director.

02/05/2019

Poland

Thousands take part in March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew led thousands in annual March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau to honour Holocaust victims

02/05/2019

Poland

Thousands march in Auschwitz for Holocaust Remembrance Day

The annual March of the Living event commemorates the victims of the Holocaust at the former Nazi concentration camp in Poland.

02/05/2019

Poland

Poles stage banana protest at removal of artworks from National Museum

Protesters in Poland on Monday demonstrated with bananas outside the National Museum in Warsaw against the removal of artworks deemed "indecent" by the museum's director.

30/04/2019

Poland

How Gdansk is rising against the conservative establishment

Widow of Pawel Adamowicz, the liberal-minded Gdansk mayor murdered in January, spoke to Euronews about how she is now taking up the fight for more liberal policies for migrants, the LGBT community and others.

26/04/2019

Europe

Poland's liberals push back against the conservative establishment

The city's progressive mayor Pawel Adamowicz was murdered earlier this year

26/04/2019

Poland

Polish town slammed over 'atrocious revival of medieval anti-Semitism'

A town in Poland has been criticised after locals beat and burned a Judas effigy that was made to look like a stereotypical Orthodox Jew.

23/04/2019

Poland

Euroviews. So, it’s the end of liberal democracy? Think again ǀ View

The death of liberal democracy has been announced prematurely. But without efforts to counter populism and pessimism, it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

16/04/2019

Smart Regions

Custom 3D printed implants set to revolutionise spinal surgery

In partnership with the European Commission

Cutting edge technology, engineering and medicine are combining in Poland to produce 3D titanium spinal implants. Smart Regions explores the revolutionary treatment and the Polish company behind it.

11/04/2019

Poland

Euroviews. When Polish judges become human rights defenders ǀ View

In a significant move today, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure to protect judges in Poland from political control. [...] By failing to protect judges from political interference, the country’s disciplinary regime [...] threatens the functioning of the EU as a whole.

04/04/2019

Poland

EU moves to sanction Poland over law targeting judges

"The new disciplinary regime undermines the judicial independence of Polish judges," the EU Commission's First Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, said.

04/04/2019

Poland

EU would grant permanent customs union if UK asks: Barnier

"The EU was always respectful of the UK's choice", Barnier said.

29/03/2019

Earth News

Craft beer as a mean of artistic freedom

From the Baltic States to Hungary down to Croatia, Eastern Europe is proving very fertile for craft beer.

28/03/2019

Poland

Watch: Albino penguin makes first public appearance

"To put it bluntly, it's a misfit. The white colour really catches your eye. It would be the first to be attacked by predators [in the wild]."

26/03/2019

Poland

Auschwitz visitors told not to balance on train tracks for photos

Auschwitz Memorial told visitors in a Tweet "there are better places to learn how to walk on a balance beam than the site which symbolizes deportations of hundreds of thousands to their deaths".

20/03/2019

Poland

Polish Catholic Church say clergy sexually abused up to 382 children

The report is part of an investigation into widespread abuse of children by the clergy in countries such as Chile, the US, Australia, and Ireland, which has shaken the Catholic Church.

14/03/2019

Poland

Former deputy of murdered Gdansk mayor wins election to replace him

Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, the former deputy of murdered Gdansk mayor Pawel Adamowicz, has won the city's mayoral race by a huge margin.

04/03/2019

Poland

Gdansk votes for successor to murdered mayor

Residents in Poland’s northern city of Gdansk will choose a successor for the late Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, who was fatally stabbed during a charity event in January.

03/03/2019

World

Summit on Middle East begins in Poland with poor attendance

The United States is leading a global summit on the Middle East in Poland today. The summit - which is expected to focus on Iran - has no Middle East attendees and poor European attendance also.

13/02/2019

Poland

What has sparked Norway's diplomatic row with Poland?

Poland announced yesterday that it planned to expel a Norwegian diplomat in response to a similar action from Norway earlier in the year

12/02/2019

Poland

Countries cut Polish beef imports, as EU starts 'sick cow' inspection

Countries cut Polish beef imports after 'sick cow' scandal as EU begins inspection

04/02/2019

Europe

Poland's first openly gay politician launches pro-EU party

Robert Biedron's progressive Wiosna or Spring party aims to challenge the centre-right status quo that has permeated the Polish political scene for the past 14 years.

04/02/2019

Poland

Meat from sick cow abattoir in Poland 'sold to ten EU countries'

Meat from a Polish abattoir at the centre of a scandal over slaughtering sick cows has been sold to ten other EU countries, Euronews has learned.

30/01/2019

Poland

International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations at Auschwitz

Survivors, priests and staff at Auschwitz commemorated the 74th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp.

27/01/2019