Poland

Poland

Earthquake injures 17 inside Polish coal mine

Earthquake injures 17 inside Polish coal mine

03/10/2019

World

Polish government criticised for opening first new coal mine in 25 years

Environmentalists argue the policy flies in the face of European Union targets for all member states to be carbon neutral by 2050.

26/09/2019

Poland

Watch: Polish officers smash windows of Greenpeace ship with hammers

Masked men, armed with automatic weapons, break the windows of the Rainbow Warrior vessel.

10/09/2019

Poland

Poland's foreign ministry condemns attack on Israeli students

Poland's foreign ministry condemned an attack on Israeli students at a Warsaw nightclub on Saturday.

09/09/2019

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Polish speed climber beats lift in neon night race

Poland's 2016 world speed climbing champion Marcin Dzienski took just 12.12 seconds to beat a lift up 23 metres in Warsaw. In this stunt he raced an illuminated elevator on the outside of the Westin Hotel in Warsaw, beating it to the top in a tightly fought contest.

06/09/2019

Poland

Watch again: Leaders mark 80th anniversary of Nazi invasion of Poland

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asked Poland for its forgiveness for Nazi "tyranny".

01/09/2019

Poland

'Whistleblower' app wants Poles to report local nuisances, petty crime

'Whistleblower' allows users to easily report or document evidence of fly-tipping, illegal parking or animal abuse.

30/08/2019

Poland

Four die after lightning strikes hit Polish mountain

A fifth person also died on the Slovak side of the Tatra mountain range after a thunderstorm surprised tourists.

22/08/2019

Poland

Polish supermarkets introduce 'hours of silence' for autistic people

A supermarket chain in Poland is set to introduce an initiative across its stores with designated shopping hours favouring conditions for people on the autism spectrum.

20/08/2019

Europe Decoded

Activists warn Poland’s LGBT community is 'under attack' | The Cube

Poland’s LGBT community is “under attack”, activists warn | The Cube

20/08/2019

Poland

Watch: Girls defying stereotypes in boy-sparse village in Poland

The trainee volunteer fire brigade in the village is comprised of only girls, with the youngest firefighter, Maja Golasz aged just two and a half.

14/08/2019

Poland

Watch: First Plock Pride parade takes place without major incidents

Poland's ruling PiS (Law and Justice) party have been using LGBT issues as leverage ahead of the upcoming general election in October.

12/08/2019

Poland

Gay pride parade held in Polish city of Plock

Large numbers of Polish police protected an LGBT parade in the city of Plock to prevent violence after a similar rally was attacked last month in Bialystok

11/08/2019

Poland

Poland's parliament speaker to quit over private flight scandal

Marek Kuchcinski from the ruling PiS party said he would resign after it was revealed that he used government aircraft for private trips by family members.

08/08/2019

Poland

Sprawling sunflower field in Polish city makes it top tourist spot

A sprawling sunflower field has made a Polish city look like a real-life Van Gogh painting.

06/08/2019

Poland

Poland to hold parliamentary election on October 13

Poland to hold parliamentary election on October 13

06/08/2019

Sport

Belgian cyclist Lambrecht dies after crash in Tour of Poland

Belgian cyclist Lambrecht dies after crash in Tour of Poland

05/08/2019

Poland

Archbishop warns of 'rainbow plague' amid LGBT tensions in Poland

An archbishop in Poland has warned of a "rainbow plague" amid ongoing tensions in the country over gay rights.

02/08/2019

Poland

Watch: Poles commemorate Warsaw Uprising with minute's silence

Poland is marking the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II.

01/08/2019

Poland

Meet the 96-year-old veteran of the Warsaw Uprising

It's 75 years since the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi regime during WWII. Bohdan Dembinski was one of those who took part in the bloody 63-day battle. He told Euronews about the day it all started.

01/08/2019

Poland

Explainer: What was the Warsaw Uprising & how's it viewed 75 years on?

Poland is marking the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II.

01/08/2019

Poland

Euroviews. How a hashtag looks set to offer LGBTI people a #MeToo moment in Poland ǀ View

Two days ago, a young man called Tomasz tweeted a message suggesting that LGBTI people post photos of themselves “in school or work showing that we are the normal people whom you might meet anywhere: in the shop, on the street, the office”. He added the hashtag #jestemLGBT ("I am LGBT”).

31/07/2019

Living

Watch | Pop up sculpture exhibit pays tribute to endangered species

A series of temporary sand sculptures are aiming to highlight the short time left to save endangered animals.

25/07/2019

Poland

Which region in the EU is the biggest exporter of yachts?

Simply put, "the bigger the boats, automatically the more expensive it gets."

24/07/2019

Poland

Euroviews. Resisting the Polish government’s grip on the judiciary ǀ View

These disciplinary procedures are nothing to do with safeguarding judicial service standards but are an attempt to silence judges and ensure their submission to the Ministry of Justice.

22/07/2019

Poland

Polish police arrest 25 people after attacks on LGBT march

Police in Bialystok have arrested 25 men after videos on social media showed attacks on LGBT activists taking part in the city's first Pride parade

21/07/2019