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Euroviews. Polish judges are showing their courage amid a crackdown on an independent judiciary ǀ View

“I feel like an entire machinery is against me,” Judge Monika Frąckowiak told me when I met her last month in the town of Poznań. “I will continue doing what I’m doing but I fear others might be silenced.”

19/11/2019

Poland

Poland presses Netflix to change documentary about death camp guard

Poland's government is pressuring the online streaming service to alter a map in its The Devil Next Door documentary series, which shows Nazi death camps inside the border of modern Poland.

12/11/2019

Poland

Polish far-right groups march in Warsaw on independence anniversary

"We have to return to our roots. Our world has abandoned God and Christianity," Robert Bakiewicz, head of a group organising the march, told the crowd.

11/11/2019

Poland

EU court rules Polish government court reforms were unlawful

The EU's Court of Justice has found Poland broke the law with its 2017 judicial reforms that changed the retirement ages for judges and public prosecutors.

05/11/2019

Poland

Euroviews. The day justice was finally served in Poland for vindicated anti-fascist campaigners ǀ View

A judge has ruled in the favour of the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly after a group of women protesting fascism at an Independence Day march in Poland were beaten - and themselves charged instead of their attackers.

29/10/2019

Poland

Poland election: Ruling PiS win narrow majority - final results

Final results from Poland's parliamentary election on Sunday showed the ultra-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) had won a narrow majority in parliament.

13/10/2019

Poland

Poland election: What's the ruling party's record like on the economy?

While Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) has been criticised by Brussels over rule of law reforms, it's harder to find fault with its handling of the economy.

12/10/2019

World

Will smaller parties be the kingmakers after Poland's election?

The ruling Law and Justice Party may continue to govern alone after this weekend's election in Poland, but smaller parties are making gains.

12/10/2019

Poland

Will the Greens gets their first MPs elected in coal-hungry Poland?

Climate change protests are becoming more frequent in Poland as public concern grows, but despite several attempts, the party has never had a politician elected to Parliament.

12/10/2019

Poland

Explainer: All you need to know about Poland's pivotal election

Poland's nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party is set to win Sunday's election, but will it be able to form a majority in parliament?

11/10/2019

Poland

Poland taken to ECJ over alleged political control of judiciary

Poland's justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, says it was an attempt to interfere in the country's parliamentary elections this weekend.

10/10/2019

Poland

Poland to join U.S. visa waiver program after decades-long campaign

Poland's long-awaited entry into the United States visa waiver scheme was hailed by the Polish embassy as "the news we’ve all been waiting for."

05/10/2019

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

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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