Poland

Poland

Meet the women and men taking on the Polish government over abortion

As Polish people take to the streets today to protest the latest efforts to restrict access to abortion, Euronews gets to know the women and men behind the movement.

23/03/2018

Spotlight

Poland... a rising economic star?

Spotlight travelled to Poland to see what's turning it from a fledgling to a fully-developed economic power and here to fight with the top dogs

13/03/2018

Poland

Poland: 4 killed, 20 injured after blast causes building to collapse

The apartment building crumbled after what local media said was likely a gas explosion.

05/03/2018

Poland

Polish #RespectUs campaign deploys trucks in Europe

The campaign comes weeks after Poland passed a law making it illegal to accuse the country of complicity in Nazi crimes during World War II.

28/02/2018

Spotlight

Poland's skilled workers attract global businesses

How did Poland, a country that threw off Communism nearly three decades ago, manage to keep growing despite a global financial crisis?

27/02/2018

No Comment

Ice-boating world championships takes place on frozen Wielimie lake

The ice-boating world championships kicked off on Tuesday on the frozen Wielimie Lake, near the Polish city of Szczecinek.

27/02/2018

Business

Poland is banking on e-cars

Amid rising interest in clean vehicles in Europe, the Polish government is banking on electric cars.

26/02/2018

Poland

An influx of cold air from Siberia causes the coldest snap of the seas

The wintry weather is expected to last until early March

25/02/2018

Poland

Polluting Poland told to put its people before the coal industry

The European Court of Justice has formally ruled Poland is breaching air pollution limits, opening the door to a possible fine if it doesn’t tackle the deadly problem.

22/02/2018

Poland

Euroviews. A one way ticket to violence: my life as a Polish skinhead

Two decades ago fascist groups had the same ideology in Poland as today, but their position in society was very different.

21/02/2018

Poland

Polish minister backs idea to create 'Polocaust' museum

Poland’s Deputy Culture Minister has proposed the creation of a ‘Polocaust’ museum to recognise Poles as victims of the Nazi regime, rather than co-perpetrators of their crimes.

21/02/2018

Poland

Poland's heavy foresting under scrutiny

An EU advisor claims Warsaw is breaking European Union laws by failing to stop large scale logging in Białowieża Forest.

20/02/2018

Poland

Netanyahu berates Poland’s PM over ‘unacceptable’ Holocaust remark

The Israeli prime minister admonishes Mateusz Morawiecki for appearing to equate crimes committed by Poles during the war with those of Jews. Poland insists there was no intent to deny the Holocaust.

18/02/2018

Business

Poland set to build new hub airport

Scheduled to open in 2027, the new airport is hoped to become a regional hub and one of the largest international transfer airports in Europe.

15/02/2018

Poland

Defiant Poland rolls out #GermanDeathCamps campaign despite criticism

Videos posted to the social media pages of the Polish Prime Minister's Office include testimonies that concentration camps were "German from start to finish."

14/02/2018

Poland

Catholic nationalism: the church of the far right in Poland

Far-right groups are using links to religion to gain mainstream influence in Poland.

08/02/2018

Real Economy

Europe's transition to a green energy future

Sweden gets more than half of its energy from renewables but how is the rest of Europe doing when it comes to generating clean power?

06/02/2018

Poland

Polish president to sign controversial Holocaust bill

Poland's president says he will sign a controversial Holocaust bill, despite criticism from Israel and the US.

06/02/2018

Poland

Poland approves draft Holocaust law

Polish lawmakers have approved draft legislation penalising suggestions of complicity by Poland in the Nazi Holocaust on its soil during World War Two.

01/02/2018

Poland

Controversial Holocaust bill is passed in Poland

The move to absolve Poles and the Polish state of any culpability in the atrocities now has momentum. The bill passed in parliament with 57 votes to 23.

01/02/2018

Poland

Israel: Polish Holocaust law ‘is denial of history’

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the draft bill, which proposes fines or a prison term for anyone who suggests the country is responsible for Nazi crimes.

28/01/2018

Poland

Poland marks Holocaust remembrance day

Poland's government shrugged off controversy regarding its row with Israel over a bill outlawing phrases as "Polish death camps"

28/01/2018

Poland

Polish priests hit the slopes

This year sees the 21st edition of the Pope John Paul II Skiing Cup. The former Pope founded the competition with the idea of allowing priests to set an example in honest competition, as well as in prayer.

22/01/2018

Poland

‘This has to stop’: Polish MEP threatens legal action against vice pre

Roza Thun told Euronews the insult “crossed all boundaries,” as she joined calls from leading MEPs for Ryszard Czarnecki’s dismissal

12/01/2018

Poland

Poland says the EU is responsible for "social disillusionment"

Polish President Andrzej Duda told foreign ambassadors that EU institutions have been deaf to the needs of member states, pointing to Brexit and recent elections in some nations.

12/01/2018

Poland

Euroviews. View: Decisions about my body do not belong to politicians

Last night, Polish MPs voted to refer a Stop Abortion amendment to a parliamentary committee for consideration

11/01/2018