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55 hours in the water: Polish swimmer crosses Baltic Sea from Sweden to home country

Bartłomiej Kubkowski has pulled off an extraordinary feat, becoming the first person to swim across the Baltic Sea from Sweden to Poland in 55 hours, covering 160 kilometres.

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Miss Supranational: The contest setting the mark for beauty pageants

Held in southern Poland, Miss Supranational is a beauty pageant you may never have heard of -- but it has quietly grown into one of the world's leading competitions, challenging the dominance of Miss Universe and Miss World.

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NATO speaking with Polish authorities after 'Russian missile' crash

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha suggested the object that crashed in Poland was a Russian cruise missile that had been intended to strike Ukraine.

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'Sea cannibal' spreads in Baltic, threatening native species

Resembling a jellyfish, glowing in the dark, and even eating its own young, the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi is one of the strangest sea creatures and is spreading ever more aggressively throughout the Baltic Sea.

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Poland: goes berry picking, finds traces of Allied plane wreck

An unexpected find while picking berries may shed new light on Świnoujście’s wartime past: debris and RAF-marked parts suggest a WWII aircraft lies buried.

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Polish security services probe Belarusian terror attack warning

Belarusian authorities say an individual was planning an attack targeting the children of a Belarusian activist living in Poland.

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Poland's opposition PiS splits ahead of crucial 2027 elections

PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński announced that more than 30 MPs had left the party following a bitter power struggle with former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. It marks the biggest split in Poland's main opposition party in more than two decades.

Economy

Poland among EU's fastest-rising public debt countries

Poland is now among the fastest-indebting countries in the European Union. According to the latest Eurostat data, only Finland and Bulgaria recorded a larger increase in the public debt-to-GDP ratio in the first quarter of 2026.

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Police data show rise in attacks on Ukrainians in Poland

Police received 180 reports of alleged hate crimes against Ukrainian citizens in the first half of the year, an increase of more than 30%.

Earth News

Solar met 25% of EU power needs in June thanks to quick installations

Solar was ahead of coal, gas, nuclear, wind and hydropower.

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Former Polish deputy minister supplied first-aid kits to Russia's army

Krzysztof Tołwiński, a former deputy treasury minister in a PiS government, released footage from Belarus saying he had given first-aid kits to Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.

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Poland jails former Russian opposition activist and wife for spying

According to court documents, Russian citizen Igor R., identified by Russian media as Igor Rogov, was jailed for seven years while his wife Irina was sentenced to three years.

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European Parliament condemns Zelenskyy for UPA diplomatic row

A resolution on Ukraine’s accession to the EU defines the choice as an “unnecessary and unprovoked escalation” by the Ukrainian president, reigniting Warsaw–Kyiv tensions.

Europe in Motion

Who is turning the screw on sick leave across Europe?

As Germany moves to clamp down on what the government sees as too many people taking sick leave, how do sick leave pay and medical certificate rules compare across Europe?

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Don't block Ukraine's EU accession, Zelenskyy asks Hungary and Poland

Facing resistance from Hungary and pushback from Poland, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said accession should be based on "rules" rather than "emotions".

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Ukrainian volunteers in Poland support front despite war fatigue

A December survey by CBOS, an independent Polish research centre, found that 48% of Poles support accepting Ukrainian refugees, the lowest level since the start of the war.

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Kyiv backed out of 'drones for MiGs' deal with Warsaw, minister claims

As relations between Ukraine and Poland remain at their worst state in years, the Polish defence minister claimed that Kyiv backed out of the two countries' "MiGs in exchange for drones" deal and threatened to veto Ukraine’s EU accession.

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Informal presidents' summit in Poland amid dispute with Zelenskyy

Polish President Karol Nawrocki hosted the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Romania for an informal meeting in Jurata ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara.

Travel News

Poland's Route 666 to Hel makes its first journey

The famous 666 bus route to the Polish town of Hel is officially back after being dropped in 2023 over concerns about its satanic associations, delighting curious passengers and tourists.

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Kyiv mayor in Gdańsk: Ukraine must follow Poland’s example

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko told the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk that, despite recent diplomatic tensions between the two countries, the atmosphere at the gathering was friendly, and that Ukraine should look to Poland as a model for infrastructure development and modernisation.