Culture news

Report on international reading ability scores EU countries highly

The PIRLS report found that England, Finland and Poland achieved particularly high scores in the reading tests, despite international disruption due to Covid.

17/05/2023

Poland

Polish citizens struggle to buy or rent with rising cost of living

A two-person flat to rent in Warsaw costs around 3,300zł (or €735.31) today. Currently, the minimum wage is 3,490zł gross (€777.68).

17/05/2023

Poland

First HIMARS rocket launchers arrive in Poland from the US

Poland takes first delivery of US-made HIMARS rocket launchers amid concerns over war in Ukraine with a further 500 due later this year.

16/05/2023

Europe News

12 countries raise 'serious concerns' about EU deal on Ukrainian grain

The temporary measures under the EU deal relate to the trade of four Ukrainian products: wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed.

12/05/2023

Poland

Polish academics face funding cuts for criticising Holocaust narrative

Polish academics have come under fire and faced threats of funding cuts for criticising the role of ethnic Poles in helping Jews escape Nazi persecution.

11/05/2023

Poland

Inside the Ukrainian businesses refugees have opened in Poland

The number of Ukrainian companies in the Polish market has increased to 25,000, an increase caused by the influx of refugees from Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.

05/05/2023

Europe News

Here's all we know about the EU deal on tariff-free Ukrainian grain

The deal targets four types of cereal that have caused disruption in the internal markets of the countries bordering Ukraine.

02/05/2023

Poland

Poland strengthens its border fence with Russia to keep migrants out

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the razor wire fence along the border with the Russian exclave Kaliningrad would be reinforced again.

30/04/2023

Poland

Moscow reacts angrily after Poland shuts down Russian school in Warsaw

Poland says there is a big disparity in the number of diplomatic buildings each has in the other's country.

29/04/2023

Europe News

EU countries back tariff-free system for Ukrainian grain, despite bans

The influx of tariff-free Ukrainian grain has caused the fury of farmers in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

28/04/2023

Poland

Polish opposition leader Tusk probed as election campaign heats up

Prosecutors have launched a probe into alleged abuses of power by leading opposition figure Donald Tusk. The former European Council president is considered to be the main competitor to the ruling Law and Justice party.

27/04/2023

World News

Romania and Poland lift ban on Ukrainian grain until EU decision

Romania and Poland are allowing Ukrainian food products to pass through their territory until the European Commission decides on the matter next week

21/04/2023

Europe News

ECJ halves Poland's daily €1m fine over controversial judicial reforms

The EU institutions have been at odds with Warsaw about its justice reforms for years now, with the Commission warning they endanger the independence of the judiciary.

21/04/2023

Europe News

'Made in Europe' debate blocks EU deal on ammunition for Ukraine

Diplomats are haggling over the technical details of a €1-billion initiative to jointly buy artillery shells for Ukraine.

21/04/2023

Poland

Euroviews. This is what Poland needs to do to become the EU's top climate leader

If Poland wants to prepare for the negative impacts of climate change and retain its economic competitiveness, it needs to start by adopting its own climate law., Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz and Marcin Stoczkiewicz write.

20/04/2023

Europe News

EU-led talks to lift bans on tariff-free Ukrainian grain fail

Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria have complained about an oversupply of Ukrainian cereals.

19/04/2023

Culture news

London exhibition showcases female Eastern European surrealist art

This unprecedented showcase features the works of outstanding Surrealists from Poland, the former Czechoslovakia, and the former Yugoslavia, tracing the development of the movement from the 1930s to its present-day revival.

19/04/2023

Culture news

Warsaw museum displays rare artefacts from World War II Jewish ghetto

An exhibition at the Kordegarda gallery, presenting artefacts found during excavations in the Warsaw ghetto, comes just in time for the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

18/04/2023

Europe News

'Not acceptable': EU decries bans on tariff-free Ukrainian grain

Poland, Hungary and Slovakia has moved to temporarily prohibit the import of tariff-free Ukrainian grain.

17/04/2023

World News

Poland and Hungary ban Ukraine grain imports to protect local farmers

The decision seeks to soothe the rising anger of farmers in central Europe, who say they are losing huge amounts of money to a glut of Ukrainian grain on the market.

16/04/2023