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Poland to demand €1.3 trillion from Germany in WWII reparations

Poland's top politician said the government would seek €1.3 trillion from Germany in WWII reparations after the release of a report on the cost to the country of Nazi German occupation.

Europe News

EU Council sued for approving Poland's €35-billion COVID recovery fund

It is claimed the agreement between Brussels and Warsaw fails to restore judicial independence in Poland.

Slovakia

Poland and Czech to protect Slovak airspace as ageing MiGs are retired

Slovakia has 11 Soviet-era fighter planes, which will be replaced by modern jets. Meanwhile Poland has signed a €6 billion euro arms deal with South Korea.

Germany

Oder river fish die-off remains a mystery as new details emerge

Germany and Poland are still attempting to answer what caused the deaths of thousands of fish in the Oder river that began in late July.

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Poland

Controversial passage on fertility removed from Polish school textbook

According to critics, the book suggested that children born via IVF would not be loved.

Germany

Mass fish die-off sparks political row between Poland and Germany

Experts in the Czech Republic, the UK and the Netherlands are helping the investigation into the hundreds of tonnes of fish found dead in the Oder River.

Poland

New Polish school textbook provokes anger over section on fertility

According to critics, the book says that no one loves children who are conceived via IVF.

Nature

Polish police are offering €215,000 to solve the River Oder poisoning

The pollution could ‘exterminate nature’ in Poland’s unique nature reserves, and has spread into Germany. How did it happen?

World News

Speculation over 'environmental disaster' in Germany Poland

Speculation has mounted over the cause of an "environmental disaster" in Germany and Poland, after thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of the Oder river.

World News

Mass fish die-off in German Polish river worries conservationists

Dead fish have littered the banks of the Oder River in Poland and Germany, prompting conservationists to call on government authorities to investigate.

Europe News

Brussels and Warsaw in new tussle over post-COVID recovery fund

The general secretary of Poland's ruling party said they were prepared to aim "all our cannons in our arsenal" on the Commission and if needed form a coalition to unseat Ursula von der Leyen as Commission President.

Croatia

12 dead as bus carrying Polish pilgrims to Bosnia crashes in Croatia

Poland's prime minister said the bus was taking pilgrims to the Catholic shrine in Medjugorje, Europe’s third-most popular pilgrimage destination.

Nature

Cats classified as 'invasive alien species' by Polish scientist

The scientist clarified that although he is a dog owner, he doesn't have anything against cats.

Europe News

Europol dismantles network smuggling migrants through Belarus into EU

Law enforcement authorities arrested 11 people for smuggling migrants through Belarus into the European Union.

Poland

Ashes of 8,000 WWII victims found in mass grave in northern Poland

The human ashes were unearthed near the former Nazi concentration camp of Soldau.

Belarus

Belarusian journalist sentenced to more than eight years in prison

The 28-year-old was already serving a two-year sentence for reporting on opposition demonstrations in 2020.

Europe News

Poland & Hungary in European Commission's rule of law spotlight again

The institution's annual rule of law report was released on Wednesday, evaluating the EU-wide situation.

Poland

Investigation launched after explosive device placed in central Warsaw

Police say they have arrested a 31-year-old man, who reportedly took the powerful explosives out of a backpack.

Europe News

Brussels questions Polish judicial reforms to unlock EU recovery funds

The European Commission has said at least one necessary element was "missing" from Poland's judicial reforms.

Belarus

Belarus abolishes visa requirements for Polish citizens for six months

Minsk says the decision aims to foster "good neighbourly" relations amid heightened tensions.