The team of international volunteers helping feed Warsaw’s needy
Percy Metcalfe
Every Sunday, a diverse group of expats and local volunteers gather outside Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and Science.
State TV ordered false personal attacks on striking doctors, says former employee
State TV’s news channel claimed a doctor went on “exotic” trips abroad, when in fact she was volunteering at hospitals in Kurdistan and Tanzania.
Donald Tusk promises to fight “populists and autocrats” as new EPP president
Tusk has been elected as the EPP’s new president, warning that civil liberties and the rule of law cannot be compromised.
Lech Wałęsa wears “Constitution” protest t-shirt for White House meeting with Mike Pence
Poland’s former President Wałęsa met with Vice President Pence as a part of a tour commemorating 30 years since the fall of communism
PM promises to create “great and free Poland” and calls for change to constitution
PM Mateusz Morawiecki promises “normality” and prosperity in his policy statement setting out the government’s plans.
EU Court of Justice rules on Poland’s Supreme Court
The CJEU has issued its latest judgement on Poland’s judicial changes.
Church bows to pressure over burial of archbishop accused of sex abuse
Former Archbishop Juliusz Paetz, who faced accusations of sex abuse, was not buried in Poznań Cathedral, following protests against the plan.
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EDITOR’S PICKS
Nationalism or patriotism? Poland’s March of Independence 2019
Stanley Bill
A controversial national march returns to the streets of Warsaw.
Repairing the world: The Olympic athlete restoring Poland’s Jewish heritage
Estera Flieger
A town honours its Jewish community that was wiped out in the Holocaust.
The Polish WWII refugees who created a “Little Poland” in New Zealand
Percy Metcalfe
Seventy-five years ago, over 700 Polish child refugees arrived in New Zealand, where they have left a lasting legacy.
READERS’ CHOICE
Veganism is thriving in Poland – but faces a conservative backlash
Daniel Tilles
In conservative Poland, this challenge to traditional cuisine has led to a backlash, with veganism seen as part of a broader threat to Polish culture, values, and even religion.
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An “alarming, misguided and detrimental” measure that “de facto seeks to criminalise the dissemination of sexuality education to minors”
European Parliament resolution on a proposed Polish “anti-paedophilia” law GET THE FULL STORY
