Improved access to contraception and reproductive healthcare, 100,000 new nursery places and equal pay for men and women are among the pledges.
Month: May 2023
Commission to investigate Russian influence approved by Polish president
The opposition says the body, which can ban people from public office for ten years, will be used against them ahead of this year’s elections.
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Police launch e-scooter safety campaign amid spate of accidents in Poland
In 2022, there were 424 accidents involving e-scooters in Poland, resulting in 421 injuries (155 of them deemed serious) and three deaths.
Poland takes delivery of first HIMARS from US
The rocket artillery system, which Poland first ordered in 2019, has been used to great effect by Ukraine in its defence against Russia.
Will the radical right Confederation emerge as kingmaker after this year’s Polish election?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Both the ruling party and opposition may need far-right support to govern.
Polish ruling party announces rise in flagship child benefit ahead of elections
PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński also pledged free medicines for children and seniors as well as abolishing motorway tolls.
Ruling party supported by and shares mentality with unemployed wife beaters, says Tusk
“Today, the kings of life are those who drink, beat their children, beat women, and have not disgraced themselves with work for many, many years.”
Law banning many single-use plastics and restricting others introduced in Poland
Single-use plastic cutlery, straws and drink stirrers are among the products now banned.
Questions after missile landed in Poland in December but was not found until April
The opposition have called for the defence minister to be fired, but he blames a top general.
Communism prevented Western social revolution reaching Poland, says government minister
The education minister also endorsed a proposed new law to prevent the “sexualisation of children” in schools.
Poland criticises Hungary’s top general for “distorting WWII history”
Hungary’s chief of general staff claimed WWII was a “local German-Polish war” that escalated due to a lack of peace efforts.
Poland remains EU’s worst country for LGBT people finds rainbow ranking
“Hate speech by central government remained a serious issue,” wrote ILGA-Europe.
Bees returned to Poland’s largest urban apiary after occupying tree in city centre
“We have to remember that if we keep calm, the bees will stay calm too.”
Poland’s Catholic church launches campaign on how to report sex abuse
Every parish in Poland will receive posters explaining the procedure for reporting sex abuse and the forms of support available.
