Tougher EU emissions rules could hit Poland’s coal-dependent economy in particular.
Agnieszka Wądołowska
Polish public, businesses and charities rally to help flood victims
Donation campaigns have collected money and humanitarian aid, while many businesses are offering products and services free of charge.
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Poland’s justice minister announces “fundamental” new court reform
The new reform is to bring courts “closer to the people”.
Syrian man who drowned crossing into Poland buried as riots break out on Belarusian border
Tensions flared up on the border as migrants threw stones towards Polish troops.
“We’re now safe in Poland, but I hope one day we’ll take our son back to Afghanistan”
Agnieszka Wądołowska
An exclusive interview with Afghan journalists about their life after Poland evacuated them from Kabul.
“The mother’s life is most important”: Polish government issues abortion guidance to doctors
After protests followed news of the death of Izabela in Pszczyna, other similar cases have come to light.
“Thanks to the abortion law, there’s nothing they can do,” wrote woman before death in Polish hospital
She died after doctors reportedly first waited for her foetus, which had birth defects, to die.
Protests in Poland after death of pregnant woman blamed on abortion ban
The woman died after doctors reportedly waited for her foetus to die.
Polish hospitals strained amid “terrifying” surge in Covid cases
The health minister admits the rise in infections “is exceeding all forecasts”.
Number of children in extreme poverty rises by a third in Poland
In 2020, 410,000 children lived in extreme poverty, up 32% from a year earlier but still less than half the figure in 2015.
Far-right MP fined 20,000 zloty for refusing to wear mask in Polish parliament
Grzegorz Braun has also been fined for threatening the health minister.
Polish surgeons help conduct Ukraine’s first successful lung transplant
Ukrainian doctors trained in Poland have, with the help of Polish colleagues, successfully conducted the procedure.
Number of deaths in Polish emergency departments more than doubles in five years
Over 15,200 people died in hospital emergency departments in Poland last year, continuing a rapid rise since 2015, when the figure was 6,007.
Poland publishes photos “showing illegal border crossers come to Belarus as tourists”
NGOs agree that Belarus is facilitating their passage, but argue that many are genuine refugees illegitimately denied entry to Poland.
