An ice-cream parlour decided to stop rewarding children for good grades after an intervention from the commissioner for children’s rights.
Alicja Ptak
Polish government approves primary school phone ban and stronger porn age checks
Mobile phones and smartwatches would be prohibited during the entire school day, including breaks.
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Poland’s fertility rate fell to new low in 2025
The figure fell to 1.07 in 2025, one of the lowest levels in the world and well below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 needed to prevent population decline.
Polish academics protest underfunding of science and higher education
They called for Poland to almost triple its spending on science and higher education to 3% of GDP by 2030.
New train route from Poland to Germany via Czech Republic to become one of Europe’s longest
The daily service, between Frankfurt and Przemyśl via Prague, will cover 1,300 km and take 18 hours.
Poland picks Taiwan’s Foxconn as partner for electric vehicle manufacturing hub
The plans envisage developing a portfolio of electric vehicles, initially comprising three models.
Around 200 unexploded WWII mines found at university dormitory construction site in Poland
Unexploded ordnance from World War Two is regularly found around Poland.
Poland’s largest insurer PZU to acquire Ukrainian rival MetLife
One analyst describes the deal as Poland’s largest ever investment in Ukraine.
Poland signs agreement to produce South Korean K2 tanks domestically
They will be the first tanks produced in Poland for almost two decades.
Record proportion of Poles report being financially comfortable
The figure of 39% is up from 27% in 2023 and just 3% in the early 1990s.
Poland had EU’s second-largest budget deficit as proportion of GDP in 2025
Poland’s deficit, at 7.3% of GDP in 2025, was more than double the EU average of 3.1%.
Woman dies in Poland after rare bear attack
By the time firefighters located the woman, it was too late to save her.
Polish prosecutors identify hundreds of possible victims of troubled crypto platform
Prosecutors say that reported losses have already passed 350 million zloty.
Court upholds permit for controversial medieval-style castle in EU-protected Polish forest
The ruling ends a long-running dispute over the project, although parallel criminal proceedings continue.
