2024 was the 12th year in a row in which deaths have exceeded births.
Alicja Ptak
Poland’s GDP grew by 2.9% in 2024, beating forecasts
The rebound followed a period of slow growth in 2023, when GDP expanded by just 0.1%.
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Poland charges 36 gang members with smuggling migrants and financing terrorism
Preliminary findings indicate that $30 million went to finance terrorism, including through accounts linked to Hezbollah and Palestinian Jihad.
Tusk and von der Leyen call for Europe to boost defence spending
“If we will be strong, we will be safe,” said Tusk.
EU to end “Article 7” rule-of-law procedure launched against Poland under former government
“There is no longer a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law in Poland,” says the European Commission.
Polish minister threatens to sue those accusing him of giving speech drunk
The interior minister has taken both a breathalyser and blood test in an effort to prove his sobriety.
Polish government to investigate after horse collapses pulling tourists in mountain park
This was “not an isolated case”, noted the environment ministry after a film showed a horse collapsing and then being hit by the coachman.
Polish Left calls for end of veto rights in EU
The veto “gives tools to irresponsible politicians to destroy the union from within”, claims The Left.
Polish public prosecutor launches investigation into Orlen’s Swiss trading company
The homes of Orlen’s senior management staff have also been searched in two different cases.
Poland’s biggest gas supplier to increase bills by around 50%
The opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party has called on the government to pass a law extending the gas price freeze.
World Central Kitchen names new field kitchen after Polish volunteer killed in Israeli airstrike
“Damian’s Kitchen,” WCK’s third high-production kitchen, is being built in Mawasi, central Gaza.
Poland’s PiS wants to reject Green Deal after European elections, says Kaczyński
But critics note that the Green Deal was adopted when PiS was in power.
Poland saw EU’s third-highest houshold electricity price rises in the second half of 2023
The new figures come as the climate minister today announced that she had approved a rise in the cap on electricity prices.
Poland donates $2 million to UN agencies for humanitarian aid in Gaza
Half will go the World Food Programme and the other half to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
