Pupils should “have the right to shape their own attire and appearance”, says the education ministry.
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Poland introduces biggest changes to spelling in almost a century
The Council of the Polish Language says the changes will simplify and standardise spelling.
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Polish ruling party suspends politician after “elite” golf course tweet
The head of a provincial PiS caucus boasted of playing golf on the “best course in Poland” and declared herself part of the “elite”.
Warsaw ghetto archaeologists find children’s shoes and books
The excavations are taking place at a site where the Jewish underground resistance was based.
Poland seeking to build coalition against EU ban on petrol and diesel cars
“Neither the market nor the public is ready for it,” says Poland’s environment minister.
Poland breaks world record for biggest lump of amber
Guinness World Records has certified the giant boulder, which weighs 68.2 kg, as the heaviest ever documented.
Poland protests removal of flags at cemeteries in Russia of murdered Polish officers
Over 22,000 Polish military officers and intelligentsia were killed by the Soviet Union in the Katyn massacres of 1940.
Woman convicted of offending religious feelings by throwing eggs at church in Polish abortion protest
Mass protests against Poland’s near-total abortion ban sometimes targeted the Catholic church.
Warsaw University retakes top spot from Jagiellonian in Polish university league table
The University of Warsaw also recently clinched the highest ever position for a Polish university in the QS World University Ranking.
Kraków signs agreement with monastic order to create new park in church grounds
The city’s mayor hopes that other church-owned green spaces could also soon be opened to the public.
Poland obliges medics to collect data on pregnancies, raising concern among abortion rights activists
The health ministry insists the move only expands the current system in accordance with European Commission guidelines.
Poland begins to withdraw special benefits for Ukrainian refugees
Free public transport for refugees and payments to households that host them are being withdrawn.
Plants communicate with each other via electrical signals in their leaves, find Polish scientists
Plants use the signals to warn others in their network of danger.
Police raid strip clubs and arrest gang accused of drugging and defrauding clients
Several thousand victims each lost between a few thousand and a million zloty.
