The Rusyns are from a region that today lies around the borders between Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary and Romania.
Ben Koschalka
Poland’s historic Wieliczka Salt Mine received record 1.9 million visitors in 2025
The mine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has bounced back from the lull in tourism caused by the pandemic and war in Ukraine.
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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Free public transport for refugees and payments to households that host them are being withdrawn.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.
“Ornithological sensation” as griffon vulture spotted in Poland for first time in over a decade
The species probably once nested in Poland, but has been declared extinct in the country.
Tusk promises to “separate church from state immediately after winning elections” in Poland
The church is itself to blame for its separation from Polish society, the Civic Platform leader said.
Shopping centre footfall and turnover surpass pre-pandemic levels in Poland
While the figures partly indicate a return to pre-Covid shopping habits, they also reflect the arrival of millions of refugees from Ukraine.
Polish university’s equality policy sparks conservative backlash against “leftist Western ideology”
The elements of the document relating to trans people have caused particular concern.
Poland launches paid voluntary military service
Poland is planning to double the number of troops serving in the armed forces under a new national defence law.
Poland’s EU funds to be unblocked only after reforms to judicial system, says von der Leyen
The European Commission president specified the three objectives that Poland must meet for its post-pandemic recovery funds to be disbursed.
