The new rules would increase the residency period from three to eight years and require applicants to take a citizenship test.
Daniel Tilles
How Poland is becoming a Baltic power
Daniel Tilles
With growing military, economic and energy ties around the Baltic, Poland is increasingly looking north, unlike for most of its recent history.
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