Opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki’s presidential victory will stymie the government’s agenda.
Daniel Tilles
Poland’s fertility rate fell to new low in 2024
The figure fell to 1.1 in 2024, well below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 needed to prevent population decline.
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Polish parliament approves law to exempt officials from prosecution over abandoned election
The government sought to organise postal elections during the pandemic but courts have found some elements of those efforts to have been illegal.
Poland protests sale in Berlin of Kandinsky allegedly stolen from Warsaw museum
The 1928 work was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, according to Poland’s culture ministry.
Norway buys Piorun air-defence systems from Poland after their success in Ukraine
The United States and Estonia have also bought Pioruns from Poland this year.
Polish coal can help EU replace Russian gas and ensure energy security, says ruling party official
“We want to convince the EU that Polish coal does not have to be a terrible thing for Europe.”
Polish judge critical of government cleared of crime and allowed to return to work by Supreme Court
“Judge Igor Tuleya did not commit any crime” and prosecutors’ complaint against him was “clearly groundless”, found the Supreme Court.
Court upholds punishment of man who wore “F**k PiS” t-shirt in protest against Polish ruling party
“This is an attack on freedom of political expression,” says the man’s lawyer.
Sticker campaign in Warsaw shows where people can use toilets for free
“An accessible toilet is a matter of dignity. Its absence excludes [people], making it harder to leave the home.”
Bill to “end electoral privilege of German minority” submitted by party in Poland’s ruling coalition
The MP who represents Poland’s German minority points out that there is actually no specific electoral privilege for his group.
Warsaw theatre director dismissed over “radical feminism” and golden vagina sculpture
The decision was made by an official from the ruling national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party.
“My generation was wrong on climate,” says Tusk as he unveils Polish opposition’s green programme
PO wants to phase out coal more quickly, reduce logging, and introduce better environmental monitoring, including of rivers.
“Difficult to understand” Poland’s “unrealistic” response to Patriot offer, says German ambassador
The Polish government has proposed that Germany should place the Patriot air defence systems in Ukraine, rather than in Poland.
Polish president duped by prankster pretending to be Macron in call after missile strike
Duda spent over seven minutes speaking to someone pretending to be France’s president.
