The city of Opole immediately cancelled a meeting Grzegorz Braun had been due to hold and will seek compensation for the damage.
Daniel Tilles
Local authorities take action after unknown person repaints 200-year-old Polish village shrine
The shrine is on the official register of monuments, meaning vandalism of it can carry a prison sentence of up to two years.
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Court annuls Polish anti-LGBT resolutions, saying they discriminate and risk violence
The resolutions, passed by Polish local authorities, pledged to fight “homoterror” and “protect children from sexual depravity”.
Emotions of protesters who attacked Russian ambassador “understandable”, says Polish government
If Russia wants to avoid evoking such emotions it “should stop committing genocide in Ukraine”, says the Polish government’s spokesman.
Russian ambassador doused with red paint at Soviet cemetery in Warsaw
Protesters had gathered to oppose his visit to commemorate Russia’s Victory Day.
International donors’ conference in Warsaw raises €7 billion for Ukraine
Poland hosted the conference jointly with Sweden.
Over 100,000 Ukrainian refugees have found work in Poland since Russian invasion
Around 75% are women and half are employed in unskilled labour.
Moose spotted on roof of Polish shopping centre
The animal was safely sedated and will be released in a nearby forest.
Poland sanctions 50 Russian entities and individuals, including Gazprom
A number of oligarchs, including Oleg Deripaska and Mikhail Maratovich Fridman, are also on the new list.
Poland confirms it is sending tanks to Ukraine
“We are helping our neighbours from Ukraine, but they are also helping us by…fighting for our safety and peace,” said the prime minister.
Polish state-funded nationalist media outlet promotes antisemitic book
The first chapter begins by describing Jews as a “parasitic tribe [that] has nested on our skin, sucks our sweat, our blood, for six centuries”.
Polish Left proposes “Europe Day” holiday and leasing German nuclear plants
Poland’s left-wing opposition party has unveiled a new set of policies focused on supporting Ukraine and “de-Putinising Europe”.
Poland launches international billboard campaign to encourage Russia sanctions
The adverts will be displayed “in many European cities” to “remind Western countries of the atrocities taking place in Ukraine”.
Telecom firms ordered to refund customers in Poland for unwanted services
Orange, Netia and Play were found to have turned on paid services without customers’ express consent.
