In Łódź, an average commuter loses 135 hours to rush hour traffic a year, while in Lublin the figure is 117 hours.
Daniel Tilles
Poland plans to end special support for Ukrainian refugees
“We can now phase out these extraordinary measures and move from temporary solutions to systemic ones,” says the government.
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Wałęsa condemns Trump treatment of Zelensky, likening it to communist interrogation
“We watched your conversation with Zelensky with horror and distaste,” Wałęsa and other former political prisoners wrote to Trump.
Duda: foreign forces want to “get their dirty paws” on Poland and “suck the blood out of our nation”
The president called on Poles to “open their eyes” and “elect patriotic politicians”.
Ukrainian ambassador condemns Polish politician’s “arrogant and unacceptable” criticism of Zelensky
Przemyslaw Czarnek called Zelensky a “fool” and said that “Ukraine is not capable of being independent” without US support.
Presidential election is “referendum on Tusk”, says opposition candidate Nawrocki
Karol Nawrocki pledged to lower taxes, end Ukraine’s “indecent” treatment of Poland, and reject the EU’s “sick” climate policies.
Tusk: Europe must “believe we are a global power” and achieve “defence independence”
The prime minister pledged Poland’s support for Ukraine but also for maintaining the alliance with the United States.
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Rise of far-right candidate turns Polish presidential election into three-horse race [Opinion]
Daniel Tilles
Sławomir Mentzen has led an effective campaign and is detoxifying his party.
Ex-PM Morawiecki charged with abusing power in trying to organise postal elections amid pandemic
The crime carries a potential prison sentence of up to three years.
Humpback whale freed from fishing nets on Poland’s Baltic coast
Humpback whales are extremely rare in the Baltic Sea.
Polish presidential candidate clashes with Ukrainian mayor over monument to “genocidal” Bandera
Lviv’s mayor called Sławomir Mentzen a “pro-Russian politician with a Polish passport”.
Conservative activist ordered by court to apologise for insulting LGBT+ people
Kaja Godek described homosexuality as a “perversion” that “often goes hand in hand with paedophilia”.
Poland launches Polish Large Language Model
PLLuM is freely available for all to use and is intended to support the development of AI, in particular in providing public services.
Cigarette smugglers turn to balloons amid Poland-Belarus border clampdown
One of the side effects of the migration crisis on the Belarus border has been a major decline in the number of cigarettes being smuggled into Poland.
