Activists blame Dorota’s death on Poland’s strict abortion laws.
Daniel Tilles
Hungary’s Orbán endorses Polish conservative opposition presidential candidate
Figures from Poland’s ruling coalition responded by pointing to Orbán’s warm relations with Putin.
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Tusk names members of new Polish government likely to take office next week
Donald Tusk hopes to be sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday next week.
Polish parliament approves investigation into abandoned 2020 postal elections
The outgoing government has insisted it did nothing wrong in attempting to organise the postal vote during the pandemic.
Voting age “must be lowered to 16”, says new speaker of Polish parliament
But any change to the voting age would require an amendment to the constitution.
Man detained for shooting police officers in Poland after threatening online videos
The man posted videos online in which he threatened to kill police and expressed conspiratorial views, in particular relating to Jews.
Poland’s new coalition replaces conservative children’s rights official with LGBT-friendly successor
The outgoing commissioner opposed LGBT “ideology” but is being replaced by a candidate who has expressed support for LGBT rights.
Polish parliament votes to restore IVF funding, overturning policy of outgoing government
Restoring funding for IVF was one of the promises made by the incoming ruling coalition.
Outgoing government’s Russian influence commission recommends Tusk not hold public office
Tusk responded by dismissing the commission’s findings as a politically motivated attack.
Poland to advise Finland on securing border from Russian “hybrid attacks”
“The aim of the mission is to transfer the experience that Poland has gained” from its own similar crisis on the Belarus border.
Polish president swears in new – likely temporary – government
The new cabinet is expected to last only two weeks at most before the opposition form a permanent government.
Outgoing Polish government changes public media statute on last day in office
The opposition sees the move as an attempt to make it more difficult for the new government to reform public media.
Polish city opens free bird-feed dispensers to discourage giving ducks bread
The machines dispense food free of charge four times an hour, to avoid overfeeding and waste.
Gynaecologist charged in Poland with helping patients obtain abortions
The crime that carries a prison sentence of up to three years.
