Central and Eastern Europe has been a major focus of US foreign policy since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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New film explores life of pioneering Polish ecologist Simona Kossak
Darek Kuźma
Simona Kossak dedicated her life to the protection and preservation of natural diversity.
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Why is Poland’s ruling party building closer links with right-wing Eurosceptic groupings?
Aleks Szczerbiak
There may be costs to building links with parties that have Russian sympathies and are less influential in the EU.
Dark clouds gather over Poland’s booming solar sector
Jakub Wiech
A new law will place major curbs on the development of the sector.
“For Polish nationalists, public enemy number one is not LGBT or Muslims, but the Westerner”
Agnieszka Pasieka
Polish nationalism is more varied than outsiders often think.
Poland’s territorials face accusations of abusing journalists and aid workers at Belarus border
Michał Kranz
A spokesman for the Territorial Defence Forces denies wrongdoing.
Poland’s top modern art gallery risks stagnation under political appointee
Edwin Bendyk and Piotr Kosiewski
It’s not too late for an open call.
The state-backed accelerators drawing foreign startups to Poland
Veronica Snoj
The startup ecosystem is thriving, but would benefit from more private capital.
Poland and Ukraine must forget grand projects and embrace “mediocrity” to build relations
Daniel Szeligowski
Attempts to forge a strategic partnership have fuelled mutual disappointment.
Why has the Belarussian border crisis failed to boost support for Poland’s ruling party?
Aleks Szczerbiak
PiS’s poll ratings have fallen as other issues became more salient.
Białe i czerwone: jak odradza się polskie winiarstwo
Inka Wrońska
W Polsce przybywa winnic, producentów i amatorów lokalnego wina.
Whites and reds: why Polish winemaking is thriving again
Inka Wrońska
A guide to Polish wine, which is being revived by a new generation.
“They’re taking us for idiots”: in coal mine’s shadow, quarrelling Czechs and Poles fear for their futures
André Kapsas
Residents weigh up the environmental cost of mining and of a socio-economic transition.
Turning propaganda into public service broadcasting in Poland
Janek Lasocki
State television has always been under political influence, but the current government has taken that to unprecedented extremes.
