Bartłomiej Orzeł
The energy transition offers an opportunity for the right-wing opposition – but one they risk wasting.
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What are the prospects for Poland’s ruling coalition?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The government faces a difficult re-election campaign next year.
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Flashy hardware, fragile strategy: is Poland, NATO’s biggest defence spender, preparing for the right war?
Christiaan Paauwe
Russia’s drone incursions have reignited a complicated question.
How have the Russian drone incursions affected Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The political fallout passed quickly, suggesting most Poles have normalised the armed conflict on their border.
Latin American migration to Poland is booming, bringing challenges and opportunities
Małgorzata Tomczak
Poland issued over five times more work permits to Latin Americans in 2024 than two years earlier.
Poland’s booming space industry is helping it emerge as a European player
Wojciech Brzeziński
Long limited to manufacturing components for others, Poland is now building its own spacecraft and participating in missions.
Citizens’ budgets are quietly transforming Poland’s cities, towns and villages – and leading the way in Europe
Callum MacRae
Poland operates over 50% of Europe’s participatory budgeting schemes.
No, Poland’s Vistula river isn’t drying up – but it does face mounting environmental threats
Wojciech Kość
Climate change, poor water management and commercial exploitation are behind record low water levels.
How will a Karol Nawrocki presidency affect Poland’s transatlantic relations?
Aleks Szczerbiak
He has made clear he intends to be a much more active and assertive president than his predecessor
The three Jewish football stars behind Poland’s first international goal
Adam Musiał
The wartime trajectories of Józef Klotz, Leon Sperling and Józef Lustgarten mirrored the fates of many other Polish Jews.
Poland’s school homework ban remains divisive one year on
Anna Gmiterek-Zabłocka
Critics says the policy was rolled out too quickly, limited teachers’ autonomy, and has not helped pupils.
The “growing frustration” driving Poland’s record youth turnout
Daniel Tilles & Andżelika Cibor
Young Poles vote at a higher rate than older ones, bucking the international trend.
What can Poland expect from a Karol Nawrocki presidency?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The new president will destabilise, and act as the centre of resistance to, the government.
A divisive legacy: Andrzej Duda’s decade as Poland’s president
Daniel Tilles & Stanley Bill
Though derided by critics as Kaczyński’s “pen”, Duda leaves office as Poland’s most-trusted politician.
