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At the heart of the debate is a struggle over culture, identity and the integrity of the Polish state itself.
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The results have left neither side satisfied.
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Warsaw landmarks recreated from ice at Japanese festival to mark diplomatic centenary
Warsaw’s iconic Palace on the Isle and Chopin monument have been recreated as ice sculptures during the Snow Festival in Sapporo.
Programme to support female entrepreneurs in Poland launched by Facebook
The #SheMeansBusiness programme aims to train 720 Polish business owners in digital marketing this year
How Poland’s phoney village priests inspired two filmmakers to an Oscar nomination
Nicholas Hodge
Nicholas Hodge speaks with screenwriter Mateusz Pacewicz about his Oscar-nominated Corpus Christi.
London play about Polish WW2 hero Karski offers powerful lessons from the Holocaust
Stanisław Skarżyński
The story of a Polish underground courier raises uncomfortable questions about our responses to genocide.
With control of Poland’s electoral commission, PiS has influence over the electoral process
Ewa Siedlecka
A change in how members of the electoral commission are selected means the majority are now political nominees.
Two Polish cities ranked among four worst in EU for traffic
One of the cities is also among the top 20 most congested in the world.
Will Macron’s Warsaw visit bring thaw to frozen Franco-Polish relations?
Monika Bičkauskaitė
The French president’s visit could bring an opening in security, climate and nuclear energy talks.
Global warming could benefit Polish wine industry
Wine production and consumption have already been growing in Poland.
Supermarket giants in Poland introduce reusable cotton bags to reduce plastic waste
A number of supermarket chains have introduced innovative solutions to cut plastic waste.
Polish firm repairs and donates 15,000 pairs of used shoes for homeless people
A shoe repair shop in Wrocław cleans, mends and donates unwanted shoes in a zero-waste drive.
Polish school bans pupils from complaining
“We are reminding ourselves to look at what is good, what is positive, and not complain.”
Auschwitz and the so-called Soviet liberation of Poland
Norman Davies
While the Soviets liberated Auschwitz, they were filling another former Nazi camp, Majdanek, with Polish prisoners.
