Alex Webber
Activists warn that the city wants to squeeze out residents and gentrify the area.
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What will happen in Poland’s local elections?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The 7 April vote represents the first electoral test since last year’s change in government.
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Wages in Poland reach highest level in history
Wages for December were up 6.2% year on year.
How will the latest judicial reform controversy affect Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Could legal chaos impact on this year’s crucial presidential elections?
Warsaw’s Royal Castle transforms old advertising banners into bags
The Royal Castle is reusing banners advertising exhibitions to make shopping bags and backpacks.
Six arguments PiS uses to justify Poland’s judicial overhaul – and why they are wrong
Anna Wójcik
Though consistent and seemingly convincing, the government’s justifications for its judicial changes are misleading and often false.
Minister promises law to stop “censorship at Polish universities” after lecturer accused of homophobia
The university’s disciplinary officer found that the professor had made “homophobic statements” in classes.
The greatest challenge in 2020: the president must end Poland’s “war of the courts”
Piotr Trudnowski
A priority for presidential candidates must be finding a solution to the judicial crisis.
As Germany opens its labour market, should Poland be worried about losing Ukrainian workers?
Katarzyna Michalska
Germany’s new Skilled Immigration Act goes into force in March this year.
Putin’s Stalinist history
Sławomir Dębski
The Russian president’s only version of history is the Soviet one.
The dream of “Poland’s last coal plant” is turning into a nightmare
Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska
Ostrołęka C has already cost state-controlled firms almost 1 billion zloty – yet it may never be built.
The “free drink” that can bankrupt unsuspecting tourists: the murky world of Polish strip clubs
Robert Socha
Hundreds of men claim to have been drugged and scammed.
“I speak Polish in school and Vietnamese at home”. Stories of the Vietnamese diaspora in Poland
Zula Rabikowska
A photographic project documents the lives and identities of Poland’s largest non-European immigrant community.
What are the prospects for Poland’s radical-right Confederation?
Aleks Szczerbiak
What lies behind Confederation’s unexpected success, and can it continue?
