Filip Mazurczak
“White Courage” focuses on a little-known episode of WWII history.
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Thriving craft beer scene leads Poland’s “piwo-lution”
Alex Webber
Polish craft beers have become an export hit.
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Poland’s oldest museum reopens after ten years of closure and controversy
Nicholas Hodge
The Czartoryski Museum reopens following a controversial state purchase.
Lingvo universala: Zamenhof, Esperanto and the crusade for peace through language
Ian Stephenson
Esperanto’s Polish-Jewish inventor hoped a shared language could calm tensions in his native Białystok.
Nine of Poland’s best sweet treats
Gregor Gowans
Poland has many famous sweet delicacies to its name. Here is the low-down on nine of the best.
What does Poland’s exemption from the EU’s climate ambitions actually mean?
Wojciech Kość
Both supporters and critics are wrong – or at least premature – in their interpretation of Poland’s exemption from EU climate goals.
Poland’s martial law in pictures
Photographer Jerzy Ochoński captured the drama, tragedy and absurdity of martial law in Poland.
The stunning wildlife of Poland’s Białowieża Forest in pictures
Wildlife photographer Exen captures the beauty of the animals of the Białowieża Forest.
Norman Davies: Remembering Katyn and Smolensk
Norman Davies
The historian recalls his participation in commemorations of the Katyn massacre, days before the Smolensk plane crash.
How will Poland’s Law and Justice party govern during its second term?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Poland’s ruling party faces fresh political and economic challenges in its second term of office.
From breadlines to pea soup: food and politics in socialist Poland
Fabio Parasecoli
Food has always been at the centre of debate on what Poland is or should be.
Pooling the Poles
Ben Stanley
Political scientist Ben Stanley presents his model for pooling Polish political polls, which Notes from Poland will be regularly featuring.
Less gas, more coal: Poland’s contradictory approach to Russian energy imports
Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska and Michał Potocki
Poland is freeing itself from Russia’s gas, but becoming more dependent on its coal
Duda’s Tour de Pologne: how the president is making small-town Poland his springboard to re-election
Mateusz Bałuka
President Duda has now visited every administrative district in Poland ahead of next year’s election.
