Aleks Szczerbiak
Defeat would scupper the ruling coalition’s chances of governing effectively during the rest of its term of office.
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A literary tour of Warsaw’s history through an anthology of short stories
Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Antonia Lloyd-Jones, the translator of “Warsaw Tales”, explains her relationship with Poland’s capital and why she chose these stories.
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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.
What does the EU Court of Justice judgement mean for the future of Poland’s judicial reforms?
Anna Wójcik
This week’s CJEU ruling was hailed as a victory by both supporters and opponents of the Polish government. What does it really mean?
Queuing, weather and formality: Norman Davies on the differences between Brits and Poles
Norman Davies
The historian highlights some cultural differences between Brits and Poles in an exclusive extract from his autobiography.
Polish Independence Day: live blog
Join us for live updates on Polish Independence Day, including the controversial march in Warsaw.
Repairing the world: The Olympic athlete restoring Poland’s Jewish heritage
Estera Flieger
A town honours its Jewish community that was wiped out in the Holocaust.
The god of war returns: PiS’s controversial judicial nominations
Piotr Trudnowski
After every election, Jarosław Kaczyński, tired of steering towards the centre ground in campaigns, returns to what he knows best: conflict.
Poland is experiencing record immigration, but the system is struggling to cope
Marta Jaroszewicz
Poland must improve its system of issuing foreigners with residence and work permits, says the Supreme Audit Office.
Trains, tripe and the secret police: Norman Davies’s first experiences of communist Poland
Norman Davies
The distinguished historian recalls his first visits to Poland as a student in the 1960s in an exclusive extract translated into English from his Polish autobiography.
