“The aim is to shed light on the history of one of the lesser-known victim groups of Auschwitz,” says the museum.
Education
Poland introduces tougher new rules for foreign students and economic migrants
“This is another step towards regaining control over migration and increasing the safety of Poles,” says the government.
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The two rivals tied for the first time since the launch of the ranking in 2000.
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Polish scholar wins Nine Dots Prize and Cambridge book deal
Joanna Kusiak beat out over 600 other entries responding to the question “Why has the rule of law become so fragile?”
Poland’s children’s rights commissioner orders inspection of LGBT-friendly schools
Mikołaj Pawlak justified his decision by saying that “children must be protected from criminals”.
Over 70 Polish academics have returned from abroad under government funding programme
The Polish Returns programme was launched in 2018, offering salaries of up to 350,000 zloty (€78,000) for Polish researchers to come to Poland.
Poland tops EU in ranking of children’s reading ability
It also has one of the largest gender disparities, with girls performing much better in reading comprehension than boys.
Communism prevented Western social revolution reaching Poland, says government minister
The education minister also endorsed a proposed new law to prevent the “sexualisation of children” in schools.
Polish government to “analyse” 1,000 academics who signed letter supporting Holocaust scholar
Over 1,000 academics have signed a letter in defence of a Holocaust scholar who has been criticised by the Polish government.
No funding for academics “who insult Poles, the greatest victims of WW2”, says education minister
Government figures have criticised a Holocaust scholar for saying Poles did little to help Jews during the war.
Survey of 185,000 Polish school pupils finds suicidal thoughts widespread
Almost a third of school pupils said they have no will to live and almost one in ten said they have attempted suicide.
Children’s rights commissioner notifies police over Polish youth mental health campaign involving TikTok
The social media platform is an official partner in the project run by a foundation led by TV presenter Martyna Wojciechowska.
Abuse enactment at church retreat for Polish school students sparks anger and apology
The priest responsible for the retreat admitted that the scene in question “crossed the boundary” and apologised to participants.
