“In these difficult times, the ability to cope with difficult situations is very much needed,” says the education minister.

“In these difficult times, the ability to cope with difficult situations is very much needed,” says the education minister.
The PiS government cut funding for teaching German to the German minority by two thirds.
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Andrzej Duda’s remarks come amid efforts by the government to reduce and reorganise Catholic catechism classes in public schools.
The education ministry estimates that between 20,000 and 80,000 new Ukrainian pupils will now start attending school.
The measures were due to go into effect at the start of the new school year next week.
“Has it really come to the point where the history of the Second World War has to be written for our children by the Germans?”, a PiS MEP asked.
The new regulation should have been discussed and agreed upon with the church, they argue.
Richard Greenhill
Around 20% of material is being cut from the curriculum.
“We are doing our best to make Polish schools as prepared as possible,” says the education minister.
The new programme will give teachers and students “more time for calmer and in-depth” learning, says the education ministry.
“Warsaw is also a city with a queer history and a queer identity,” says the deputy mayor.
The Odotheka project will produce an archive of the scents of ten historical objects, including Leonardo’s Lady with an Ermine.
With around 183,000 members, the Polish community constitutes 6.5% of Lithuania’s total population and is the country’s largest ethnic minority.
The government has allocated over 300 million zloty (€69 million) to its “Active School” programme.