Aleks Szczerbiak
The government’s ability to implement key policies and reforms will depend on who wins the run-off.
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More than Mickiewicz and Miłosz: Polish poetry continues to evolve at oldest literary festival
James Jackson
A new generation aim to break with Romanticism and capture societal change.
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The VoiCEE podcast: how Poland and the region are coping eight months into the Ukraine refugee crisis
Agnieszka Wądołowska
“We need to ask the Ukrainian refugees in Poland how they want to solve their problems.”
Why has the Polish government raised the German war reparations issue?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The issue offers a way to attack the opposition and mobilise the ruling party’s electorate.
Poland must learn from mistakes that led to Oder river crisis – but looks unlikely to do so
Wojciech Kość
The government claims that the poisoning was a catastrophic but natural occurrence.
NfP podcast: “We have the right to German reparations” – interview with MP behind Poland’s claim
Stanley Bill talks with PiS MP Arkadiusz Mularczyk about Poland’s claims for war compensation from Germany.
As Poland pushes ahead with first nuclear plant, locals voice concern
Alicja Ptak
A small coastal community may generate 12% of Poland’s electricity needs.
The VoiCEE podcast: is a European Green Deal still on the table?
Nicholas Watson
The war in Ukraine highlights how net-zero strategies will have to continually contend with crises.
Łódź art museum epitomises failures of Polish government’s cultural policy
Piotr Kosiewski
An inexperienced political appointee as director threatened to undermine the Museum of Art’s global prestige.
Bellotto: the 18th-century artist who helped Warsaw rise from the ashes of WWII
Aleksandra Janiszewska-Cardone
Bernardo Bellotto, also known as Canaletto, painted detailed views of Warsaw which were crucial in the rebuilding process.
Seeking votes from further right could be Polish ruling party’s last hope
Piotr Trudnowski
There are three ways PiS could seek to neutralise the threat of Confederation as it seeks a third term.
The legal questions behind Poland’s claim for war reparations from Germany
Mateusz Piątkowski
Why is Poland demanding reparations, does it have a valid legal case, and what will happen next?
A way out of Poland’s conundrum on joining the eurozone
Krzysztof Mularczyk
PiS looks set to make stopping Poland joining the eurozone a central plank of its political platform.
Ten Polish scientists and inventors who changed the world
Filip Mazurczak
Many immense contributions to science have been made by Poles – some household names, and others less so.
