Daniel Tilles
Sławomir Mentzen has led an effective campaign and is detoxifying his party.
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The VoiCEE podcast: what Belarus’s “sham” elections mean for the country and the region
Joshua Coe
In this episode, we discuss Lukashenko’s ties to Russia, as well as the Belarusian opposition — inside and outside the country.
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What is the biggest problem facing Poland’s ruling party?
Aleks Szczerbiak
PiS’s support has been dented by an accumulation of problems.
Constructing your own ritual: the growing popularity of humanist weddings in Poland
Agata Rejowska
Many couples are rejecting the dominant role of the Catholic church.
The accounting trick behind Poland meeting its EU renewable energy target
Paweł Wiejski
Statisticians changed the way biomass is counted, but environmentalists say that burning wood is bad for the climate.
NfP podcast: “Pegasus raises questions over Polish elections,” says head of team that uncovered hack
Stanley Bill talks to John Scott-Railton from Citizen Lab about the Pegasus hacking in Poland.
The Polish Deal: how a landmark tax reform has turned into a PR disaster for the government
Marcin Makowski
The programme was supposed to breathe new life into the ruling coalition and carry them into the next elections.
Małyszmania: how one man made ski jumping a national obsession in Poland
Adrian Dworakowski
Adam Małysz helped heal the complexes of a country that was still searching for a sense of its place in the world.
“The government wants to intimidate me, but it won’t work”: an interview with Poland’s state auditor
Agnieszka Wądołowska
“We have serious problems with the rule of law in our country,” says Marian Banaś.
The early elections that everyone is speculating about but no one wants
Marcin Makowski
Jarosław Kaczyński has become hostage to an increasingly toxic alliance with Zbigniew Ziobro.
Why is Poland’s ruling party building closer links with right-wing Eurosceptic groupings?
Aleks Szczerbiak
There may be costs to building links with parties that have Russian sympathies and are less influential in the EU.
The changing face of Poland’s Christmas dishes
Natalia Parzygnat
While traditional staples remain, new variations are emerging to cater to changing tastes and diets.
Dark clouds gather over Poland’s booming solar sector
Jakub Wiech
A new law will place major curbs on the development of the sector.
“For Polish nationalists, public enemy number one is not LGBT or Muslims, but the Westerner”
Agnieszka Pasieka
Polish nationalism is more varied than outsiders often think.
