Christiaan Paauwe and Alicja Ptak
A change in the law has led to around 40,000 new Ukrainian pupils attending school.
Insights
The grassroots initiatives restoring Poland’s rivers to their natural state
Wojciech Kość
Natural meandering rivers help protect against drought and flooding, while also sustaining biodiversity.
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Poland’s new restitution law explained
A lawyer tells us what the new legislation, which Israel has called “antisemitic”, means in practice.
How artists created Polish national styles at a time when Poland did not exist
Aleksandra Janiszewska
With Poland partitioned between three imperial powers, art bound Poles together and preserved identity.
Can Poland’s ruling party still govern?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Uncertain parliamentary arithmetic means PiS could call a snap spring election.
Inventing authenticity: how the rebuilding of Warsaw’s Old Town became a model for other cities
Andrew Demshuk
Warsaw’s Old Town was recreated after wartime destruction.
Polling polarised Poles: what government and opposition voters think of each other
Adam Traczyk
Poles favour democracy, but disagree on what it means in practice.
Can Donald Tusk save Poland’s opposition?
Aleks Szczerbiak
PO has risen rapidly in the polls since Tusk returned as leader.
The underground photographer who chronicled the Warsaw Uprising
Ben Koschalka
Sylwester Braun captured the dramatic and tragic events of the struggle against Nazi-German occupation.
The beaches of interwar Poland in pictures
A century ago, newly independent Poland regained access to its coastline. Bathing on Baltic beaches, as well as by rivers, boomed.
“Russia wants to present Poland as an irrational and unreliable actor to western elites”
An interview with Agnieszka Legucka from the Polish Institute of International Affairs.
Purchase of US Abrams tanks strengthens Poland and NATO against Russia
Hans Binnendijk
It will also strengthen ties with Warsaw’s most important ally.
Poland’s Sunday trading ban has harmed the small businesses it was supposed to help
Mateusz Perowicz
Some 6,500 shops have vanished since the Sunday trading ban was introduced.
Abortion ban forces Polish women to seek terminations abroad and mental health support at home
Agnieszka Wądołowska
The number of abortions has not declined, say doctors and NGOs.
