Daniel Tilles
Poland is already a country of mass immigration, but politicians have been reluctant to acknowledge it.
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What impact will the flood crisis have on Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The government managed to emerge relatively unscathed politically from its most serious “stress test” yet.
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The crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border explained
Aleksandra Pulchny
An expert explains the humanitarian and legal situation amid a surge in crossings at the border.
Polish schools face crisis amid exodus of teachers
Arkadiusz Walczak
This month, 12% of Polish schools began the year without a full staff.
NfP podcast: Rule of law and the spectre of Polexit
Stanley Bill talks with legal expert Anna Wójcik about Poland’s ongoing conflict with the EU.
The story of a Holocaust survivor’s returns to Poland
Agnieszka Wądołowska
Ryszard Ores was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, but regularly returned to Kraków after the war.
Poland’s state of emergency on Belarus border explained
Patryk Wachowiec
Poland today approved the extraordinary measures to tackle a surge in illegal crossings.
Poles must get used to second-class membership of the new, post-pandemic EU
Marcin Kędzierski
Tensions with Brussels will worsen under PiS, but they will not disappear under a new government.
Beyond Geralt: The Witcher universe now faces its biggest challenge
Mateusz Perowicz
Can Poland take better advantage of The Witcher’s success?
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.
