Alicja Ptak
If you think Poles are unapproachable, just wait until you’re handed your own pair of slippers.
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How much will the abortion issue damage the Tusk government?
Aleks Szczerbiak
It contributed to a growing sense that the coalition came together solely to defeat its right-wing predecessor.
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Poland’s human rights commissioner on the state of democracy, LGBT protests and “dormant civic energy”
Agnieszka Wądołowska
An exclusive interview with Adam Bodnar as his five-year term comes to an end.
Poland’s politicians should ignore the criticism and increase their own pay
Piotr Trudnowski
There is never a good time for such a decision, but it would benefit the state.
“No apologies, no shame”: the rise of Poland’s guerrilla LGBT activists
Percy Metcalfe
The detention of an activist has highlighted a new, more radical approach.
Norman Davies: the Battle of Warsaw, one hundred years on
Norman Davies
The “Miracle on the Vistula” was no miracle.
“The Pope’s Robin Hood”: the Polish cardinal transforming the Vatican
Filip Mazurczak
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski has led efforts to help the homeless and refugees.
NfP podcast: a brief history of Poland, part 3 (the Jagiellonian era)
The third episode of our history series examines the Jagiellonian dynasty, the Polish-Lithuanian union, and the growing freedom of the nobility.
Norman Davies: A defence of the Warsaw Uprising in eight theses
Norman Davies
The author of a book on the Warsaw Uprising explains the decision of the Polish government-in-exile to launch the insurgency in historical context.
Symbol of the past, model for the future: the African immigrant who became a Warsaw Uprising hero
Nicholas Boston
A Nigerian migrant called August Agboola Browne participated in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. His story is remembered in the Polish capital.
Can Polish energy giant Orlen be a future global champion?
Jakub Wiech
What are the chances of success for Orlen’s ambitious plans?
“Gender Trojan horse”: Two sides of Poland’s tug of war over treaty on violence against women
Maria Wilczek
We ask ultraconservative legal group Ordo Iuris, Poland’s human rights Commissioner Adam Bodnar and other experts about the Istanbul Convention.
What does Andrzej Duda’s presidential election victory mean for Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
PiS controls the levers of state power, but Duda could also carve out a more independent role.
European Court of Human Rights to consider if Poland discriminates against same-sex couples
Dorota Pudzianowska
A legal scholar explains the cases and their possible implications.
