Filip Mazurczak
No Polish town – and probably none anywhere in Europe – suffered more destruction than Jasło.
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How will Donald Trump’s election victory affect Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The US president-elect’s victory is unlikely to be a political game-changer.
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“Poland lies nowhere, it is a universal idea”: Maria Janion, uncanny Slavdom and Polish identity
Daria Chibner
“Geographically, we will always be fighting a losing battle.”
“Liberals think facts are persuasion against populists. They’re not”: an interview with Anna Grzymala-Busse
Anna Gielewska
PiS “doesn’t have the competence to make Poland into an authoritarian regime”.
Poland’s “cucumber season” leaves government in a pickle
Daniel Tilles
With a reshuffle imminent, fissures between factions in the ruling coalition have become more stark over the summer.
What are the prospects for the Polish opposition?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Two new movements hope to build on momentum from the presidential election.
Solidarity at 40: how the union that brought down communism became a conservative government ally
Jacqueline Hayden
The once-diverse movement has veered to the right since 1989.
What does Poland’s change in foreign minister mean? Six expert views
Maria Wilczek
Figures from academia, think tanks and politics discuss what the swap means for Poland and its partners.
Polish priest who preached nonviolent resistance and rescued Jews subject of new biopic
Filip Mazurczak
A largely forgotten figure is brought back to life.
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.
