Jakub Jaraczewski
The government has invoked the emergency measure for 30 days.
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Did Ukrainian war refugees drive up Poland’s rental prices?
Adam Czerniak
The impact of wartime migration on the Polish rental market has been much smaller than commonly thought.
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NfP podcast: a journey through Poland’s swinging interwar music scene
Stanley Bill talks to Juliette Bretan about the music, cinema, and stars of interwar Poland, presenting seven classic songs.
Poland’s coronavirus restrictions are unconstitutional, unlawful and risk years of legal chaos
Mikołaj Małecki
Without declaring a state of natural disaster, the government’s restrictions are not legally justified.
Eight experts on how the coronavirus epidemic will change Poland and the world
Leading figures from different fields explain what effect the crisis has already had, and offer a vision of what could emerge from it.
Poland set for “one of the worst droughts in over a hundred years”
Wojciech Kość
Climate change and poor water management are to blame; higher food and energy prices will be the result.
False positives: the argument against mass coronavirus testing
Adam Czerwiński
Mass screening could even be counterproductive.
Locked down with a violent partner: domestic violence soars in Poland during coronavirus pandemic
Agnieszka Wądołowska
NGOs are doing their best to help, but government intervention is also needed.
Poland’s colourful Easter traditions in pictures
As Poles spend Easter under lockdown, we offer a virtual tour through some of the traditions that would normally be seen around Poland.
In deeply Catholic Poland, society prepares for Easter in isolation
Paulina Olszanka
Society is having to find ways to adapt its traditions and support the vulnerable.
Amid another epidemic 60 years ago, a Polish scientist created the world’s first polio vaccine
Magdalena Kozela
Saturday marks the seventh anniversary of the death of Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist.
NfP podcast: elections, epidemic, and the end of PiS’s coalition?
We discuss the controversy over the presidential election and the possible collapse of the ruling coalition.
As lockdown pushes education online, Poland’s digitally excluded children are being left behind
Barbara Erling
Some teachers are unprepared and some students are under-equipped.
“The courts are destroyed for at least 20 years”: Poland’s Supreme Court chief looks back on her term
Maria Wilczek
In an exclusive interview, Poland’s top justice Małgorzata Gersdorf discusses how Poland’s courts can be fixed.
