Stuart Dowell
In a remarkable quest spanning decades and continents, Elana Milman tracked down her Polish family.
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The VoiCEE pocast: five trends to shape CEE in 2024
Nicholas Watson
In this episode of the VoiCEE podcast we discuss BIRN’s latest report “Life in the Time of Polycrisis”
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The dream of “Poland’s last coal plant” is turning into a nightmare
Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska
Ostrołęka C has already cost state-controlled firms almost 1 billion zloty – yet it may never be built.
The “free drink” that can bankrupt unsuspecting tourists: the murky world of Polish strip clubs
Robert Socha
Hundreds of men claim to have been drugged and scammed.
“I speak Polish in school and Vietnamese at home”. Stories of the Vietnamese diaspora in Poland
Zula Rabikowska
A photographic project documents the lives and identities of Poland’s largest non-European immigrant community.
Are women too busy preparing for Christmas to go to work – and appear on TV?
Ben Koschalka
The Christmas season raises questions about traditional gender roles.
What are the prospects for Poland’s radical-right Confederation?
Aleks Szczerbiak
What lies behind Confederation’s unexpected success, and can it continue?
Poland’s oldest museum reopens after ten years of closure and controversy
Nicholas Hodge
The Czartoryski Museum reopens following a controversial state purchase.
No, Nigel, Poland isn’t about to follow Britain out of the EU – at least not in the way you hope
Daniel Tilles
Is the talk of “Polexit”, including from Farage and Tusk, realistic?
New year, new prices as Poland faces growing inflation
Maria Wilczek
Rising minimum wage and energy prices mean Poles will pay more for goods.
NfP Podcast: Timothy Garton Ash on Poland’s transition and the mistakes of liberalism
Stanley Bill talks to Timothy Garton Ash about 1989, Poland’s transition, the PiS government, and the mistakes of liberalism.
Lingvo universala: Zamenhof, Esperanto and the crusade for peace through language
Ian Stephenson
Esperanto’s Polish-Jewish inventor hoped a shared language could calm tensions in his native Białystok.
Nine of Poland’s best sweet treats
Gregor Gowans
Poland has many famous sweet delicacies to its name. Here is the low-down on nine of the best.
What does Poland’s exemption from the EU’s climate ambitions actually mean?
Wojciech Kość
Both supporters and critics are wrong – or at least premature – in their interpretation of Poland’s exemption from EU climate goals.
