Poland’s score on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index fell for the sixth year in a row.
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Polish court clears book publisher of Holocaust denial charges
Tomasz Stala faced the charges after publishing a book that questioned the role of gas chambers in German Nazi death camps.
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Court scraps Poland’s first clean transport zone
Older, more polluting cars would have been banned from the city centre of Kraków.
Priest who hosted “gay party” where man lost consciousness charged with “crimes against sexual freedom”
The incident led to the resignation of the local bishop.
Hundreds of NGOs and public figures call on Tusk to stop migrant pushbacks at Belarus border
“By postponing putting an end to this practice, the Polish authorities are condoning human rights violations,” they wrote in an open letter.
Supreme Court chamber confirms expiry of convicted MP’s mandate, contradicting other chamber
In today’s ruling, one Supreme Court chamber also declared another to be unlawful.
Court rejects Polish government’s changes to state TV management
The new government controversially replaced the management of public media outlets last month.
Jailed former Polish government minister announces hunger strike
Mariusz Kamiński said that he is a “political prisoner”.
Police enter Polish presidential palace to detain convicted former ministers holed up inside
The pair are now due to begin a two-year jail term.
Warrants issued for convicted former PiS ministers to begin serving prison sentences
Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik were given two-year prison sentences in an abuse-of-power case.
Polish Supreme Court head condemns parliamentary speaker’s “illegal actions” against convicted PiS MPs
The two former PiS ministers were last month given prison sentences and banned from public office.
Polish MP hit with huge fine for illegally covering city with campaign posters
The city removed over 1,000 of Łukasz Mejza’s election posters that had been put up illegally, some blocking road signs.
Court overturns Ukrainian NGO head’s Poland entry ban introduced by former government
Lyudmyla Kozlovska was banned on unspecified security grounds but has always claimed the decision was political.
Polish Supreme Court overturns decision to end parliamentary mandate of convicted PiS MP
The decision was made by a Supreme Court chamber found to be illegitimate by previous court rulings.
