The crime carries a potential prison sentence of up to three years.
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Russia paid operatives to paint anti-government graffiti in Poland, finds report
Recruits were hired on Telegram and paid to carry out tasks including painting vulgar slogans against the then ruling PiS party.
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US “positively assesses restoration of rule of law in Poland”, claims justice minister after meeting ambassador
Afterwards, the ambassador said only that “the US and Poland share a commitment to the rule of law and judicial independence”.
Controversy after female train staff in Poland gain right to free meals but men don’t
PKP says it is simply complying with regulations that set different requirements for male and female employees.
President Duda announces new pardon proceedings for convicted former ministers
The president’s staff had insisted in recent weeks that he would not issue another pardon.
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.
