Under the new rules, publishers would be able to seek the state’s help in negotiations with big tech firms.
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Polish parliament approves constitutional court overhaul
The aim is to undo what the current government sees as the politicisation and corruption of the court by the former PiS administration.
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Poland to veto EU recognition of same-sex parents, says justice ministry
The European Commission wants the rights of same-sex parents to be recognised across the EU, but Poland is opposed.
Disciplinary charges brought against former Polish Supreme Court chief justice
Małgorzata Gersdorf, who led the Supreme Court from 2014 to 2020, has been a prominent critic of the government’s overhaul of the judiciary.
Polish state TV loses case against law professor who described it as “Goebbels media”
The Supreme Court has rejected the case brought by TVP against Wojciech Sadurski.
European court orders transfer of Warsaw judges to be suspended
The three judges refused to sit alongside colleagues appointed after the government overhauled the judicial nomination body.
Poland’s entry ban on Ukrainian NGO head unjustified, rules top court
Lyudmyla Kozlovska has been unable to enter Poland for the last five years on unspecified security grounds.
Polish constitutional court has lost ability to adjudicate lawfully, rules top administrative court
The Constitutional Tribunal contains improperly appointed judges who “infected it with unlawfulness”, finds the Supreme Administrative Court.
Court orders Kaczyński to pay 700,000 zloty for apology to opposition politician Sikorski
The ruling party chairman has refused to comply with a 2020 ruling ordering him to apologise for accusing the former foreign minister of “diplomatic treason”.
Polish parliament approves law to exempt officials from prosecution over abandoned election
The government sought to organise postal elections during the pandemic but courts have found some elements of those efforts to have been illegal.
Poland protests sale in Berlin of Kandinsky allegedly stolen from Warsaw museum
The 1928 work was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, according to Poland’s culture ministry.
Woman fined for taking food thrown out by supermarket wins court battle in Poland
The shop argued that the food was in a waste container belonging to it and located on its premises, and thus was stolen.
Polish judge critical of government cleared of crime and allowed to return to work by Supreme Court
“Judge Igor Tuleya did not commit any crime” and prosecutors’ complaint against him was “clearly groundless”, found the Supreme Court.
Bill to “end electoral privilege of German minority” submitted by party in Poland’s ruling coalition
The MP who represents Poland’s German minority points out that there is actually no specific electoral privilege for his group.
