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NATO, army and EU Poles’ most trusted institutions; public media, top court and government most distrusted
Poles’ trust in all institutions has declined since last year, with the police seeing the largest fall.
Journalist convicted of attacking police while covering Polish abortion protests acquitted on appeal
Her detention three years ago prompted protests from fellow journalists and international press organisations.
Opposition taking power threatens “free speech and media pluralism”, warn Polish public media
Under the current government, public media have become a mouthpiece for the ruling party.
“We made propaganda worse than under communism,” admits Polish state TV star after election failure
Marcin Wolski says that a “Stalinist logic” dominated at TVP.
Use of state resources by ruling party made elections “uneven”, find international observers
The ruling party “enjoyed a clear advantage through its undue influence over the use of state resources and the public media”.
Resident of Polish town blocked by mayor on Facebook gets printouts of his posts by mail
The man has to pay 6.80 zloty (€1.50) for each delivery.
Poland’s election in charts
Alicja Ptak
Three decades of Poland’s economic, social and democratic development.
Media owned by Polish state oil firm reject opposition adverts over “left-wing values”
Orlen bought Polska Press, which publishes hundreds of newspapers and websites, in 2021.
Tusk agrees to debate on state TV but Kaczyński rejects challenge to join him
There had been speculation as to whether Tusk would attend given that the station is under government influence.
Poland’s PM promises clampdown on abuse after claims of grooming by YouTubers
A number of prominent Polish YouTubers have been accused of grooming underage female fans.
Leaked emails purport to show Polish state TV planning to declare opposition march a failure
The emails show the director of a branch of TVP directing staff to call the march “a turnout flop”.
Russian state TV shows Polish city in report on development of Kaliningrad
The footage includes St Nicholas Cathedral, a 13th-century Gothic church that is a landmark of the Polish city of Elbląg.
