Zbigniew Ziobro was making a live appearance on a conservative television station when the police came to his home to detain him.
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Lidl and Wawel pull ads from conservative TV station after Polish charity chief’s ultimatum
Jerzy Owsiak issued the ultimatum after a weeks-long hate campaign against him inspired by the station.
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Poland fines US-owned TV station for “biased” report on pope’s response to child sex abuse
TVN has condemned the decision, calling it an attempt at “censorship and intimidation”.
Report finds pro-government bias at state TV after Tusk takeover
The report compares the output of TVP with the reporting of the two largest private broadcasters.
Polish state TV promotional video sparks accusations of bias towards new government
All politicians who appear in the advert are aligned with the ruling coalition.
Poland corrects ten Putin lies from Tucker Carlson interview
Poland’s speaker of parliament called Carlson a “useful idiot”.
Polish government criticised for refusal to reveal legal opinions on public media takeover
The culture ministry says it did not save copies of the opinions so cannot provide them.
Court accepts government’s move to put Polish Press Agency into liquidation
The court official came to the opposite conclusion of two others from the same court who last week rejected moves to put TVP and Polskie Radio into liquidation.
Polish Press Agency’s English-language service The First News closed down
PAP says TFN was expensive and “did not have any measurable impact on Poland’s good image” abroad.
Polish opposition leader Kaczyński likens PM Tusk to Hitler
Kaczyński also accused Tusk of wanting to turn Poles into “farmhands for Germany”.
Notary involved in Polish’s government public media takeover charged by prosecutors
The development marks another potential blow to the government.
Polish state TV confirms high earnings of ex-CEO’s wife but she threatens to sue over “lies”
She disputes claims she earned over 1.5 million zloty (€342,000) for a little over a year’s work.
Court rejects Polish government’s move to put public radio into liquidation
The decision marks a further legal blow to the new government’s efforts to regain control of public media from the former ruling party.
Polish constitutional court rules government’s measures to take over public media unconstitutional
The government responded by declaring the court’s ruling to have “no legal significance”.
