Radosław Sikorski was asked if “the ancestry of your wife is a problem” for his presidential ambitions.
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Voice of Google Maps in Poland loses job after being replaced by AI
A competing Polish app that uses the same speaker saw an 8% increase in new users after it pledged to keep using his human voice.
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Former ruling PiS party holds anti-government protest in Warsaw
PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński warned that “German imperialism is returning” through a “European plan” to “liquidate Poland as a state”.
Court rejects Polish government’s changes to state TV management
The new government controversially replaced the management of public media outlets last month.
Leading Polish newspaper suspends journalist after abuse victim speaks up
Gazeta Wyborcza’s editors say that they “condemn offensive sexual behaviour” and had been previously unaware of the allegations.
Polish conservatives boycott IKEA after advertising pulled from TV station over anti-immigrant remarks
“We won’t buy anything from you anymore,” wrote a politician from the opposition PiS party.
Justice minister orders investigation into TV commentator’s “house migrants in Auschwitz” remarks
His comments have also been condemned by the Auschwitz Museum and President Andrzej Duda’s chief of staff.
Anger in Poland after state TV execs’ salaries under previous government made public
But PiS has responded by pointing to what it says were similarly high earnings by TVP stars when Tusk was previously in power before 2015.
TVP World suspended and director fired amid Polish government’s public media takeover
The 24-hour news channel recently celebrated its second anniversary.
Polish government puts public media into liquidation amid dispute with president
The unprecedented decision will further complicate an already complex and contested legal situation.
Polish public media crisis deepens as former ruling party appoints alternative head of state TV
As a presenter of the main evening news, Michał Adamczyk become the face of TVP under PiS.
Three legal views on the Polish government’s public media takeover
Agnieszka Wądołowska
The situation has divided both politicians and experts.
President vetoes Polish government’s budget plans due to public media takeover
“There cannot be consent in view of the flagrant violation of the constitution and the principles of a democratic state of law,” said Duda.
Government takeover of public media violated constitution, says Polish president
Some independent legal experts and commentators have also voiced concern over how the government acted.
