Andrzej Poczobut, a leading figure in Belarus’s Polish minority, is serving eight years in prison on political charges.
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Polish Supreme Court acquits politician of offending religious feelings in church abortion protest
She was accused of offending religious feelings and maliciously interfering with the public performance of a religious act.
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Prosecutors open investigation into Polish opposition leader Tusk
Donald Tusk is accused of abusing his powers as prime minister, a crime that carries a prison sentence of up to ten years.
Kaczyński condemns EU’s “green communism” as Poland opposes emission cuts plan
The Polish government says it will not support “Fit for 55”, the EU’s flagship programme to cut emissions.
Warsaw calls on residents to stop feeding wild boars after record number of sightings
There have already been 1,100 reported sightings of wild boars in Warsaw this year, more than double the annual total in 2021.
Poland declares threat to electricity supply due to too much renewable energy
Poland’s grid operator ordered solar and wind facilities to be disconnected temporarily from the system.
Polish TV station investigated over Holocaust scholar’s claim Poles did little to help Jews in WW2
The prime minister condemned Barbara Engelking’s remarks as part of an “anti-Polish narrative”.
Court convicts women for “offending religious feelings” with rainbow Virgin Mary at LGBT march
One women was handed five months of community service and the other fined for displaying the “Rainbow Virgin Mary”.
Polish granddad becomes world’s oldest windsurfer aged 88
Piotr Dudek broke the Guinness world record this week at a beach in the city of Gdynia on Poland’s Baltic coast.
Government-appointed official launches legal challenge against Poland’s first clean transport zone
The provincial governor argues that the plans – in which older cars would be banned from the city of Kraków – would “interfere with constitutional rights and freedoms”.
Poland lifts ban on transit of Ukrainian grain
Transports are to be sealed, escorted and electronically tracked, to ensure that the grain does not remain in Poland.
Polish Supreme Court overturns “Poland for Poles” hate speech ruling at request of justice minister
In a Facebook post, the man called for a “white Poland” and condemned “rainbow politicians”.
Polish opposition calls for ban on Russian liquefied petroleum gas
Poland is by far the EU’s biggest importer of LPG, despite the government ending other Russian energy imports.
Poland’s population to shrink 23% by 2100 and old-age dependency ratio to double
The predicted population decline would have been even greater were it not for an assumed net migration of 5.3 million people to Poland.
