Around 2.5 million people lived in extreme poverty in Poland in 2023, up 47% on the previous year.
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Polish delivery giant InPost takes full control of UK logistics firm Menzies
The deal marks the latest step in a rapid international expansion by InPost.
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Political “Super Saturday” sees Poland’s main groups campaign ahead of elections
PiS, PO, Confederation, Third Way and The Left all held events around Poland today.
Polish prosecutors deny Poland was base for Nord Stream sabotage
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that “Poland was the logistical hub for the Nord Stream blow-up operation”
Polish beachgoers surprised as armoured vehicles emerge from sea
Images show the amphibious transporters weaving between sunbathing families on the beach.
MPs who vote for abortion cannot receive holy communion, says head of Polish episcopate
All main opposition parties – most of whom have leaders who are practising Catholics – support ending the current near-total abortion ban.
Families of Polish WWII victims sue German firms for millions in compensation
Bayer and Henschel are being sued for €4.3 million by the descendants of two Polish businessmen victimised during the German-Nazi occupation.
Poland wins European road safety award after deaths fall by nearly half in decade
The European Transport Safety Council praised steps taken by Poland to reduce road deaths.
Kaczyński rejoins Polish government amid pre-election tensions
The ruling party chairman becomes deputy prime minister, a position that he resigned from just one year ago.
Independence of Poland’s state audit office threatened, finds international audit body
The Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has often been in conflict with the government in recent years.
Polish deputy minister: “hard to imagine” Ukraine joining EU unless WW2 massacre victims exhumed
A Ukrainian official says such exhumations will only be permitted if Poland does more to restore damaged memorials to Ukrainian fighters on its territory.
“Container town” opens in Poland to house thousands of Asian workers building chemical plant
The opposition has accused the government of hypocrisy over migration.
Red panda, tired of partner, escapes Polish zoo and gets stuck in tree
The fire brigade had to be called in to rescue Ponzu the red panda from high up in the trees.
Poland has EU’s third lowest poverty risk figure
Poland’s decline in those at risk of poverty – from 22.5% of the population in 2015 to 15.9% in 2022 – has been one of the most rapid in the EU.
