Poland was one of seven member states placed under the EU’s excessive deficit procedure this year.
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State energy firm Orlen accuses former management of criminal offences causing €1.2 billion losses
Orlen is Poland’s largest company, and also one of the biggest in Europe.
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Polish pipeline operator seeks €1.3 billion from Russia’s Gazprom for ending supplies
EuRoPol Gaz is demanding a payment of lost transmission fees after Gazprom halted supplies last year.
Poland shelters artworks from Ukraine amid war
“We have accepted new refugees from Ukraine – this time they are works of art,” says the director of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
Poland to sue Germany at EU court for alleged failure to clean up illegal waste exports
The climate ministry claims that 35,000 tonnes of waste from Germany has been illegally dumped in Poland.
“Jesus” image on tree draws faithful to Polish town
The local Catholic curia has rejected the idea that the image has divine origin, with a spokesman saying it looks more like Conchita Wurst.
Polish opposition propose doubling tax-free income threshold in latest campaign pledge
PO has also responded to the government’s plans to increase child benefits next year by proposing that the hike happen immediately.
Polish government says Russian hackers behind coordinated attack on media websites
Among the newspapers affected were Super Express, Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczospolita and Polityka.
Kraków bans alcohol sales in shops at night
Councillors in Kraków voted to ban sales between midnight and 5.30 a.m.
Confusion over cause of tremors on Danish island off Poland’s coast
Some have theorised that military exercises in northern Poland could have caused the tremors.
Half of Poles support PM’s call to restore death penalty after killing of 8-year-old
Those in favour of restoring capital punishment marginally outnumber those opposed to it.
Poland’s Greens oppose construction of small nuclear reactor in Kraków
They argue that the technology, which is still in development, is not sufficiently tested and produces large amounts of nuclear waste.
Judicial reforms “haven’t turned out well”, says Poland’s PM, blaming justice minister
The justice minister has hit back, blaming the president and PM for blocking some of his proposed reforms.
British royal returns 16th-century book to Poland’s national library
The library has, like Poland itself, experienced a tumultuous and often tragic history.
