Most identified border blockades by Polish farmers and the WWII Volhynia massacres as reasons for disputes between the two nations.

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Most identified border blockades by Polish farmers and the WWII Volhynia massacres as reasons for disputes between the two nations.
Adam Niedzielski was handed a three-month prison sentence suspended for two years.
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Opposition parties accused PiS of exploiting the issue to cover up its failings and boost its ratings ahead of this year’s elections.
Poles’ most trusted news sources were RMF, Polsat and TVN.
The ruling affects 130,000 cases pending before Polish courts in a dispute between banks and the borrowers of mortgages in foreign currencies.
The prisoners were beaten and subjected to humiliating psychological abuse, says the IPN.
But the conservative authorities say the death was caused by medical malpractice, not the abortion law.
The operator has confirmed it made the decision due to complaints about the number of the bus route.
The gallery has condemned attempted “preventative censorship” by the Chinese authorities.
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Poland’s minimum monthly wage would rise to 4,300 zloty (€963) gross in July 2024, 23% higher than its current level.
Ryanair is Poland’s largest carrier by passenger numbers and accounts for 55% of traffic at Kraków’s airport.
Elizeusz Janikowski spent his last 23 years living in solitude at a hermitage with no running water or electricity.
In another Polish city, no new priests were ordained at all for the first time since 1950.
Women’s rights groups have blamed the woman’s death on Poland’s near-total ban on abortion but officials say it was medical malpractice.
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