On 1 January, the minimum wage in Poland rose to 30.50 zloty per hour before tax, which at current exchange rates is $7.37, 12 cents above the federal minimum wage in the US.
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Polish sports star comes out as gay in post mourning death of partner
Ski jumper Andrzej Stękała is Poland’s first major male athlete to do so.
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Ruling party supported by and shares mentality with unemployed wife beaters, says Tusk
“Today, the kings of life are those who drink, beat their children, beat women, and have not disgraced themselves with work for many, many years.”
Law banning many single-use plastics and restricting others introduced in Poland
Single-use plastic cutlery, straws and drink stirrers are among the products now banned.
Questions after missile landed in Poland in December but was not found until April
The opposition have called for the defence minister to be fired, but he blames a top general.
Communism prevented Western social revolution reaching Poland, says government minister
The education minister also endorsed a proposed new law to prevent the “sexualisation of children” in schools.
Poland criticises Hungary’s top general for “distorting WWII history”
Hungary’s chief of general staff claimed WWII was a “local German-Polish war” that escalated due to a lack of peace efforts.
Poland remains EU’s worst country for LGBT people finds rainbow ranking
“Hate speech by central government remained a serious issue,” wrote ILGA-Europe.
Bees returned to Poland’s largest urban apiary after occupying tree in city centre
“We have to remember that if we keep calm, the bees will stay calm too.”
Poland’s Catholic church launches campaign on how to report sex abuse
Every parish in Poland will receive posters explaining the procedure for reporting sex abuse and the forms of support available.
Polish government to “analyse” 1,000 academics who signed letter supporting Holocaust scholar
Over 1,000 academics have signed a letter in defence of a Holocaust scholar who has been criticised by the Polish government.
Critics of Polish government “systematically surveilled with spyware”, finds EU report
“The information harvested with spyware is used in smear campaigns against government critics,” found a European Parliament committee.
Poland recommends Russia’s Kaliningrad be called Królewiec
The name Kaliningrad is “artificial” and evokes negative feelings in Poland, found a government body.
Polish retail chain withdraws “hot dog and cigarettes” offer
But the firm, Żabka, maintains that it did not violate Poland’s law against advertising tobacco products.
