Around 2.5 million people lived in extreme poverty in Poland in 2023, up 47% on the previous year.

Around 2.5 million people lived in extreme poverty in Poland in 2023, up 47% on the previous year.
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The majority of the increase is accounted for by Ukrainian refugees, though other forms of migration to Poland have also been rising rapidly.
Józef Ulma, his pregnant wife Wiktoria, and their six children were executed by the Germans for sheltering eight Jews.
The legislation is spearheaded by opposition figure Rafał Trzaskowski, whom state TV news has accused of seeking to “fulfil Jewish demands”.
Polish IT firms say that they find over 40% of their vacancies hard to fill, a new report has found.
The couple say they have been left in a “legal vacuum” after the Supreme Administrative Court ruled that their marriage could not be recognised.
“Today these items are in German homes, mansions, museums,” says Poland’s deputy foreign minister.
In Poland, religion classes are hosted and funded by public schools but with curriculums and teachers chosen by the Catholic church.
The group described it as an “act of civil disobedience” to express opposition to the government’s “cruel” border policies.
The legislation is intended to meet the European Union’s demands and unlock billions in frozen funds.
“Together, the federal states speak out against the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Poland and [are] in favour of abandoning the project.”
Andrzej Duda says there is no “social acceptance” for the measures, which the opposition argued were intended to increase political control over education.
The resolution states that Russia was “directly responsible for…the crash of Polish Air Force Flight 101 in Smolensk”.