The measures would remove criminal liability for the use of weapons when officers are acting in self-defence or repelling “attacks on the border”.
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Conservative marches around Poland oppose government’s abortion and LGBT+ policies
They criticised the government’s plans to liberalise the abortion law, introduce same-sex civil partnerships and expand hate-speech rules.
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Media “falling into Putin’s trap” in reporting hacked emails, warns Polish PM following latest leak
The latest leak purports to show that the government discussed cases being considered by the constitutional court with its chief justice.
Prosecutors to re-examine industrial sewage pouring into Polish river after TV report
A deputy climate minister called the pollution from the German-owned tannery “appalling” and warned that it “cannot go unpunished”.
Poland and India commemorate maharajas who sheltered thousands of Polish refugees in WW2
Officials from both countries, as well as descendants of the Indian royal families and former child refugees, attended the “Commemoration of the Good Maharajas”.
Polish startup’s “wind panel” wins clean energy award
The installation can generate power from the wind either as a free-standing structure or while serving an enclosure.
Poland lodges protest over demolition of WWII soldiers’ cemetery in Belarus
Warsaw says the “barbaric” incident is part of an “anti-Polish campaign by the Belarusian authorities”.
Polish government moves to undo its own rules blocking onshore wind farms
The “10H” rule currently forbids the construction of wind farms where there are buildings within a distance of ten times the height of the turbine.
Image of murder suspect created using DNA for first time in Poland
Scientists at a US lab were able to use DNA from the crime scene to predict the suspect’s appearance.
Polish bakery’s genitalia waffles aim to break taboos but spark backlash
“The worst sewage from the Western world is pouring into Poland,” warns one nationalist leader.
Coal burning quality standards temporarily suspended in Poland
The government says the move is necessary due to the “current exceptional situation” caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has seen coal prices surge.
Polish Newsweek hit by accusations of bullying by long-serving former editor-in-chief
Tomasz Lis is accused of bullying and making sexist and homophobic jokes. He denies the accusations.
Polish museum founded in Switzerland 150 years ago saved from eviction threat
The Polish Museum in Rapperswil, Switzerland, became an important location for Poles exiled from their partitioned homeland.
Israel and Poland to restore ambassadors year on from dispute over restitution law
Israel condemned as “antisemitic” a Polish law that prevents restitution claims by some Holocaust survivors.
