The measures were intended to strengthen employment rights by granting greater powers to the National Labour Inspectorate.
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Justice ministry seeks to end jail terms for blasphemy in Poland
The crime of “offending religious feelings” currently carries a potential prison sentence of up to two years.
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Polish MP raises concern over construction of Robert De Niro-backed hotel in historic Kraków building
Photos from the site of the development indicated that parts of the old building had been removed.
Poland’s main ruling party changes name and merges with junior partners
Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced this his Civic Platform is becoming Civic Coalition.
Three Ukrainians convicted in Poland over role in Russian-linked arson campaign
They were part of a group tasked with carrying out sabotage and terrorism.
Polish town’s event honouring local Jewish composer cancelled after far-right backlash
Września was this weekend meant to hold a series of concerts and lectures celebrating Louis Lewandowski, who was born there in 1821.
Last surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter dies
Michael Smuss passed away, aged 99, at a care home in Israel.
Two men hospitalised in Poland after drunkenly exploding WWII artillery shell in apartment
The owner of the apartment said he had found the artillery shell in the forest years ago and brought it home.
Researchers report progress in effort to boost Poland’s only native turtle species
Biologists in Łódź want to reintroduce European pond turtles in the region, where they are believed to be extinct.
Poland’s public debt rises at second-fastest rate in EU
Poland has been running sizeable budget deficits in recent years as it boosts social spending and ramps up defence investment.
Hungary condemns Polish foreign minister’s call for Russian oil pipeline to be destroyed
Viktor Orbán accused Poland of being “gripped by war psychosis”.
Poland’s former deputy anti-corruption chief charged in Pegasus spyware probe
He is accused of unlawfully sharing material obtained with Pegasus, including communication involving Donald Tusk’s daughter.
Ethnic Polish journalist imprisoned in Belarus awarded EU human rights prize
Andrzej Poczobut has been imprisoned since 2021.
Polish PM: former government used Pegasus spyware to surveil my wife and daughter
Prosecutors have granted Tusk’s daughter victim status in an investigation into the alleged use of Pegasus to surveil PiS’s political opponents.
