Recruits were hired on Telegram and paid to carry out tasks including painting vulgar slogans against the then ruling PiS party.
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Humpback whale freed from fishing nets on Poland’s Baltic coast
Humpback whales are extremely rare in the Baltic Sea.
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Polish parliament approves making Christmas Eve day off work
The legislation would also introduce an additional trading Sunday in December.
Constitutional court rejects Polish government’s change to teaching of religion in schools
The government is likely to ignore the ruling as it regards the court as an unlawful body in its current form.
Poland and Ukraine announce “progress” on exhumation of WWII massacre victims
Ukraine has indicated there are “no obstacles” to exhumations taking place and that it will “positively consider” requests.
Poland will not support EU-Mercosur free trade deal in current form
France is also opposed to the agreement with South American countries.
Polish film Pianoforte wins international Emmy
It is the first Polish documentary to win the award.
Nineteenth-century Japanese coin found buried in Poland
Such 100-mon coins were produced in Japan in the period 1835-1870.
Polish farmers renew but then suspend protest blockade at Ukraine border
They are protesting against a proposed EU free trade deal with South America and a Polish agricultural tax.
Struggling battery maker Northvolt to shut down energy storage manufacturing in Poland
The Swedish firm’s factory in Gdańsk, which only opened last year, had initially been planned to be the biggest in Europe.
Polish opposition picks non-party candidate for presidential election
Karol Nawrocki, the head of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), is a relatively little known figure.
Main Polish ruling party names Rafał Trzaskowski as presidential candidate after primary election
Warsaw mayor Trzaskowski is regarded as representing the more socially liberal wing of the centrist Civic Platform (PO).
Polish constitutional court rules government’s removal of top prosecutor unconstitutional
But the justice minister says the ruling is itself invalid.
Polish justice minister requests that predecessor be forcibly brought to testify in spyware investigation
Former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro is undergoing treatment for cancer.
