Aleks Szczerbiak
The political fallout passed quickly, suggesting most Poles have normalised the armed conflict on their border.
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Polish court refuses to extradite Ukrainian Nord Stream sabotage suspect to Germany
The judge’s decision was praised by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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Polish city commemorates WWII massacre of Jewish children
The German Nazi occupiers murdered 45 Jewish children who had survived the liquidation of Kielce’s ghetto.
EU approves €1bn Polish state support for farmers affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine
Grants of up to €250,000 will help agricultural producers weather increases in fertiliser prices and the lack of stability on the market.
Visa to open global tech hub in Poland
The new tech hub, Visa’s fifth worldwide and the first of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, will employ 1,500 specialists.
Supreme Court clears writer of insulting Poland’s president by calling him “moron”
Jakub Żulczyk criticised President Andrzej Duda for his apparent reluctance to accept Joe Biden’s election victory over Donald Trump.
Over 70 Polish academics have returned from abroad under government funding programme
The Polish Returns programme was launched in 2018, offering salaries of up to 350,000 zloty (€78,000) for Polish researchers to come to Poland.
LGBT activists found guilty over attack on anti-LGBT van in Poland
Among then was Margot, whose pretrial detention in 2020 prompted mass protests.
Polish embassy “appalled” by German teaching material saying “Polish mother hates gays”
This “reproduces anti-Polish stereotypes that Poles hate homosexual people”, says Poland’s ambassador to Germany.
Poland introduces new rules to smooth succession of family businesses
Until now, succession at family businesses could be costly, difficult and time consuming.
Poland should pay Russia $750bn for WW2 “liberation”, says chairman of State Duma
Vyacheslav Volodin also said that “Poland must return” lands that it received as part of the postwar settlement.
Ukraine criticises Poland’s call for Zelensky to apologise for WWII massacres
In now-deleted tweets, Ukraine’s ambassador said it was “unacceptable” for Poland to tell Ukraine how to deal with its history.
Polish party wants candidates to pledge to pay 1 million zloty to charity if they defect after election
PSL’s leader said the agreement would be voluntary but did not answer whether doing so would be a condition for standing on the party’s electoral lists.
Church was “naive” over child sex abuse, says Polish bishop after report indicates 1,000 victims
It is “shameful that for decades we did not see the [victims’] suffering. Once again, I want to apologise for that”.
