Around 2.5 million people lived in extreme poverty in Poland in 2023, up 47% on the previous year.
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Polish delivery giant InPost takes full control of UK logistics firm Menzies
The deal marks the latest step in a rapid international expansion by InPost.
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Moose spotted on roof of Polish shopping centre
The animal was safely sedated and will be released in a nearby forest.
Poland sanctions 50 Russian entities and individuals, including Gazprom
A number of oligarchs, including Oleg Deripaska and Mikhail Maratovich Fridman, are also on the new list.
Government to restrict flights at Poland’s busiest airport amid dispute with controllers
Air traffic controllers are threatening to leave their jobs at the end of April if their demands on pay and conditions are not met.
Poland confirms it is sending tanks to Ukraine
“We are helping our neighbours from Ukraine, but they are also helping us by…fighting for our safety and peace,” said the prime minister.
Polish national park closes trails to protect bear cub sighted on ski slope
There are only around 110 brown bears in Poland, and park officials hope the cub will find its mother.
Polish state-funded nationalist media outlet promotes antisemitic book
The first chapter begins by describing Jews as a “parasitic tribe [that] has nested on our skin, sucks our sweat, our blood, for six centuries”.
Eleventh miner dies following accidents at two Polish coal mines
The prime minister has pledged that state support will be given to the families of the victims.
More Ukrainians leaving Poland than arriving for first time since Russian invasion
For the last four days the numbers crossing from Poland to Ukraine have been higher than those going in the opposite direction.
Polish Left proposes “Europe Day” holiday and leasing German nuclear plants
Poland’s left-wing opposition party has unveiled a new set of policies focused on supporting Ukraine and “de-Putinising Europe”.
Ryanair announces $800m investment in Kraków, including ten new routes
The low-cost airline, which is Poland’s biggest carrier, will operate 73 routes, including 10 new ones, from Kraków this summer.
Poland launches international billboard campaign to encourage Russia sanctions
The adverts will be displayed “in many European cities” to “remind Western countries of the atrocities taking place in Ukraine”.
One million Ukraine refugees receive Polish ID numbers as government extends support for host families
The government estimates that almost two million Ukrainian refugees are currently in Poland.
