The figure fell to 1.1 in 2024, well below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 needed to prevent population decline.
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Right-wing opposition candidate Nawrocki wins Polish presidential election
Karol Nawrocki took 50.89% of the vote against 49.11% for his centrist rival Rafał Trzaskowski.
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Warsaw theatre director dismissed over “radical feminism” and golden vagina sculpture
The decision was made by an official from the ruling national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party.
“My generation was wrong on climate,” says Tusk as he unveils Polish opposition’s green programme
PO wants to phase out coal more quickly, reduce logging, and introduce better environmental monitoring, including of rivers.
“Difficult to understand” Poland’s “unrealistic” response to Patriot offer, says German ambassador
The Polish government has proposed that Germany should place the Patriot air defence systems in Ukraine, rather than in Poland.
First online parish office opens in Poland’s Catholic church
Confessions, baptisms, weddings can be booked via internet
Kraków becomes first Polish city to ban older cars in anti-pollution drive
The city’s new “clean transport zone” will begin to ban older cars from mid-2024.
Poland to confiscate cars from drink drivers
If a drink driver’s car is destroyed in an accident, or if it does not belong to them, they will have to pay a fine equivalent to the value of the vehicle.
Poland increases subsidies for home solar panels and energy storage
Subsidies for home energy storage are doubling to 15,000 zloty (€3,187).
Poland sends note to all EU and NATO states on war reparations claim against Germany
“We want to launch an international discussion about Germany’s attitude,” says the deputy foreign minister.
Polish president approves postponement of local elections despite opposition criticism
The opposition accuses the ruling party of wanting to delay the local elections for its own political benefit.
Anger in Warsaw over Ukraine appointing minister who denied wartime massacre of Poles
“There is no way we can accept politicians who introduce the Banderite narrative into the public sphere,” says an aide to President Andrzej Duda.
Polish president duped by prankster pretending to be Macron in call after missile strike
Duda spent over seven minutes speaking to someone pretending to be France’s president.
Polish MP accuses head of Polish Tennis Association of sexually abusing her as a child
“Mirosław Skrzypczyński sexually assaulted me at least a dozen times…I was a kid, 13-years-old…He was a sexual predator.”
