The city of Opole immediately cancelled a meeting Grzegorz Braun had been due to hold and will seek compensation for the damage.
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Local authorities take action after unknown person repaints 200-year-old Polish village shrine
The shrine is on the official register of monuments, meaning vandalism of it can carry a prison sentence of up to two years.
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Dog digs up huge haul of medieval coins in Poland
The bracteates – thin, single-sided coins – found near Wałbrzych are the first such find in more than a century.
Polish democracy declines for eighth year running to lowest recorded level, finds Freedom House
The NGO raised particular concern over the “government’s instrumentalisation of the politically captured Constitutional Tribunal”.
Ukraine war almost entirely to blame for inflation jump in March, says Polish central bank chief
Inflation in Poland reached 11% in March, up from 8.5% in February and the highest figure since the year 2000.
Poland launches “container towns” for internally displaced Ukrainians
Mateusz Morawiecki unveiled the first such facility during a visit to Lviv in Ukraine.
Poland sees surge in sales of unfinished homes amid market troubles
High borrowing rates and construction costs have prompted many Poles to put their unfinished homes up for sale.
Poland renews push to remove Soviet monuments amid Russia’s war in Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made the “decommunisation” of Polish public spaces even more urgent, says the state history institute.
“Like a jigsaw puzzle”: Polish archivists piece together shredded communist secret police files
More than 6,700 files were pieced together over 15 years and some have been used as evidence in court cases.
Poland accelerates delivery of a new air-defence system amid war in Ukraine
The agreement will see Poland received British CAMM missiles and launches in September, five years earlier than planned.
Polish coalition party proposes three-year jail terms for insulting church or interrupting mass
Two deputy justice ministers today unveiled plans to toughen Poland’s blasphemy laws.
Officials and experts warn against Polish government’s planned “mega database”
Poland’s commissioners for human rights and data protection says the plans could violate the law and citizens’ rights.
Warsaw will lose billions in revenue due to government’s tax overhaul, says mayor
A deputy finance minister says that the government is “listening carefully” to local authorities and ready to discuss the issue with them
Presidents of Poland and Baltic states visit Kyiv to show support for Ukraine
“Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have always been the first to help Ukraine,” said Volodymyr Zelensky.
