With around 183,000 members, the Polish community constitutes 6.5% of Lithuania’s total population and is the country’s largest ethnic minority.
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Number of Michelin-starred restaurants in Poland doubles in new guide
Michelin also awarded a Polish restaurant with a green star for the first time, recognising a commitment to sustainable gastronomy.
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“Crimea is Ukraine,” says Polish president, condemning Russia’s “illegal annexation”
Duda was speaking at the inaugural Crimea Platform summit in Kyiv.
Polish church criticises government’s proposed tax increase for priests
The head of the episcopate says the plans were not consulted with the church.
Polish church condemns “un-Christian fear” of refugees and calls for “hospitality”
The episcopate has issued a statement in response to the recent surge in people seeking to cross from Belarus.
Polish state energy giant calls for price deregulation with further rises expected
Electricity prices rose faster in Poland last year than anywhere else in the EU.
Poland to evacuate 300 Afghans who worked with NATO
The prime minister said this was not Poland’s “final word” in helping NATO in Afghanistan.
US-owned TVN sues Polish ruling party deputy leader for calling it “pro-Russian Soviet creation”
Poland’s largest private broadcaster says Antoni Macierewicz is “disseminating false information”.
Afghan migrants camp on Polish-Belarusian border amid political standoff
Dozens of Afghans remain stuck on the Poland-Belarus border amid a standoff.
Polish government to subsidise home energy storage in solar drive
State subsidies have helped more than triple Poland’s solar capacity since the start of 2020.
Polish government turns communist-era hotel into museum instead of planned shopping centre
Hotel Cracovia operated from 1965-2011.
Mass grave shows “evidence of genocide” against Poles by Nazi Germany, say archaeologists
The area in which the grave was found was named the “Valley of Death” by locals due to the number of mass executions.
Poland donates 500,000 Covid vaccines to Vietnam
As Poland’s vaccination rate slows, it has sold excess supplies abroad, but Vietnam is the first to receive vaccines as humanitarian aid.
“Poland defended itself from refugees in 2015 and will do so again,” says deputy PM
Amid a surge in crossings at the border with Belarus, the government has sent soldiers to secure the frontier and moved to tighten asylum rules.
