The Polish government will abolish compulsory, graded homework in primary schools next month.
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Polish government wants to release 20,000 prisoners from overcrowded jails
A deputy justice minister blamed the former government for the problem, suggesting that its sentencing policies were too harsh.
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Poland falls to record low in World Press Freedom Index
It has fallen every year since 2015, when it reached its highest ever position.
Poland accelerates vaccine rollout, allowing all adults to register for jab by 9 May
Younger cohorts will also be allowed to receive jabs that may otherwise go to waste.
Polish census discriminates against disabled, LGBT and ethnic minorities, warns human rights official
The census is inaccessible to visually impaired people, does not allow trans people to choose gender identity, and forbids non-Polish letters.
Mural honours “forgotten” female fighters on Warsaw Ghetto Uprising anniversary
A number of events were held to mark the largest Jewish act of resistance during the Holocaust.
Poland plans reform to decouple health insurance from employment status
Poland already has the lowest unemployment rate in the EU.
Poland with EU’s highest inflation, more than triple eurozone average
Poland has recorded the highest or second highest inflation among all EU member states in every month since February last year.
Police issue fines as hundreds gather for anti-lockdown protest in Polish city
Participants called for the government to be put on trial and businesses to reopen.
Prime minister and state TV join national Bible reading day in Poland
The education minister announced plans to make biblical studies an academic discipline.
Polish central bank wants legally guaranteed right to pay by cash
Otherwise certain social groups, such as the elderly and disabled, could face exclusion, warns the bank.
Three resign from Auschwitz council following “political” appointment of former PM
Beata Szydło says it is “an honour and great responsibility” to be chosen.
Poland records 24% excess mortality in first quarter of 2021, with 27,000 additional deaths
Poland had the EU’s highest excess death rate in 2020.
Mystery tree “creature” reported to animal services actually a croissant
Residents were scared to open their windows.
