Agnieszka Kwiatkowska-Gurdak was appointed to the role by Donald Tusk 14 months ago.
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Polish opposition seeks 120,000 monitors to stop government “stealing” presidential election
A new website is seeking to recruit and train an “Election Protection Movement”.
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Poland’s government calls crisis talks as hundreds of migrants march to border from Belarus
Poland’s government warned of attempts by Minsk to provoke a “major incident”.
Three quarters of Poles want abortion law softened amid protests over pregnant woman’s death
Only 10% support the current law, while 5% would like it to be restricted even further.
Polish energy firms worry about coal shortages ahead of winter
Reserves of coal have shrunk and global demand has increased amid economic rebound from the pandemic.
Tusk blames pregnant woman’s death on “government selling itself to religious sect”
The near-total ban on abortion means it is now “prosecutors, not doctors, that guide pregnancies”, says the opposition leader.
Nurses detained for issuing false Covid vaccination certificates in Poland
The digitisation minister also recently exposed illegal issuing of certificates.
Belarusian soldier tried to shoot at Polish forces in border standoff, says Poland
Other armed Belarusians were also observed trying to destroy border fencing in what Poland calls “further provocations” by Minsk.
South Korea joins Poland’s nuclear race with offer of six reactors
France and the United States have also expressed interest.
“Thanks to the abortion law, there’s nothing they can do,” wrote woman before death in Polish hospital
She died after doctors reportedly first waited for her foetus, which had birth defects, to die.
NATO “concerned at escalation” on Polish border, calls for Belarus to “respect international law”
“NATO is ready to continue helping our allies and maintaining security in the region,” said its headquarters in Brussels.
Polish state rail operator plans bus services to stations in fight against transport exclusion
PKP is planning to launch a subsidiary company that would provide bus transit to train stations from remote locations.
Poland raises interest rates more than expected in response to soaring inflation
The NBP has raised its key rate by three quarters of a percentage point to 1.25%.
Poland rebuilds its labour market quickest in EU, according to ILO report
Poland lost the fewest work hours among EU states in 2020, at 2.1%.
