Over half the foreign prisoners are Ukrainians, with the next biggest numbers from Georgia and Belarus.
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Polish ministry unveils plans for new mortgage subsidy scheme
However, two other ministries, the central bank and trade unions are concerned the scheme could further push up prices.
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Latest retail chain exploits loophole to evade Poland’s Sunday trading ban
By offering postal services, stores are able to remain open.
Poles in Germany return home for “quicker, less bureaucratic” Covid vaccines
Hundreds have reportedly made the trip.
Public opinion of Polish state TV falls to lowest ever level
For the first time, negative attitudes towards TVP outweigh positive ones.
Conservative group launches university in Poland to “forge elites for the entire region”
Two government ministers will attend the inauguration of the institution, which is closely linked to Ordo Iuris.
Polish PM: “ideological” Amnesty International “stopped defending freedom long ago”
Mateusz Morawiecki likened the NGO’s treatment of Alexei Navalny to its approach to his own father in the 1980s.
“Amber rush” in Poland as canal construction rumoured to have unearthed precious material
The Baltic coast is famed for its amber.
Polish government offers to buy Marie Skłodowska-Curie house in France
The property near Paris was recently put up for sale.
Polish highlander proposes with traditional 18m wooden pole outside fiancée’s city home
The tradition, which has pagan roots, remains popular in the Orawa region straddling the Polish-Slovak border.
Poland to reduce wait between doses to five weeks for all Covid vaccines
People who have recently recovered from COVID-19 will also not have to wait as long for vaccination.
Church bell hidden from Nazis in occupied Poland dug up 80 years later
A monk ordered it to be hidden when the Germans began seizing bells to melt them down for metal.
Poland may accelerate Covid restriction loosening amid falling infections
Everything depends on this week’s data, according to the health ministry.
Poland’s opposition PO party requires “far-reaching changes”, warn group of MPs and former leader
Civic Platform will never win elections again unless it implements fundamental reform, say the lawmakers.
