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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Warsaw announces third metro line to link second-largest district to centre
Six new stations on the east bank of the Vistula will be built by 2028.
“Poland would not be admitted to EU today,” says new Polish head of International Criminal Court
Poland no longer has an “independent judicial system”, says judge Piotr Hofmański.
Number of people leaving Catholic church more than trebles in Kraków in 2020
Reports indicate that a record number of Poles submitted acts of apostasy last year, amid sex-abuse scandals and anger over an abortion ban.
Long-term Covid sufferers treated in ancient Polish salt mine 135m below ground
Wieliczka Salt Mine has long been used as a health resort.
Schools report hundreds of missing students since start of online teaching in Poland
The full extent of the problem is unknown as no nationwide statistics are collected.
Poland’s worst driver fails theory test a record 192nd time
The 50-year-old’s case raised questions about limiting the number of tests.
Poland and Israel condemn naming of Ukraine stadium after officer linked to killing of Poles and Jews
A stadium in Ternopil has been named after Roman Shukhevych.
Poland’s “last new coal power plant” being dismantled after costing state firms over 1.5 billion zloty
Ostrołęka C is to be turned into a gas-powered plant instead.
Whole EU declared “LGBTIQ Freedom Zone” in response to Polish anti-LGBT resolutions
“All member states have obligations to respect fundamental rights.”
Poland is world’s “most autocratizing country”, finds democracy index
Poland has fallen to 63rd place in V-Dem’s ranking.
Polish town introduces local lockdown tougher than national Covid restrictions
Grodzisk Mazowiecki has Poland’s second highest infection rate.
Poland to suspend planned medical procedures to ensure capacity for Covid patients
The restrictions will not apply to cancer diagnostics and treatment.
