Milk bars offered affordable food and were once widespread in Poland but have struggled in recent years.
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“You forgot Poland”: criticism as US, UK, France and Germany meet alone to discuss Ukraine
Commentators in Poland and abroad argued that eastern NATO states should have been invited.
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Fire rages for days in Kraków archive, destroying documents and raising safety questions
The fire was made worse by the modern construction of the newly built archives.
Poland becomes EU’s largest electric bus exporter
Sales rose 50% last year.
Polish cities use coffee grounds to clear ice instead of salt
The idea for the experiment came from Lviv in Ukraine.
Man wrongly imprisoned for 18 years wins Poland’s highest ever compensation payout
Tomasz Komenda served almost two decades for a rape and murder he did not commit.
Left-wing views highest ever recorded among young Poles, above right-wing and centrist for first time
It is the first such result in post-communist Poland.
A quarter of children in Poland born out of wedlock as Poles increasingly marry later or not at all
In the early 1990s, less than 7% of children were born outside marriage.
Forgotten communist-era soul star’s first album released four decades after fleeing Poland for the US
Renata Lewandowska was all but forgotten after emigrating from Poland in the 1970s.
Staff call for release of German-Turkish “Kebab King” detained in Poland on organised crime charges
Around 600 employees have written to the prime minister and justice minister.
Polish opposition sets out policy plans and calls for broad coalition to oust government
It hopes to create a united front from left to centre-right.
Split in Polish government’s junior coalition partner threatens ruling majority
A faction in the party of deputy prime minister Jarosław Gowin has challenged his leadership.
Polish government vows to vaccinate “everyone willing” by end of 2021
Poland is moving to the next stage of its vaccine rollout.
Hotels, cinemas and sports facilities to reopen as Poland further loosens lockdown
Restaurants, bars and gyms remain closed.
