Kraków, which received 8.7 million overnight tourists last year, had appealed for a change to the law.
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Poland drops proposal to criminalise providing help to illegal migrants following outcry
Critics said the law could have exposed volunteers helping migrants to up to three years in prison.
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Poland recovers looted painting that once hung in SS officers’ club in occupied Warsaw
The owner of the painting has donated it to Warsaw’s National Museum after learning of its provenance.
Poland changes rules of engagement for firing on foreign aircraft amid growing Russia threat
Visual identification of targets will no longer be required.
Belarusian convicted for preparing arson in Poland on behalf of foreign intelligence
Vitaliy S. was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Ninth-century Arabic silver coins found near Viking trading centre in Poland
The dirhams may have belonged to merchants travelling to or from the nearby Viking Age port of Truso.
Poland offers to host facility producing Patriot missiles for Ukraine
Locating the facility in Poland would help ensure its security, says a deputy defence minister.
“Don’t blame Ukrainian nation,” says Polish priest injured in deadly knife attack
A visibly injured Father Adrian Mantykiewicz delivered a homily at the abbey where the attack took place.
Russia condemns Polish city’s “barbaric” removal of Monument of Gratitude to the Red Army
The fate of the monument has been subject to a long-running legal and political battle in Rzeszów.
Polish president “doesn’t like” Trump inviting Putin to G20 but will still attend summit
“If it were up to us, Russia should be isolated in all international forums,” says President Nawrocki’s chief foreign policy aide.
Poland extends tax rights to same-sex couples with foreign marriages
The decision adds to marital benefits now available in Poland to same-sex couples married elsewhere in the EU.
Prosecutors drop case in which Wałęsa was accused of lying about being communist collaborator
“Truth has triumphed over an attempt to rewrite history,” wrote the justice minister.
Poland issues guidance on responding to air attacks and warns of Russia threat
85,000 shelters are to be marked with clear signs across Poland by the end of the year.
Zelensky condemns knife attack by Ukrainian at Polish abbey that left priest dead and others injured
Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged that the perpetrator, who is in police custody, will face the “full severity of Polish law”.
