Hundreds of thousands of visas went to people from Asian and African countries as well as to Russians after the invasion of Ukraine.
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Polish publishers condemn Facebook after it limits post visibility following change to copyright law
“Facebook has gone to war with the Polish media,” says the editor-in-chief of a leading news website.
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invested record €1.3bn in Poland in 2023
Only Türkiye and Ukraine received more from the EBRD last year.
Polish exports to Kyrgyzstan up 1700% amid Ukraine war as firms evade sanctions on Russia
Other Western countries have also seen growing exports to Kyrgyzstan, but one economist notes that Poland and Germany’s figures are the largest.
Prosecutors investigate prosecutor general’s decision to remove national prosecutor
Meanwhile, the prosecutor general announced that he does not recognise as legitimate an order by the constitutional court to suspend the move.
Polish president pardons jailed former government ministers
Andrzej Duda called for the pair to be immediately released from prison.
First ever female Polish Protestant bishop ordained
Paulina Hlawiczka-Trotman, who comes from the town of Ustroń in southern Poland, became bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain.
Poland and Lithuania to hold joint military exercises around Suwałki Gap
The plans were announced during a visit by Polish President Andrzej Duda to his Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas Nausėda.
Polish state TV confirms high earnings of ex-CEO’s wife but she threatens to sue over “lies”
She disputes claims she earned over 1.5 million zloty (€342,000) for a little over a year’s work.
Imprisoned Polish opposition politician on hunger strike taken to hospital
Former interior minister Mariusz Kamiński claims to be a “political prisoner”.
“Nothing more important than supporting Ukraine,” says Tusk on Kyiv visit
“Anyone in the free world who pretends to be neutral deserves the darkest place in political hell,” said Tusk.
Man charged for insulting prime minister with anti-Tusk graffiti at historic Protestant church
Insulting a public official or a constitutional body is a crime in Poland that carries a potential prison sentence of up to two years.
Court rejects Polish government’s move to put public radio into liquidation
The decision marks a further legal blow to the new government’s efforts to regain control of public media from the former ruling party.
Boss of Poland’s planned “mega-airport” fired as new government launches audit
The former ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party envisioned the airport becoming one of the biggest in Europe.
