The move, however, has sparked divisions over healthcare funding.
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Polish university lecturer indicted over “inhumane” killing of carp during classes
She is accused of animal cruelty and exposing an animal to unnecessary pain, and could face up to three years in prison.
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Polish football fan completes 100 km charity walk to meet goalscoring keeper
Jan Jurek had promised to walk to the stadium of any team whose goalkeeper scored in a top-flight league match.
Poland’s support for the EU lowest in over a decade
The score comes after years of record-high support for EU membership.
World Central Kitchen names new field kitchen after Polish volunteer killed in Israeli airstrike
“Damian’s Kitchen,” WCK’s third high-production kitchen, is being built in Mawasi, central Gaza.
Poland’s PiS wants to reject Green Deal after European elections, says Kaczyński
But critics note that the Green Deal was adopted when PiS was in power.
Poland launches “Refugeebook” app to help asylum seekers
Available in Polish, English, Russian and Ukrainian, it provides asylum seekers with information on their rights and obligations.
Poland saw EU’s third-highest houshold electricity price rises in the second half of 2023
The new figures come as the climate minister today announced that she had approved a rise in the cap on electricity prices.
CPAC Hungary: ex Polish PM Morawiecki warns of “destructive ideas of liberal elites”
The event was also addressed by Viktor Orbán and, by video message, Donald Trump.
Law to recognise Silesian as regional language in Poland approved by parliament
Right-wing opposition parties voted against the bill, arguing that Silesian is a dialect of Polish rather than a language in its own right.
Polish president pardons anti-corruption officers convicted alongside PiS politicians for abusing powers
Former PiS minister Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik were also convicted and pardoned in relation to the same case.
Poland donates $2 million to UN agencies for humanitarian aid in Gaza
Half will go the World Food Programme and the other half to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Poland signs $1.6 billion deal with South Korea for rocket artillery launchers
Most of the systems will be built in Poland itself.
Polish city fights to protect famous symbol from commercial exploitation
Kraków’s “Lajkonik” is a bearded horse rider supposedly representing 13th-century Mongol invaders.
