Around 2.5 million people lived in extreme poverty in Poland in 2023, up 47% on the previous year.

Around 2.5 million people lived in extreme poverty in Poland in 2023, up 47% on the previous year.
Daniel Tilles
Poland is already a country of mass immigration, but politicians have been reluctant to acknowledge it.
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The foreign ministry has criticised a map of Nazi camps used by Netflix and a deputy justice minister suggests possible legal action.
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Stanley Bill
A controversial national march returns to the streets of Warsaw.
“Everything should be done to prevent PiS from destroying the political order and rule of law for the next four years,” says Tusk.
After elections, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the members of his reformed cabinet, as the ruling PiS party prepares for the first sitting of the new parliament on Tuesday.
A new report highlights concerns by firms such as Google, IBM and Amazon over the safety of foreign employees in Poland.
LGBT is “dangerous”, “like Bolshevik or Hitlerite ideologies”, says the Arcbishop of Kraków, who also warns that paedophilia in the church should not be exaggerated.
A member of the Nordic Resistance Movement, who had come to Poland for paramilitary training, was expelled as a security threat.
Piotr Trudnowski
After every election, Jarosław Kaczyński, tired of steering towards the centre ground in campaigns, returns to what he knows best: conflict.
The two remaining protests, however, could still potentially swing the balance of power in the upper house of parliament.
From 11 November – Polish Independence Day – Poles will have visa-free access to the United States.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Wednesday that Poland’s government will continue the judicial reforms, despite the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).