“This investment represents an enormous vote of confidence in the Polish people,” said Microsoft president Brad Smith.
Politics
Will the ruling party’s candidate lose the Polish presidential election?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Although Rafał Trzaskowski’s lead is slipping, he remains the clear favourite.
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Poland should support Israel against “terrorist” Iran, says Polish official
But Warsaw will push for a “de-escalation” of the situation.
Almost 600 people targeted with Pegasus spyware under former Polish government
Although many targets were legitimate, there were “too many cases” in which Pegasus was used by PiS against “inconvenient” figures, says a minister.
Tusk fires official after bizarre series of vulgar tweets
One post suggested a young opposition activist owed his position to providing sexual favours and another mocked the size of a journalist’s penis.
Poland receives largest ever tranche of EU money as first unfrozen funds transferred
The EU has transferred almost almost 27 billion zloty (€6.3 billion) to Poland.
Tens of thousands march against abortion in Warsaw
Two days earlier, parliament gave initial approval to legislation that would soften Poland’s strict abortion laws.
Conservative opposition leader Kaczynski willing to support liberalising Poland’s abortion law
But he warns this could only happen by changing the constitution.
Polish parliament passes bill to reverse previous government’s reform of judicial council
The National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) was at the heart of the rule-of-law crisis that emerged under PiS’s eight-year rule.
Polish parliament approves first steps in ending near-total abortion ban
But the bills still face a number of major hurdles.
Church criticises Polish government for removing Catholic catechism from school grade average
It is “unfair towards students attending religious classes”, says the Catholic church.
Anger after closed meeting of Polish parliamentary group broadcast live
The episode comes amid recent tensions between groups in the ruling coalition.
Far-right MP charged over attack on Jewish ceremony in Polish parliament
Grzegorz Braun has been charged with the crime of insulting a religious group, which carries a potential prison sentence.
Court confirms Polish government’s move to put state TV into liquidation
The decision was welcomed by culture minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, who says it puts “an end to the dispute”.
