“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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Government approves extra pay for social care workers
Those on the minimum wages – as many care workers are – would see their earnings boosted by almost 25%.
Tens of thousands of farmers join blockades around Poland in largest protest so far
Polish farmers have been protesting since last month against EU green policies and agricultural imports from Ukraine.
Centre for study of Polish culture and diaspora opens in Brazil
It will promote and teach Polish language, history and culture, as well as safeguard Polish cultural heritage in Brazil.
Polish pupils have higher homework burden than international average, finds study
The Polish government will abolish compulsory, graded homework in primary schools next month.
Polish government wants to release 20,000 prisoners from overcrowded jails
A deputy justice minister blamed the former government for the problem, suggesting that its sentencing policies were too harsh.
Poland to audit state funding for religious groups – “in particular Catholic church” – under former government
Citizens should not be “obliged to financially support religious communities that are alien to them”, says the speaker of parliament.
Polish government has fulfilled only 12 of Tusk’s promised 100 policies in first 100 days in office
One of Tusk’s MPs blamed the fact that KO has to rule with coalition partners and faces a hostile president.
Government and opposition blame each other after Poland gets only 0.4% of EU ammo spending
The government notes that applications were submitted when the opposition PiS party was in power.
Germany, France and Poland pledge to buy weapons for Ukraine using frozen Russian assets
“We will do whatever is necessary and for as long as it is necessary to prevent Russia from winning the war with Ukraine.”
Warsaw announces 56m zloty for “pre-design” of fourth metro line ahead of local elections
One of the mayor’s rivals accused him of digging up long-forgotten investment plans ahead of the elections.
“This is a secular state”: Polish government ends subsidies for religious publications
“The mission of the state is not to spread faith and salvation,” says the culture minister.
“Local issues, not ideological quarrels”: an interview with PiS’s candidate for Warsaw mayor
Alicja Ptak
We speak with Tobiasz Bocheński about his vision for the capital.
