The prime minister also announced plans for a law requiring that women hold at least 30% of management positions in sport.
Politics
President vetoes Polish government’s move to abolish predecessor’s Russian influence commission
The commission last year issued a report recommending that Donald Tusk not be allowed to hold public office.
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Polish state energy giant abandons new carbon-neutral goal after less than a week
The decision came after complaints from coal miners.
Opposition mock ruling party’s pledge to improve Polish hospital food after eight years in power
Hospital food has long been the subject of complaint and ridicule by Poles.
Article on criticism of Polish government disappears from newspaper owned by state energy firm
No official reason has been given but an inside source said the newspaper was pressured by the ruling party to remove the article.
Polish ruling party pledges billions to improve communist-era housing estates
Over eight million Poles live in buildings constructed from prefabricated concrete slabs, a system widely used from the 1960s to the early 1990s.
Poland begins giving free laptops to all fourth graders
Almost 400,000 laptops will be provided pupils this year and teachers will also receive vouchers to help them buy laptops.
Polish left pledges 35-hour working week
The Left also unveiled three new female co-leaders to join its existing three male ones.
Teachers protest in Warsaw, demanding modern schools, better wages and more funding
The education minister displayed large banners on the ministry’s entrance detailing increases in funding implemented by the government.
Video shows Polish far-right election chief promising to “register gays” if they win power
“We will register not only [homosexual] relationships but also individual faggots so that none of them has the right to come close to any child.”
Poland cuts tax for first-time homebuyers and raises it for those buying multiple properties
The changes are part of efforts to help young people buy their first home as Poland grapples with a housing shortage.
Polish ruling party names far-right leader as election candidate
Robert Bąkiewicz, a former leader of the National Radical Camp (ONR), last year warned of “Jewish blackmail” against Poland.
Congressman calls for US to support Poland’s war reparations claim against Germany
“It cannot stand that Poland, the country that suffered the most under Nazi Germany, should be one of the least compensated.”
Polish parliament forms Russian influence commission despite opposition boycott and EU warning
Ahead of the vote, the EU urged Poland not to form the Russian influence commission before the elections.
