The government is circumventing a presidential veto on prescription-free access to emergency contraception.
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Poland reintroduces exclusion zone on Belarus border amid migration crisis
Unauthorised people will not be allowed to be within 200 metres of the border in some places, and up to 2km in others.
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The war in Ukraine highlights how net-zero strategies will have to continually contend with crises.
Polish education minister retracts statement linking “LGBT ideology” to Nazism after legal action
Przemysław Czarnek linked “LGBT ideology” to Nazism and said that “these people are not equal to normal people”.
20 Soviet memorials removed in Poland this year and 40 to go, says head of state history body
“These should have disappeared a long time ago, they are a symbol of the betrayal and suffering of Poles,” says the IPN’s president.
Poland to bring remains of presidents-in-exile from UK to Warsaw
The presidents-in-exile “preserved the idea of an independent, sovereign, free state” and “deserve a symbolic memorial in free Poland”.
Poland to share oil surplus with Germany
The decision came after Germany took control of a refinery majority owned by Russian oil giant Rosneft, something Poland had demanded.
Poland will sue European Commission if it continues to “illegally” block funds
“If there is no such money, we will go to court…Our lawyers are working on this,” says a deputy minister.
Polish opposition seeks to restore state funding for IVF
Government funding was ended by the national-conservative Law and Justice party after it came to power in 2015.
Poles have choice between “Polish” ruling party and “German” opposition, says Kaczyński
“It is Germany’s intention for us to be subject to them. We do not want to be under anyone’s boot. We have to resist it.”
New Polish gas pipeline from Norway to reach full capacity ahead of schedule
The Baltic Pipe, due to open this week, will be able to transport up to twice as much gas as planned from Norway to Poland this year.
Anti-Ukrainian protest in Poland attracts no participants
A separate nationalist protest against the “Ukrainisation of Poland” in Warsaw drew only a small crowd.
Poland welcomes right-wing election successes in Italy and Sweden
“Europe is becoming a Europe of real values,” says Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
Poland turns away Russians at border
“These are people who may be dangerous to our country,” says a spokesman for Poland’s security services.
