Polls indicate that just over half of the public hold a negative opinion of the work done so far by Poland’s ruling coalition.
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After one year of new government, anger in Poland over broken abortion promises
Alicja Ptak and Christiaan Paauwe
Donald Tusk’s government has failed to fulfil its pledge to end the near-total abortion ban.
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Students protest Warsaw University’s “hush up” of sexual harassment by leading professor
The university found victims’ claims of sexual harassment by a professor stretching back 30 years to be “credible”.
Iga Świątek seals world No. 1 spot, becoming first Pole to top tennis rankings
She secured top spot with a win at the Miami Open last night.
Gun ranges in Poland report boom in interest amid war in Ukraine
State-owned firms have begun providing defence training to staff, while the territorial defence force has reported a large increase in interest.
Sean Penn teams up with Polish city to help Ukrainian refugees
His NGO, CORE, will provide Kraków with organisational and material support.
Poland “heading for education tsunami” with new Ukrainian refugee pupils, warns teachers’ union
Up to 50,000 new teachers may be needed, says the head of the union, who has appealed for salaries to be raised.
Warsaw man dresses as dinosaur every day to cheer up Ukrainian refugee children
Tomasz Grzywiński is now joining forces with other dinosaurs to spread some joy to children forced to flee their homes.
More “people killed by abortion” than dying in war, warns Polish Catholic shrine
“Despite the cruelty of war, the world still divides children into ‘wanted’ and ‘unwanted’.”
Ukrainian 7-year-old who sang Frozen song from bunker opens charity concert in Poland
Amelia Anisovych is one of over two million Ukrainian refugees who have fled into Poland.
The previous wave: how Polish civil society helped migrants and refugees amid the Belarus border crisis
Shannon Listopad
Over two million have fled from Ukraine to Poland since Russian invasion
A new polls finds that 94% of the Polish public favour accepting the refugees with only 3% opposed.
Warsaw’s population has risen 17% due to refugees from Ukraine
President Andrzej Duda yesterday “appealed to the international community to help Poland” deal with the refugee crisis.
Ukrainian refugee medics could boost Poland’s understaffed health system
The government has simplified the procedure for Ukrainian medics to start working in Poland and is offering courses in medical Polish.
