The ban on fur farming will have an eight-year transition period and offer compensation to breeders.
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Record number of workers in Poland despite shrinking and ageing population
More people are working beyond retirement age and previously economically inactive adults, especially women, are entering the labour market.
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EU has given Poland €145m to help with Ukraine refugees
The amount is “small” but appreciated, says Poland, which will spend an estimated €8.36 billion on helping Ukrainian refugees this year.
Tusk calls for probe into alleged Russian links to tape scandal that caused crisis for his government
A government spokesman said that Tusk’s claims are “absurd”.
Polish government intervenes as energy firm ends gas contracts with thousands of customers
A government minister called on Tauron to “immediately withdraw from the unacceptable decision to terminate gas contracts”.
Near-total abortion ban discourages people from having children, say majority in Poland
The same poll shows a growing number in favour of a more liberal abortion law.
Number of Poles living in extreme poverty falls 20%
But experts warn that soaring inflation, including rapidly rising energy prices, and the refugee crisis could see poverty rise again this year.
Poland summons Israeli ambassador to explain “misleading” Holocaust trip remarks
“It is absolutely incomprehensible to us that the Polish foreign ministry prohibits our citizens from coming to Poland,” said Israel’s ambassador.
“Referendum” approves annexation of Russian embassy in Warsaw
“Turnout was 127%,” said the organisers, with “the vast majority of valid votes cast in favour of” annexation.
Diesel prices hit record high in Poland, passing average of 8 zloty/litre for first time
The price of 95-octane fuel is also rising sharply and experts are warning that this is not the end of the increases.
Poland to spend €8.4bn supporting Ukraine refugees in 2022, highest in OECD
Almost 1.4 million refugees from Ukraine registered for temporary protection in Poland, the most of any country.
Around one million Ukrainian refugees remain in Poland, estimate experts
Among the Ukrainian refugees in Poland, 91% are women (45%) and children (46%).
Hunter in Poland kills bison after “mistaking it for boar”
Several other bison that have gone missing “probably ended up, brutally speaking, inside a sausage,” says a conservationist.
Thousands evacuated in Polish city after half-tonne WWII bomb discovered
Army sappers were called in to remove the device and safely detonate it at a military training ground
