The group from the University of Warsaw were detained amid ongoing mass protests in Nigeria.
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Poland to pay monthly benefit to people aged over 100
“It’s our way of expressing gratitude for the years of stories they share with us,” says the prime minister’s office.
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The glittering nightlife and thriving culture of interwar Warsaw
Juliette Bretan
The sights and sounds of a short-lived cultural explosion.
Activists stage retro protest against road fines not increasing since 1990s in Poland
The maximum road fine has been fixed at 500 zloty for almost 25 years.
Half of high school students in Polish city opt out of Catholic catechism classes
“They will miss it and come back,” says Kraków’s archbishop
Working parents in Poland – especially mothers – face new challenges during pandemic, find reports
“The positive trend securing equal opportunities for women on the job market was disrupted by the pandemic.”
World’s biggest “insect hotel” created in Warsaw
The aim was was to educate developers about eco-friendly buildings.
Memorial to murdered Jewish ghetto escapees erected in Polish forest
The wooden monument is the work of an NGO and local officials.
Report identifies 187 state-linked lawsuits “harassing” media under current Polish government
But a conservative journalism society says it is “Catholic and patriotic” voices which are under threat.
Polish government’s Clean Air programme to stop subsidising coal stoves
Higher income thresholds will also allow more people to benefit from thermo-modernisation subsidies.
Growing concern over four ethnic Polish leaders detained in Belarus since March
They have been transferred to a detention centre outside Minsk and the wife of one says contact has ceased.
First dog adoption app in Poland launched by high school students
The service matches animals needing adoption with prospective owners.
Debt collectors enter Polish senator’s bank account over unpaid TV licence
In theory all TV and radio owners should pay a licence fee in Poland, but in practice less than 8% of households do.
Poland ranked as worst country in EU for LGBT people for second year running
Only non-EU countries, such as Russia and Turkey, are lower in the “Rainbow Europe” ranking.
