The ban resulted in a decreased number of police interventions and intoxicated people referred to care centres, informed the city hall.
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Zelensky condemns Polish farmers’ protest as “erosion of solidarity”
Ukraine’s interior minister added that the blockade of the border by prostesters “impacts Ukraine’s defence capabilities”.
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Polish city opens new “green library”
Lublin has converted a former restaurant into a branch of its municipal library, designed as a functional but environmentally friendly space
Polish government boosts funding for child mental health care
Experts have warned that the system is in crisis.
Polish president and Catholic church intervene in dispute over Pole on life support in UK hospital
The man’s own family are divided over the issue.
Christians and Jews in Poland celebrate Catholic church’s annual Day of Judaism
Religious and cultural events were held around Poland, including prayers, lectures, film screenings and concerts.
Poland’s 1979 “winter of the century” in photographs
The winter of 1978/79 in Poland was one of the harshest in living memory
Politicians and activists campaign for people to declare Silesian identity in census
In the previous census of 2011, 847,000 people declared Silesian nationality.
Only vaccinated children would be admitted to preschools in Poland under proposed legislation
The proposal has been put forward in the Senate and backed by a deputy health minister.
Top Polish court rules that sex change abroad must be recognised in official documents
A transgender person who underwent a sex reassignment procedure abroad has won the right to have her sex change recognised in her Polish passport.
Kraków records third worst air pollution in the world as smog descends on Poland
An annual problem returns.
Polish city considers withdrawing “LGBT benches” after repeated vandalism
The project was financed with local residents’ support, but the benches have since been graffitied, damaged and thrown into a reservoir.
Poland’s bison removed from endangered list but 16 bird species have disappeared from the country
European bison have been successfully reintroduced after being hunted to extinction in the wild.
Congregants protest against proposed repurposing of Kraków church owned by city
Activists want the building to be deconsecrated and turned into a concert hall.
