The Polish government will abolish compulsory, graded homework in primary schools next month.

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The Polish government will abolish compulsory, graded homework in primary schools next month.
A deputy justice minister blamed the former government for the problem, suggesting that its sentencing policies were too harsh.
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The winter of 1978/79 in Poland was one of the harshest in living memory
In the previous census of 2011, 847,000 people declared Silesian nationality.
The proposal has been put forward in the Senate and backed by a deputy health minister.
A transgender person who underwent a sex reassignment procedure abroad has won the right to have her sex change recognised in her Polish passport.
An annual problem returns.
The project was financed with local residents’ support, but the benches have since been graffitied, damaged and thrown into a reservoir.
European bison have been successfully reintroduced after being hunted to extinction in the wild.
Activists want the building to be deconsecrated and turned into a concert hall.
The owner hopes the shop will help change attitudes towards sex in Poland.
Growing numbers of Poles participate in chilly outdoor swims, with clubs sprouting up.
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After 30 years, fewer pupils are attending religion classes than ever before.
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