“Because of the proximity to the Polish border, they can be quickly returned there,” says Brandenburg’s interior minister.
Society
Asylum applications in Poland rose to new high in 2024
Over 15,000 people applied for asylum in Poland in 2024, 72% more than a year earlier.
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Polish media outlets appeal to government to support Belarusians
The open letter calls on the authorities to support the release of human rights activists in Belarus.
Polish archbishop thanks state oil firm for buying newspapers from German owner
He also criticised a German supermarket for evading Poland’s Sunday trading ban and praised the government for its Covid response.
Vatican punishes Polish bishop for neglect in paedophilia case
The bishop failed to act on complaints from the victim of a paedophile priest.
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.
