It will promote and teach Polish language, history and culture, as well as safeguard Polish cultural heritage in Brazil.
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Polish pupils have higher homework burden than international average, finds study
The Polish government will abolish compulsory, graded homework in primary schools next month.
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Polish cities pumping water from swimming pools to fight shortages amid record drought
Local communities are having to find new ways to retain and reuse diminishing water supplies.
Poland not yet at peak of epidemic because it is following a different model: health minister
Poland’s tough and early lockdown measures helped suppress the epidemic but also pushed its peak forward.
Microsoft announces $1 billion investment in Poland
The project will be Poland’s largest ever IT investment.
New domestic violence law in Poland to immediately remove perpetrators from the home
The measure was supported by all political groups in parliament apart from the far right.
Almost half of workers “more efficient” at home as pandemic accelerates changes to working model in Poland
A quarter of people working from home would not mind continuing to do so.
Stygmatyzacja i faszerowanie lekami: polska psychiatria wciąż zmaga się z problemami sprzed 100 lat
Hanna Szukalska
Opowieści pacjentów i lekarzy o systemie ochrony zdrowia psychicznego w Polsce.
Stigmatisation and medication: Poland’s outdated approach to mental health
Hanna Szukalska
Stories of patients and doctors from inside Poland’s broken mental health system.
At Warsaw’s historic market halls, small vendors struggle to survive the lockdown
Percy Metcalfe
Hala Gwardii and Hala Mirowska have survived Warsaw’s tumultuous history, but the pandemic presents new challenges.
Polish parishes face shortfall as lockdown stops faithful from leaving cash offerings
Priests also face financial woes with religious lessons called off and customary donations drying up.
Reward offered to find arsonists who caused week-long fire at Poland’s largest national park
The fire was probably caused by farmers illegally burning grass and exacerbated by recent dry weather.
“No privatisation of healthcare while I’m in office,” pledges Polish president ahead of election
President Duda praised public healthcare for allowing “every citizen to be treated equally”.
How Chernobyl fake news poisons nuclear energy debate in Poland
Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska
Nuclear energy remains controversial in Poland, despite relatively high support for building a power station.
