The festival’s director has apologised for his comments, which were condemned as sexist by many figures in the industry.
Society
Poland records EU’s lowest level of labour market slack
The figure indicates that the Polish economy almost fully utilises its available labour resources.
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Money collected at masses for murdered Gdańsk mayor used to support Syrian families
More than 25,000 zloty collected at Paweł Adamowicz’s funeral and anniversary mass is helping families in Aleppo.
Man removed from priesthood over child sex abuse reemployed in diocese a month later
A man removed from the priesthood and charged for alleged repeated sexual abuse was re-employed by Poznań diocese.
Three quarters of Poles say immigrants from outside the EU benefit the economy
CBOS polling shows growing recognition of the benefits brought by record levels of immigration to Poland.
Witcher writer Sapkowski is Amazon’s most popular author after Netflix success
Following the success of the Witcher TV series, Andrzej Sapkowski becomes Amazon’s top-selling author.
Ukrainian worker left at bus stop by Polish employer after suffering stroke dies
Her employer waited two hours then left Oksana Kharchenko at a bus stop, but a judge ruled that he “did not act in bad faith”.
Almost 40% of Poles claim to be cutting back on meat and 8.4% have quit completely
Nearly 60% of respondents declared a desire to reduce meat consumption.
Poland’s biggest charity fundraiser smashes record and offers support to Australia
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP) raised over 115 million zloty.
As Germany opens its labour market, should Poland be worried about losing Ukrainian workers?
Katarzyna Michalska
Germany’s new Skilled Immigration Act goes into force in March this year.
Government promises to fully compensate “each Polish family” for higher electricity bills
Energy prices are rising up to 12% for Polish households this year.
Judges from around Europe to join protest in Warsaw against Polish court reforms
The Venice Commission has also arrived in Warsaw to prepare an “urgent opinion”
Poland’s inflation hits highest level since 2012
CPI inflation for December reached a year-on-year level of 3.4%.
Opposition Senate speaker claims people are being paid to make false corruption accusations against him
Tomasz Grodzki said it was “a clear attack on the Senate” and called on the Internal Security Agency to investigate.
