That is up from a figure of 29% recorded in 2005.
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Polish state power firm agrees €59m compensation package with workers at closing coal plant
Workers can receive severance payments of up to 400,000 zloty (€94,450) each.
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Carp in the bath, hay on the table and Home Alone: the most unusual Polish Christmas traditions
Agata Pyka and Richard Greenhill
From talking animals to Macauley Culkin, here are seven of Poland’s most interesting Christmas traditions.
Polish government releases strategic butter reserves
The decision was made in response to rising prices, which have become a major political talking point.
Positive sentiment towards Poles among Ukrainians falls by half in two years
Most identified border blockades by Polish farmers and the WWII Volhynia massacres as reasons for disputes between the two nations.
Most Poles negatively assess work of Tusk government after one year in power
Polls indicate that just over half of the public hold a negative opinion of the work done so far by Poland’s ruling coalition.
After one year of new government, anger in Poland over broken abortion promises
Alicja Ptak and Christiaan Paauwe
Donald Tusk’s government has failed to fulfil its pledge to end the near-total abortion ban.
Poland climbs 22 places in fertility treatment ranking after change in government
State funding for IVF was restored by the new, more liberal ruling coalition after it came to power at the end of last year.
Polish ruling party’s presidential candidate outlines aims on abortion, defence and economy
Trzaskowski pledged to end Poland’s “embarrassment on the international stage and medieval anti-abortion law”.
UN expert calls on Poland to improve LGBT+ rights
Graeme Reid found that “LGBT individuals are negatively affected by the lack of adequate protections” in Poland.
Opposition presidential candidate joins protest against Polish government’s sex ed plans
They say it will promote “depravity” and “sexualisation” of children.
Microsoft to offer free AI training to one million people in Poland
More than 200 online training courses, catering to both beginners and advanced users of AI, are available in Polish.
Polish government approves criminalisation of anti-LGBT hate speech
The bill would add sexual orientation, gender, age and disability to the categories covered by Poland’s hate crime laws.
Gdańsk Christmas market voted best in Europe
It received almost 12% of the 753,000 votes cast in an online poll by European Best Destinations.
