2024 was the 12th year in a row in which deaths have exceeded births.
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Lidl and Wawel pull ads from conservative TV station after Polish charity chief’s ultimatum
Jerzy Owsiak issued the ultimatum after a weeks-long hate campaign against him inspired by the station.
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Six myths about inequality in Poland
Pawel Bukowski
It is among the highest in the EU and has been rising.
First ever female Polish Protestant bishop ordained
Paulina Hlawiczka-Trotman, who comes from the town of Ustroń in southern Poland, became bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain.
“Poland’s most beautiful bus station” opens in Lublin
The building includes a number of features designed to reduce its environmental impact.
Poland to abolish homework for primary school pupils
The education minister also reiterated plans to slim down the curriculum, reduce Catholic catechism classes and increase teachers’ pay.
Head of Polish conservative group loses appeal against defamation conviction for anti-LGBT vans
The court called the slogans displayed on the vans “hate speech”.
Head of Polish church offers to “intervene with government” over jailed opposition politicians
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki also appealed to the pair to end their hunger strike.
Gdańsk ranked as Europe’s fourth best city to live in
Another Polish city, Białystok, has Europe’s highest proportion of residents saying that their quality of life has improved in the last five years.
Polish parliament offers childcare for MPs’ children for first time
The children’s club is currently only being offered temporarily but may become a regular fixture.
Poland has EU’s second-highest life satisfaction and highest among youth
Austrians are the EU’s most satisfied nation, with Bulgarians the least.
New Polish government orders PiS-linked priest’s college to return state funds
It made the decision because the programme of studies covered by the grant requires students to provide a letter from their parish priest.
Tusk pledges bill introducing “legal and safe abortion” in Poland
But the prime minister admits that his more conservative coalition partners may not support it.
Polish man facing up to three years in prison after removing swallow’s nest
Poland’s nature conservation law states that such nests cannot be destroyed between 1 March and 15 October.
