Kraków has obtained the rights to the Rio coffee bar’s name and logo and is now auctioning off the lease.
Society
Poland’s biggest annual charity fundraiser again breaks record
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP) raised over 183 million zloty (€43.5 million) by the end of Sunday’s grand finale.
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Polish parliament celebrates Hanukkah amid far-right protest outside
One year ago the same event was attacked with a fire extinguisher by far-right MP Grzegorz Braun.
Plane circles Polish airport record 27 times before giving up as fog wreaks havoc for travellers
Many travellers were left stranded for hours in Kraków.
Family suffer cannabis poisoning after accidentally cooking Christmas dinner with grandma’s hemp oil
“It really was just an unfortunate mistake,” says the late grandmother’s husband.
Polish city urges residents to share leftover Christmas food
Almost 5 million tonnes of food are wasted in Poland each year.
First unit of Ukrainian Legion recruited and trained in Poland sent to Ukraine
Over 1,000 people in total have signed up for the legion, says Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland.
Majority of Poles now favour ending war even at cost of Ukraine losing territory or independence
Only 31% think it is best for Ukraine to “continue fighting and not make any concessions to Russia”.
Poland introduces “landmark” new civil defence law
“We have a large army – the third largest in NATO in terms of numbers – but we must also have a resilient society,” says the defence minister.
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.
