The demonstration was led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled Belarusian opposition leader, who called the vote a “farce”.

The demonstration was led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled Belarusian opposition leader, who called the vote a “farce”.
The donations will be used to purchase medical equipment for paediatric oncology and haematology wards in Poland.
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There are an estimated 20 million people of Polish ancestry outside Poland, equivalent to around half the population of the country itself.
New data show that a record 44% of all candidates in the elections will be women, up from 23% in 2007.
They say that, in four years, cumulative inflation has reached 45%, the minimum wage has risen 65%, but public sector salaries have only increased by 18%.
PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński rejected the idea as unaffordable less than a year ago.
Polish media have dubbed the ruling party’s idea a “national Netflix”.
The education ministry has refused to comment, noting that school religion classes are the sole responsibility of the church.
Among the plans are doubling the tax-free income threshold, overturning the near-total ban on abortion and raising salaries for public-sector employees.
The figure doubled compared to 2021 but that was not enough to compensate for a continued overall decline in births.
The church’s position – which is contradicted by leading medical bodies – has been rejected by reproductive rights organisations in Poland.
Hospital food has long been the subject of complaint and ridicule by Poles.
Over eight million Poles live in buildings constructed from prefabricated concrete slabs, a system widely used from the 1960s to the early 1990s.
Almost 400,000 laptops will be provided pupils this year and teachers will also receive vouchers to help them buy laptops.