Only 425 legal abortions were carried out in Poland in 2023, the second full year in which a near-total abortion ban was in force.
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Unemployment in Poland falls below 5% for first time since 1990
New data from state statistical agency show that unemployment fell to 4.9% in June.
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Polish granddad becomes world’s oldest windsurfer aged 88
Piotr Dudek broke the Guinness world record this week at a beach in the city of Gdynia on Poland’s Baltic coast.
Government-appointed official launches legal challenge against Poland’s first clean transport zone
The provincial governor argues that the plans – in which older cars would be banned from the city of Kraków – would “interfere with constitutional rights and freedoms”.
Polish Supreme Court overturns “Poland for Poles” hate speech ruling at request of justice minister
In a Facebook post, the man called for a “white Poland” and condemned “rainbow politicians”.
Poland’s population to shrink 23% by 2100 and old-age dependency ratio to double
The predicted population decline would have been even greater were it not for an assumed net migration of 5.3 million people to Poland.
New deadlines for counting overseas votes not constitutional, warns Poland’s human rights commissioner
Overseas polling districts must now submit their vote counts within 24 hours of the end of voting, a requirement that does not apply in Poland itself.
Poles face a crisis of faith: not in God, but in the Catholic church
Katarzyna Skiba
A deeply religious country wrestles with its own identity.
Beaver defies experts by surviving second winter in Polish mountains
Park rangers now see signs that the animal has been joined by others, indicating that a new colony may be established there.
Core inflation rises to new high of 12.3% in Poland
While Poland’s headline inflation has begun to fall, core inflation – which excludes goods with the most volatile prices – has continued to rise.
Survey of 185,000 Polish school pupils finds suicidal thoughts widespread
Almost a third of school pupils said they have no will to live and almost one in ten said they have attempted suicide.
New census data reveal changes in Poland’s ethnic and linguistic makeup
English has become the most commonly spoken language in people’s homes apart from Polish, overtaking Silesian and Kashubian.
Poland records EU’s second-highest increase in recycling rate over last decade
Poland’s municipal recycling rate of 40.3% in 2021 was over three times higher than a decade earlier, though still below the EU average.
Half of Poles aged 25-34 live with parents, up from a third two decades ago and among highest in EU
Nearly half of young Poles still living with their parents have a full-time job, which is the second highest proportion in the EU.
