The climate ministry wants to create the Lower Oder Valley National Park by the end of this year.
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Doctors charged over death of pregnant woman in Polish hospital that prompted abortion protests
Activists blame Dorota’s death on Poland’s strict abortion laws.
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Court overturns mayor’s decision to ban pro-Palestine march outside Israeli embassy in Warsaw
The march will now go ahead this Saturday.
Oder river disaster resulted from “years of inaction and mistakes” by Polish state, finds auditor office
Last year’s crisis resulted in the death of over half the river’s fish.
Warsaw bans pro-Palestine demonstration outside Israeli embassy
The mayor cited security concerns and pointed to an antisemitic sign that appeared at a previous march in support of Palestine.
New deputy speaker calls for dogs to be allowed into Polish parliament
“MPs have pets and sometimes they have to bring them because they have nowhere to leave them.”
Polish top court to ask for EU ruling on recognising same-sex marriages
The case was brought by a Polish same-sex couple who married in Germany.
Polish border town asks Czechs to stop getting naked in its swimming pool locker rooms
“Czechs have a more liberal approach to nudity” than Poles, reports a local newspaper.
Street cat who became Polish city’s top-rated tourist attraction finds new home
Gacek has found a new home, a new name and a new slimmed-down figure. He is now helping the animal shelter raise funds to help other cats.
Polish Left announces bills to liberalise abortion law on first day of new parliament
One would end the near-total abortion ban and introduce abortion on demand; the other decriminalise helping women obtain abortions.
Anger after one of Poland’s iconic bison killed in collision with army truck
The army says the indications so far are that the driver was not at fault for the accident.
Polish city appeals to residents to stop feeding wild boars as urban population booms
Kraków estimates that its population of wild boars has reached up to 1,500, ten times the norm.
First Polish nationals evacuated from Gaza
Among those who remain trapped is a Polish-Israeli hostage taken by Hamas during its attack on 7 October.
Tens of thousands join nationalist Independence March in Warsaw
The event passed peacefully, unlike in some previous years.
