The men were found guilty of working on behalf of Russian intelligence and recruiting for a terrorist organisation as part of a “hybrid war” against Poland.
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Polish activist’s conviction for sending woman abortion pills overturned
Justyna Wydrzyńska will now face trial again.
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Polish Left calls for tougher rules on illegal street races after death of four men
“This is a plague that affects many cities in Poland and the police say they don’t have enough legal tools.”
Poland’s German minority launches campaign against language teaching cuts
The education minister has responded by suggesting that, in fact, it is Germany that is discriminating against its ethnic Polish population.
Man completes quest to walk all 3,000 streets of Poland’s second-biggest city
The 2,800km journey, finished, appropriately, by walking down a road named “Last Street” (ulica Ostatnia) located in northeast Kraków.
Unexploded WW2 artillery shells found buried at Polish primary school
A a total of 72 artillery shells from World War Two were removed by army sappers.
Polish parliament approves child protection law in wake of 8-year-old’s death at hands of stepfather
The bill was supported by every party apart from the far-right, one of whose leaders said that sometimes “you have to use violence” against children.
Polish pharmacist who refused prescription for morning-after pill has case against her discontinued
The pharmacist argued that dispensing emergency contraception would violate her conscience.
Mayor announces culling of wild boars in Warsaw “with a heavy heart”
While there were 2,500 reports of wild boars in Warsaw last year, the first six months of this year saw 3,000 such reports.
Polish bishops appeal for more tolerant rhetoric on migrants
“One must not succumb to the temptation to arouse hostility towards newcomers in the name of falsely understood patriotism or political calculations.”
Poland becoming new top destination for Czech summer tourists
Visitors from the landlocked Czech Republic are in particular heading to the beaches of Poland’s Baltic Sea coast.
Poland needs 2 million immigrants to counteract ageing of society, says state insurance fund
There are currently over 1 million foreign workers registered in Poland following years of large-scale immigration.
Under half of Ukrainian refugee children in Poland enrolled in locals schools, warn UN agencies
UNICEF and UNHCR have urged Ukrainian refugees to enrol their children in the Polish education system.
Bear-scaring police unit formed in Polish mountains
The area around the Bieszczady mountains is home to Poland’s largest population of brown bears.
