Fans have launched a campaign to relocate Ernest Wilimowski’s grave, which is under threat of being demolished.
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Polish house price growth slows sharply as government stalls on subsidy scheme
House prices rose by an annual 10.4% in Q4 2024, down from 14.4% in Q3 and 18% in Q1.
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Red panda, tired of partner, escapes Polish zoo and gets stuck in tree
The fire brigade had to be called in to rescue Ponzu the red panda from high up in the trees.
Poland has EU’s third lowest poverty risk figure
Poland’s decline in those at risk of poverty – from 22.5% of the population in 2015 to 15.9% in 2022 – has been one of the most rapid in the EU.
Michelin awards two stars to restaurant in Poland for first time
Bottiglieria 1881 in Kraków was praised for “the artistry and layers of flavour which underpin each dish”.
Government wants suspected murderer of Polish woman in Greece to face trial in Poland
A Bangladeshi man has been detained in Greece in connection with the disappearance of Anastazja Rubińska, whose body was found yesterday.
Poland backtracks on plans to limit cash payments
A party in the ruling coalition described limits on cash payments as an infringement of freedom at the behest of “eurocrats” and the “banking lobby”.
Polish Left proposes ten-point women’s rights plan
The proposals include abortion on demand, changing the legal definition of rape, and paid menstrual leave from work.
“Not one more”: thousands protest abortion law after latest death of pregnant woman in Poland
But the conservative authorities say the death was caused by medical malpractice, not the abortion law.
End of the line for Poland’s 666 bus to Hel
The operator has confirmed it made the decision due to complaints about the number of the bus route.
Poland’s last male hermit dies
Elizeusz Janikowski spent his last 23 years living in solitude at a hermitage with no running water or electricity.
Only one new priest ordained in Polish city amid “crisis” at Catholic seminaries
In another Polish city, no new priests were ordained at all for the first time since 1950.
“Every woman has right to abortion if health threatened,” says Polish government after latest death
Women’s rights groups have blamed the woman’s death on Poland’s near-total ban on abortion but officials say it was medical malpractice.
Poland vetoes EU LGBT statement and opposes domestic violence directive
The EU is “privileging homosexuals” while allowing the rights of Christians and other groups to be violated, argues Poland.
