Nearly 4% of students say they are bullied on a daily basis.
Society
Poland to create commission investigating “attacks on civil society” under former government
“The creation of this commission was a moral obligation of the state,” said the commission’s chairwoman.
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European rights court rejects first case by Polish women claiming to be victims of abortion law
Around 1,000 cases relating to Poland’s near-total abortion ban have been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights.
Three detained after ammunition stolen from train operated by US troops in Poland
Unconfirmed reports say that the ammunition was American and that it was being transported to Ukraine.
Jewish valuables buried during WWII found during construction work in Polish city
A third of Łódź’s population were Jews before the Holocaust and the city was home to the second largest ghetto in German-occupied Europe.
Costa del Pole: Polish buyers snapping up record amounts of property in Spain
Alicja Ptak
In 2022, Poles bought almost 3,000 properties in Spain, 160% more than a year earlier.
Cat carer ordered to remove enclosure from city-owned garden despite neighbours’ support
“If we agreed to the enclosure for cats, we would then also have to allow for unsightly fences or wooden bike sheds,” says the building’s manager.
Hundreds of thousands join anti-government rallies in Poland
“We are here today so that the whole world can see how strong we are and how many of us are ready to fight for democracy,” said Donald Tusk.
Marciniak kept as ref for Champions League final after apologising for appearing at far-right leader’s event
Szymon Marciniak spoke this week at a business conference organised by Sławomir Mentzen, a leader of the far-right Confederation party.
Polish scholar wins Nine Dots Prize and Cambridge book deal
Joanna Kusiak beat out over 600 other entries responding to the question “Why has the rule of law become so fragile?”
Over a third of Poles “harbour antisemitic attitudes”, finds international study
One in five Poles say they have an unfavourable opinion of Jews, which was the highest figure in any country surveyed.
Man detained in Poland for displaying Russian “Z” war symbols
Propagating symbols in support of Moscow’s invasion was last year made a crime in Poland punishable by up to two years in prison.
PepsiCo opens 1 billion zloty snack plant in Poland
The facility is PepsiCo’s first in the EU designed to measure CO2 emissions, with the aim of achieving net zero emissions by 2035.
Polish government launches data checking service after millions of logins leaked online
Over six million usernames and passwords have been published with over 100,000 individuals affected.
