Last year, Poland had 35% fewer road deaths per million inhabitants than in 2019.
Society
Court upholds Polish mayor’s decision to dissolve anti-abortion protest over image of foetus
The organiser of the protest condemned the ruling, which she says “violates the constitution, the law, freedom of speech and freedom of religion”.
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Polish sports star comes out as gay in post mourning death of partner
Ski jumper Andrzej Stękała is Poland’s first major male athlete to do so.
Polish parliament celebrates Hanukkah amid far-right protest outside
One year ago the same event was attacked with a fire extinguisher by far-right MP Grzegorz Braun.
Plane circles Polish airport record 27 times before giving up as fog wreaks havoc for travellers
Many travellers were left stranded for hours in Kraków.
Family suffer cannabis poisoning after accidentally cooking Christmas dinner with grandma’s hemp oil
“It really was just an unfortunate mistake,” says the late grandmother’s husband.
Polish city urges residents to share leftover Christmas food
Almost 5 million tonnes of food are wasted in Poland each year.
First unit of Ukrainian Legion recruited and trained in Poland sent to Ukraine
Over 1,000 people in total have signed up for the legion, says Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland.
Majority of Poles now favour ending war even at cost of Ukraine losing territory or independence
Only 31% think it is best for Ukraine to “continue fighting and not make any concessions to Russia”.
Poland introduces “landmark” new civil defence law
“We have a large army – the third largest in NATO in terms of numbers – but we must also have a resilient society,” says the defence minister.
Carp in the bath, hay on the table and Home Alone: the most unusual Polish Christmas traditions
Agata Pyka and Richard Greenhill
From talking animals to Macauley Culkin, here are seven of Poland’s most interesting Christmas traditions.
Polish government releases strategic butter reserves
The decision was made in response to rising prices, which have become a major political talking point.
Positive sentiment towards Poles among Ukrainians falls by half in two years
Most identified border blockades by Polish farmers and the WWII Volhynia massacres as reasons for disputes between the two nations.
Most Poles negatively assess work of Tusk government after one year in power
Polls indicate that just over half of the public hold a negative opinion of the work done so far by Poland’s ruling coalition.
