The popularity of the scheme highlights the difficulties many Poles face in finding housing.
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How much grain is Poland importing from Ukraine and Russia?
Alicja Ptak
Imports from Russia doubled in 2023 while those from Ukraine halved. But the former are still a small fraction of the latter.
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Polish government moves to increase parental leave and strengthen workers’ rights
The changes are a national implementation of EU directives.
Polish judicial policies violated right to fair trial, finds ECHR, paving way for compensation claims
A deputy justice minister dismissed the ruling as “meaningless” and further evidence that European courts “treat Poland like a colony”.
Constructing your own ritual: the growing popularity of humanist weddings in Poland
Agata Rejowska
Many couples are rejecting the dominant role of the Catholic church.
Prosecutors exhume foetuses after death of woman blamed by family on Poland’s abortion law
Agnieszka had to carry a dead foetus for over a week while doctors waited to see what happened to its twin, which then also died.
Poland’s biggest charity fundraiser again breaks record on 30th anniversary
More than 136 million zloty (€30 million) has been raised to fund the purchase of medical equipment for children.
Poland preparing to help up to million Ukrainian refugees if Russia attacks, says minister
“This is international law, but are also the principles of civilised people, the principles of European and Christian culture,” says a minister.
Driver of anti-abortion van attacked in Warsaw
The assault is the latest in a series of attacks on such vehicles, which are driven around Polish cities by a pro-life NGO.
Census data show Poland’s society shrinking and ageing
Poland faces “several demographic traps in the near future”, admits the prime minister.
Poland offers households up to €15,000 to modernise heating in latest clean air drive
With a budget of 103 billion zloty (€22.5 billion), the programme is supposed to be the largest of its kind in Europe
Woman dies in Poland after having to carry dead foetus for seven days
Activists blame the death on Poland’s near-total abortion ban introduced last year.
Man jailed in Poland for planned far-right terror attack on mosque
Explosives, firearms, ammunition and vials of toxic substances were found at the homes of two suspects.
Polish and Ukrainian churches appeal for peace amid Russia tensions
“In the end, war is always a defeat for mankind,” write the hierarchs.
