Only non-EU states such as Belarus, Turkey and Russia were rated lower than Poland.
Only non-EU states such as Belarus, Turkey and Russia were rated lower than Poland.
Białystok, Kielce and the capital Warsaw were the worst, according to Business Insider Polska.
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“Hate speech by central government remained a serious issue,” wrote ILGA-Europe.
The University of Warsaw also recently clinched the highest ever position for a Polish university in the QS World University Ranking.
The NGO raised particular concern over the “government’s instrumentalisation of the politically captured Constitutional Tribunal”.
The Jagiellonian University has overtaken the University of Warsaw as the the leading Polish institution in the ranking.
While trust rose after Law and Justice came to power in 2015, it dropped sharply in 2020.
Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, has overtaken President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Poland has fallen to 63rd place in V-Dem’s ranking.
“When we come down to Earth, the situation doesn’t look so good,” said one councillor.
“Poland’s advancement is a great example of how gender-specific support mechanisms can quickly bring visible results.”
The University of Warsaw has overtaken Kraków’s Jagiellonian University.
Poland’s oldest university is now also rated as its best.
“If Poland continues on this course, it will join the hybrid regimes and autocracies,” warns Freedom House.