The assassin was working on behalf of the Russian intelligence services, says Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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Unexploded WWII ordnance discovered under busy Warsaw street
The discovery led to part of the city centre being shut down.
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Archaeologists uncover synagogue in Warsaw Jewish cemetery destroyed by Germans in WWII
The cemetery served what was, until the Holocaust, the second-largest Jewish population of any city in the world.
Warsaw to host new European Space Agency security centre
The facility will be the ESA’s first outside its 11 founding member states and first on the EU’s eastern flank.
Warsaw’s clean transport zone shows early signs of improving air quality
NO2 concentrations fell by 18% inside the zone over two years, compared with a 5% decline outside.
Dozens of Polish place names changed on Google Maps to offensive alternatives
Despite earlier reports speculating Russian hacking, the digital affairs ministry says it was probably “kids messing around”.
Built 140 years ago and still in use, Warsaw’s sewers connect the city to its brutal past
Filip Mazurczak
Built by British engineers, the sewers survived the destruction of WWII, when they were used by resistance fighters to move around Warsaw.
Five detained over brutal attack on Ukrainians in Warsaw as mayor blames right-wing rhetoric
Three Ukrainians were attacked, one of whom was hospitalised with a fractured skull.
Poland recognises a same-sex marriage for the first time
Warsaw complied with a court order to transcribe into its civil registry a marriage between two men that took place in Germany.
Anger over techno party at historic palace in Warsaw
The local authorities insist that all necessary permissions for the concert were obtained and that no damage was caused to historic buildings.
World’s oldest poster museum reopens in Warsaw after five years
The renovated museum’s exhibition features 240 works spanning 130 years, including from the world-famous Polish Poster School.
Warsaw has cut harmful air particulates by almost half since 2010, finds new study
That was the second biggest decrease among 19 global cities included in a new international report.
Warsaw bans nighttime alcohol sales in shops
A pilot scheme in two central districts showed that police interventions fell 15% at night.
Warsaw Zoo opens 24-hour drop off point for injured birds
The project was funded as part of the city’s “citizens’ budget”, in which residents can propose and vote for projects to be implemented with municipal funds.
