Oskar Żyndul is the organiser of a campaign determined to shake up what he feels is the often lazy – and heavily contested – linkage of Poles to Catholicism...
Jo Harper
Jo Harper is a journalist at Emerging Europe, and a specialist in Polish affairs.
Editor-in-chief of the hugely influential newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza for more than 30 years, Adam Michnik has not just reported Poland’s recent history, he has...
Protests in Belarus since a rigged presidential election last August have been characterised by their creativity. So much so that as well as inspiring works of art, the...
The first session of the Warsaw Stock Exchange was held on April 16, 1991. With the second-largest initial public offering (IPO) in Europe and a record number of...
Emerging Europe is well on the way to becoming a global IT powerhouse, and education is the key driving factor. The emerging Europe IT sector may not yet be of the size...
An interview with me appeared in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza on April 8 – Brytyjski dziennikarz po 28 latach nad Wisłą: Zachód nie rozumie Polski. I...
Polish writer, columnist and author Grażyna Plebanek speaks to Emerging Europe about her new books, both of which touch on very salient issues in the European collective...
As Poland extends lockdown, keeping shopping malls closed, the Polish Council of Shopping Centres calls for a more equitable form of support, which has until now focused...
While an early election in Poland remains unlikely, few are ruling out the possibility, as divisions within the ruling coalition become deeper. Despite ongoing bitter...
It was the sporting conundrum of the week: would Poland’s footballers ‘take a knee’ ahead of their game against England at Wembley on March 31? They...
With the world marking World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, Emerging Europe talks with the Polish non-profit organisation AsperIT, which is training and employing...
Poland and Hungary’s ruling parties could join Italy’s Lega to create the third-largest group of MEPs in the European Parliament. Polish Prime Minister...
