Poland’s minister of the interior and administration, Elżbieta Witek, has been chosen by MPs as the new speaker of the country’s parliament, the Sejm. She...
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Marek Kuchciński, the speaker of the lower chamber of the Polish parliament (Sejm) has announced that he will resign from his post after it turned out that his family...
A Warsaw-based court has delivered a surprising verdict: 15 individuals who protested against legal reforms introduced by the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) in the...
Poland’s most powerful politician, Jarosław Kaczyński, may be the country’s next prime minister if his Law and Justice party (PiS) wins the upcoming parliamentary...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them here...
It’s not an altogether pleasant experience these days to put the words ‘Poland’ and ‘women’s rights’ into Google. A whole raft of articles appear suggesting that...
The Polish government has endorsed a bill that would abolish personal income tax for employees under the age of 26. The aim of the move is to halt the emigration of...
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the Polish government broke EU law by forcing the judges of the Supreme Court of Poland into early retirement, saying that...
Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, faced parliamentary questions in Warsaw on June 17 over allegations that he failed to prevent VAT fraud while Polish...
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has replaced several of its senior ministers, including finance minister Teresa Czerwińska. However, it is not clear whether...
We are afraid of the Church. And I am not talking about the Catholic sinners who are embarrassed by the fear of their pastor or the confessional. I am talking about us...
Poland’s ruling conservative party Law and Justice (PiS) has said that the country has no immediate intention of joining the eurozone and has invited other political...
Teachers in almost 80 per cent out of Poland’s 26,304 primary and secondary schools went on strike on the morning of April 8. Last-minute negotiations between the...