On October 13, 18.6 million Poles – a record since 1989 – cast their votes in a parliamentary election, possibly the most important political event in...
Tag - Law and Justice
With more than two thirds of votes counted, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) looks set for a clear victory in a parliamentary election, taking around 46...
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) looks set for a comfortable victory in the country’s parliamentary election, which takes place on October 13. Final opinion...
Marian Banaś, a Law and Justice (PiS) politician and recently appointed chief of Poland’s Supreme Audit Office has been heavily embroiled in a corruption...
With Poland’s general election now less than a month away, the country’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has announced another package of proposals, with...
Despite the surge of populist forces in the European parliamentary elections, mainstream parties will continue to dominate the new parliament. With Germany’s Ursula von...
Poland’s ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS) suspended the lower house of the parliament, the Sejm, on September 11. The Sejm’s current session was originally planned to...
Poland’s largest opposition grouping, Civic Coalition (KO), has put forward Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska as its candidate for prime minister ahead of a general...
Poland’s government has approved the country’s first balanced budget in 30 years, projecting both spending and revenue at 429.5 billion zloty. The country’s...
The Westerplatte, one of the most iconic battlegrounds of World War II, is once again in the news, 80 years since Germany invaded Poland to begin the war. This time the...
The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issue has been one of the main sources of political controversy in Poland over the summer months, and is potentially...
Police have made 25 arrests following homophobic attacks on a pride march in Białystok in northeastern Poland. The equality march, on July 20, was the city’s first and...