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...
A new legal battle has hit Poland, as the country’s parliament, the Sejm, is scheduled to release data regarding candidacies for the new National Council of the...
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...
Polish weekly newspaper Gazeta Polska announced on July 17 that it will give away ‘LGBT-free zone’ stickers with its next issue, depicting a black cross over...
The European Commission announced on July 17 that it would continue with infringement procedures against Poland first initiated in April. This decision was made on the...
After a two-day forum concluded last week, the largest opposition party in Poland, Civic Platform, has launched a policy programme in preparation for parliamentary...
The Polish government has announced its plans to reinstate a tax on large retailers from September after the European Court of Justice overruled the European...
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...
The highly anticipated European elections have brought mixed results for populist parties in Central and Eastern Europe. Romania’s ruling Social Democrats suffered a...
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...
An unexpectedly decisive European Parliament election victory gave Poland’s right-wing ruling party a major boost ahead of the more significant autumn...