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...
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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...
European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen (pictured above) has hit out against Poland saying that the country needs to stop treating the EU as a cash cow and to...
May 1 marks 15 years since Poland and seven other emerging Europe countries joined the European Union. For Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Poland’s former president who signed...
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...
While Poles appear to be increasingly tolerant of LGBT lifestyles, beyond the larger towns and cities the country remains culturally conservative and acceptance declines...
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...