More than half a million Poles have rallied for democracy after the country’s government signed a law that could effectively ban opposition politicians from public...
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Former UK Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind has praised the resilience of the Ukrainian people and the country’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, comparing him with...
Hourly labour costs in Central and Eastern Europe are still less than half the EU average, but the region has been playing catch-up in terms of productivity in recent...
After the Covid-19 pandemic shattered the status quo in the world of work, Central and Eastern Europe is more open than ever to the idea of a four-day work week. The...
The creation of Solidarity is one of the most important events in the history of Poland and the world at the end of the 20th century. It became a moment that changed the...
Just like Europe united to defeat communism 30 years ago, it must lead the way now and show solidarity with the people of Belarus fighting for fair and democratic...
June 4 is an important day for Poland and Europe. Thirty years ago today the process of the peaceful fall of communism began in Poland when the first partially free...
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...
Between February 6 and 5 April 1989, round-table discussions were held in the Polish capital Warsaw between the ruling communists and the Solidarity opposition movement...
Lech Wałęsa, the former Polish president, has told Deutsche Welle that the current Polish government, lead by the Law and Justice Party (PiS) is unfit for office. “These...
“A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.” The words of Seneca, a Roman philosopher and writer of tragedies, who no doubt...
