Poland

Climate

Why a Poland without coal 'does not have many alternatives'

Poland still uses coal as an energy source, especially to warm households.

01/11/2021

Poland

Poland's senate approves €350 million wall along Belarus border

A draft bill to construct the new border wall was approved by the opposition-dominated Senate in a second vote on Friday.

29/10/2021

Poland

Poland summons Belgian ambassador in war of words over EU rule of law

The dispute centres on comments made by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, while responding to his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki.

29/10/2021

Poland

Volunteers gather to help migrants at Poland-Belarus border

At a makeshift warehouse inside the Polish town of Michalowo's fire station, locals can drop off dry winter clothes and food, and also provide legal help to the migrants.

28/10/2021

Poland

Polish independence march banned by court over far-right violence

The annual rally on November 11 has recently been overshadowed by violent clashes and anti-Semitism.

27/10/2021

Europe News

Poland must pay €1 million daily over judiciary reforms, ECJ rules

The court has ordered Warsaw to comply with a previous ruling that said the country's disciplinary chamber of judges must be dismantled.

27/10/2021

Poland

Two guards hurt during violence at Poland-Belarus border

Poland's Border Guards Office said a group of about 60 migrants "tried to force their way into Poland" wielding sticks and stones.

25/10/2021

Poland

Poles protest one year after court ruling restricted abortion rights

The demonstrations on October 22 were far smaller than last year, when record numbers took to the streets.

23/10/2021

Poland

Polish miners protest EU court order to close Turow coal mine

The Turow coal mine near the Czech border generates around 7% of Poland’s energy.

22/10/2021

My Europe Series

A year on, Poland's abortion ruling is causing 'harm' to women

As the rule of law crisis between Warsaw and Brussels escalates, activists say the abortion ban imposed by a politicised court just a year ago offers a painful example of how the collapse of judicial independence affects peoples' lives.

22/10/2021

Europe News

'Poland will not be intimidated': Polish PM defiant over EU law row

"We cannot remain silent when our country is attacked in an unfair and biased manner," said Morawiecki.

19/10/2021

Europe News

EU institution overreach puts bloc's future at risk, says Polish PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, due to address the European Parliament on Tuesday, has published an open letter to EU leaders ahead of a leaders' summit this week.

18/10/2021

Poland

'No one is illegal': Poles protest migrant pushbacks at border

"It is simply shameful," said one protester.

18/10/2021

Poland

EU calls for emergency meeting over worsening Belarus border crisis

The EU Home Affairs Commissioner questions Poland's treatment of migrants attempting to cross its border from Belarus after Polish police found the body of a Syrian migrant.

15/10/2021

Poland

Polish MPs green light border wall to stop Belarus migrant crossings

Poland's lower house of parliament has passed a draft bill on constructing a new wall at the Belarusian border following an influx of migrants.

13/10/2021

Green News

Polish activists protest as logging resumes in Bialowieza forest

Polish authorities say the logging operations are legal and necessary to protect against wood-boring insects.

13/10/2021

Poland

Poland's Kaczyński to resign as deputy prime minister in 2022

The leader of the ruling Law and Justice will step down from his government role to focus on party affairs, according to the PAP state news agency.

13/10/2021

Design

How Poland’s communist-era churches rebelled against the regime

A remarkable record of individual design and craftsmanship, Poland's Communist-Era Churches pay homage to experimental forms that still wow today.

12/10/2021

Poland

Poland seeks to clarify court ruling in EU legal supremacy row

The Polish foreign minister says last week's bombshell court ruling protects national sovereignty and is in line with French and German constitutional court opinions.

11/10/2021

Poland

In Poland's borderlands, ignorance and hate echo Europe's darkest era

Elżbieta used to travel to Włodawa to go mushroom picking. Now she helps save the desperate as they try to reach Europe.

11/10/2021

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Tens of thousands of Polish EU supporters demonstrate in Warsaw

Large protests were held across Poland on Sunday in a show of support for the European Union after the nation's constitutional court ruled this week that the Polish constitution overrides some EU laws.

11/10/2021

Poland

Poland sees pro-EU rallies as battle lines drawn over court ruling

"I am European. I am also a Pole, but mainly a European," Robert Galemba, a protester, said.

11/10/2021

Poland

Poland: EU countries split after Polish court ruling on EU law

France and Germany reiterated their support for the EU Commission but Hungary has welcomed the Polish ruling, calling on the bloc to respect national sovereignty.

09/10/2021

My Europe Series

Will Poland's 'nuclear strike' on EU's legal order lead to 'Polexit'?

The ruling that Polish law has supremacy over the EU's sent shockwaves across Europe. But what will it mean for EU-Poland relations?

08/10/2021

Europe News

What powers does EU have to bring Poland into line over legal dispute?

The extraordinary ruling from the Polish Constitutional Court poses an unprecedented challenge to the European Commission.

08/10/2021

Poland

Belarus forces opened fire on Polish troops over border, says Warsaw

Poland claims Belarusian security forces fired blank ammunition at the border on Thursday, maintaining the stress on Polish troops.

08/10/2021