Poland

Smart Regions

APPy to help: Polish town uses mobile tech to support isolated

In partnership with the European Commission

Smart Regions explores how a specially adapted mobile app is helping the most vulnerable members of a Polish community receive vital support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

25/05/2020

Poland

Poland's top politician defends policy after election crisis

The election set to take place Sunday was suspended following debate over how and when voting could be done safely during the coronavirus pandemic.

10/05/2020

Poland

Poland's presidential election cancelled with just four days to go

With only four days to go, Poland's presidential election has been cancelled. The opposition had voiced fears about its legitimacy during the currrent pandemic and whether sufficient infrastructure for postal voting could be put in place in time.

06/05/2020

Poland

Poland's all-postal election 'undermines democracy', warns HRW

Poland's government has moved ahead with plans to hold the presidential election on May 10 via a new mail-in system. Human Rights Watch says the moved would not deliver "free, and fair" elections.

28/04/2020

My Europe Series

Find out why Poland's pig farmers are concerned about their livelihoods

African Swine Fever, ASF, is a disease transmitted from wild boar to farmed pigs. There's no risk to us, ASF can't infect humans, but it does cause huge economic problems and Poland is currently on the front line. Find out in Unreported Europe what is being done to stop the spread of the disease.

24/04/2020

Poland

Polish MPs vote to delay controversial abortion & sex education bills

"It is shameful that parliamentarians did not reject these two retrogressive proposals unequivocally," said Amnesty International Poland.

16/04/2020

Poland

Euroviews. First Hungary, now Poland. It’s time for Europeans to speak out against COVID-19 power grabs ǀ View

If Hungary has become the European Union’s first coronavirus autocracy, Poland looks set to be the second.

15/04/2020

Poland

Poland holds virtual protests against abortion bill during lockdown

Amnesty International say that laws on abortion and sex education "must not be rushed through under cover of COVID-19".

14/04/2020

Poland

Polish MPs set to debate abortion ban while lockdown prevents protest

Mass protests helped stop a near-total abortion ban in 2016. This time, amid the coronavirus lockdown, that option is not available.

12/04/2020

Poland

'Our plans collapsed in a second': Polish lockdown hits migrants hard

There are nearly two million migrant workers in Poland. Most have lost jobs during the pandemic and some are frantically trying to find a way home.

06/04/2020

Poland

Grammy award-winning Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86

Polish culture "has suffered a great and irreparable loss", the country's culture minister said on Sunday.

29/03/2020

Poland

Poland's bid for nuclear power

It is known that Poland will not abandon coal completely. It is also known that renewable energy is not able to meet the needs of the Polish economy. So the Polish energy strategy is to provide for the construction of a civil energy nuclear sector.

23/03/2020

Poland

'Please stop all crime': Polish police plea amid COVID-19 workload

If only it was that easy.

20/03/2020

Poland

Amazon series Hunters under fire over Auschwitz 'human chess' scene

The Auschwitz Museum in Poland says that inventing atrocities that didn't happen at the Nazi death camp only encourages Holocaust denial.

24/02/2020

Next Series

Technology aiming to transform the lives of people with disabilities

In partnership with The European Commission

The innovation project 'Insension' is being developed to give people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) a new way of communicating.

10/02/2020

Poland

Poles rally in support of government justice system reform

"[The EU] has no right to interfere with the justice system," one argued.

08/02/2020

No Comment

Auschwitz survivors commemorate the 75 anniversary of liberation

The wreath-laying ceremony with the participation of former prisoners and Polish president Andrzej Duda inaugurated the commemoration of the Auschwitz Nazi Death camp's liberation by the Red Army on January 27, 1945.

27/01/2020

Poland

Watch live: Holocaust ceremony at Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in Poland

Religious and state leaders and survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered on the 75th anniversary of its liberation.

27/01/2020

Poland

'We forget at our peril: Sadiq Khan attends Auschwitz memorial

'We forget at our peril: London mayor Sadiq Khan attends Auschwitz memorial

27/01/2020

No Comment

Jewish and Muslim leaders in joint visit to Nazi death camp Auschwitz

The historic visit comes ahead of commemorations to mark 75 years since its liberation.

24/01/2020

Poland

These photos highlight the human hurt over Poland's 'LGBT-free zones'

It's a response to 80 Polish municipalities declared themselves "free of LGBT ideology" last year.

23/01/2020

Poland

Polish MEP sparks outrage over Holocaust cattle tweet | #TheCube

The tweet comes just days before the Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

23/01/2020

Poland

Panoramic film photographs of Auschwitz camp tell the story of mass killing

Look through the panoramic film photographs of Associated Press's Markus Schreiber taken ahead of Auschwitz liberation 75th anniversary. On Monday hundreds of survivors from across the world will come back to visit Auschwitz for the official commemorations.

23/01/2020

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Mountain men in Poland bring in the New Year in full costume

Residents of Milowka disguise themselves as devils, bears and death as they parade through the village.

19/01/2020

Poland

How has a camera 'incident' led to media freedom questions in Poland?

The Senate has sought to remove TVP Info's press accreditation after a camera hit a Senate officer outside the Parliament building.

15/01/2020

Cinema

Gladiator of Auschwitz: New film tells the story of Pole who boxed his way through hell

Gladiator of Auschwitz: New film tells the story of Pole who boxed his way through hell

15/01/2020