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Climate

Meet the young climate leader bringing Europe’s concerns to the UN

A group of seven young advisers has been selected to provide the UN with the youth perspective on climate action.

01/04/2023

Europe News

State of the Union: Ursula von der Leyen goes hard on China

In our weekly review, we look at the European Commission President's speech on relations with Beijing, as well as inflation figures and an agreement on renewable energy sources.

31/03/2023

Culture news

'Drive Your Plow': A must-see stage adaptation of Tokarczuk's novel

We went to see the stage adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's eco-thriller 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead'.

28/03/2023

Destinations

This Polish city has just been ranked the cheapest place to be vegan

Krakow is one of the oldest cities in Poland and is full of architectural gems.

24/03/2023

Europe News

Brussels and Warsaw team up to bring back deported Ukrainian children

Some 16,200 Ukrainian children are believed to have been deported with only 300 returned so far, according o the Commission.

23/03/2023

Work

For Belarus' tech exiles, Poland's business visa is a vital lifeline

Once the talent driving Belarus' burgeoning tech scene, workers who fled Lukashenko's regime have now found a home and career in Poland.

19/03/2023

Poland

Poland detains suspected Russian spies 'preparing acts of sabotage'

Poland's security services detained members of a Russian espionage ring alleging they were preparing acts of sabotage, Polish authorities said.

17/03/2023

Poland

Poland and Slovakia are first NATO countries sending MiG-29s to Kyiv

Warsaw announced that four of the Soviet-era warplanes would be sent initially, while Bratislava will provide 13 jets.

17/03/2023

Poland

Poland divided after documentary alleges John Paul II hid paedophilia

Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has characterised the new documentary as an attack on Polish identity.

10/03/2023

United Kingdom

Poland and Slovakia urge allies to send fighter jets to Ukraine

Warsaw and Bratislava say they are ready to send their Soviet-made MiG-29 jet fighters to Kyiv as part of an international coalition.

09/03/2023

Green News

Greenpeace blame 2022 Oder river poisoning on mining

A mass fish die-off in Oder river will happen again unless the Polish government places curbs on the mining industry, Greenpeace have warned.

03/03/2023

Europe News

EU slaps new sanctions on Russia, almost missing self-imposed deadline

Discussions among ambassadors took longer than expected due to a proposed ban on imports of Russian-made synthetic rubber.

24/02/2023

Poland

'We'll defend every inch of NATO', Biden tells eastern Europe leaders

The US president held talks with the Bucharest Nine group of NATO's most easterly members in the Polish capital on Wednesday.

22/02/2023

Poland

Blockade at Polish-Belarusian border as tensions flare

Already-strained relations between Minsk and Warsaw are at a fever pitch after Poland closed its Bobrowniki border crossing with Belarus, one of the two main motorways between the two countries.

21/02/2023

Europe News

Rule of law issues in most EU countries remain unaddressed - Report

Poland and Hungary are once more flagged as the "worst offenders" with the new right-wing coalition governments in Italy and Sweden described as "fast learners".

21/02/2023

Poland

'Kyiv stands strong' says Biden in address outside Warsaw Castle

US President Joe Biden addressed thousands of people in Poland's capital on Tuesday a day after his highly symbolic trip to Kyiv

21/02/2023

Eco-Innovation

Which European countries are leading on heat pumps?

Europe’s 20 million heat pumps now avoid emissions the equivalent of the entirety of Greece.

20/02/2023

Poland

Ukrainians who have fled to Poland learn how to settle

Over the last year, over 9.5 million Ukrainians came to Poland. Nearly 8 million of them have returned. They were mainly women and children.

20/02/2023

Europe Decoded

Central & Eastern Europe want security clout. Can more money do that?

A coalition of eastern European countries led by Poland and Estonia is also calling for NATO members to increase the spending benchmark.

14/02/2023

Ukraine

Ukrainian troops train on Leopard 2 tanks in Poland

Ukrainian troops have been undergoing an accelerated training programme in Poland on German Leopard 2 tanks, ahead of a highly anticipated Russian Spring assault.

14/02/2023