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In light of the current surge in coronavirus cases, the Archdiocese of Gdańsk has declared there will be no masses or processions in the cemeteries on All Saints' Day (Wszystkich Świętych) this year. The decision was announced over the weekend...

The Health Department yesterday reported the second-highest number of daily infections (13,628) and deaths (179) on record as all of Poland moves into the red zone and infection rates continue to spike. President Andrzej Duda was one of the over...

Poland will be among the first three beneficiaries of a European Union initiative aiming to protect jobs threatened by the coronavirus pandemic, officials have announced. Poland stands to receive EUR 11.2 billion in low-interest loans from EU coffers under the...

Poland’s top court ruled on Thursday that eugenic abortion due to foetal defects and genetic illnesses violates the country’s constitution. Poland which under communism allowed unlimited abortion on demand due to public pressure over the years has been systematically limiting...

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met yesterday in Warsaw to discuss support for the democratic opposition in Belarus. According to Morawiecki’s later post on Facebook, the two leaders discussed “the pro-democratic aspirations of the...

Early voting is now well underway in the US presidential election. Record turnout has been reported across the country; almost 30 million Americans have already voted by mail or in-person, a far higher number than the 2016 election and unprecedented...

Amid a continuing spike in COVID-19 diagnoses, Poland has begun setting up its first field hospital to treat coronavirus patients at the National Stadium in Warsaw. The Polish army is reportedly helping to build the facility at the Stadion Narodowy,...

Representatives of the fitness industry demonstrated in front of the Sejm in Warsaw yesterday to protest against new coronavirus restrictions requiring fitness centers, swimming pools, and gyms to close indefinitely. Despite the ban on gatherings, fitness workers staged protests in...

European Union countries edged closer to agreement on a new climate target at a summit on Thursday, but deferred a deal on the emissions-cutting goal to a meeting in December. The EU’s executive, the European Commission, is pushing for a...

Government health officials in Poland have enacted a series of tougher rules to battle COVID-19, with the number of “red” zones - those with the most severe restrictions - now increased to cover nearly half the country and 70% of...