English Service

Controversial Media Bill Passes Sejm. Polish MPs yesterday voted in favour of a highly controversial new media law, which critics say would curtail media freedom in Poland. If made law, the bill would amend the Radio and Television Broadcasting Act...

A Polish deputy prime minister has lost his job amid a dispute over a set of new economic policies proposed by the country's ruling conservatives. A government spokesman said, "Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki today asked President Andrzej Duda to dismiss...

A landmark report on climate change, published by the United Nations, has issued the starkest warning yet of the danger of global warming. The report, issued by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said it was "unequivocal" that human...

As the event draws to a close, team Poland is bringing home 14 medals, including four gold, five silver, and five bronze from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Ahead of the games, Poland's Chef de Mission for the Tokyo Games...

It was announced yesterday that Poland would dissolve a contested disciplinary system for judges, which the EU has said breaches the bloc’s law. The European Union's executive arm gave Poland until August 16 to comply with the Court of Justice...

A team of Polish firefighters left for Turkey on Friday to help fight off the wildfires that have been ravaging southern parts of the country. The rescue team comprises six firefighters and is expected to take part in extinguishing the...

At a press conference yesterday, Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she was “glad to be safe in Warsaw” after refusing to return home to Belarus. Last Sunday, Belarusian sports officials attempted to force Tsimanouskaya to board a flight back...

The deputy prime minister Jarosław Govin says that Poland’s prime minster has broken the coalition agreement by sacking deputy minister Anna Kornecka. Kornecka was dismissed yesterday from her post as undersecretary in the ministry of regional development and planning.The government...

Senior lawmakers from Poland, the United States, and seven other countries have issued a joint statement to slam Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany after a recent deal between Washington and Berlin. According to the joint statement,...

Polish health minister Adam Niedzielski says he wants workers at Covid vaccination points to be given special legal protection, following an arson attack on vaccination facilities in Zamość on Sunday night. No-one was hurt in the two fires, which damaged...