Self-declared “citizen patrols” – some of them hundreds strong – have gathered on the Polish side of the border with Germany to oppose returns of migrants whom the German authorities have found to ...

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The pair have been charged with leading a criminal group, committing fraud, issuing fictitious invoices and tax evasion that cost the state eight million zloty (in addition to the money fraudulently ...

The bill now moves to the upper-house Senate, which is also controlled by the ruling coalition and which can in any case only delay, not block, legislation. Once approved by parliament, it will go to ...

Poland’s parliament has approved a proposal by the government to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, which commits signatories to eliminate the use of anti-personnel landmines. Warsaw argues that mines ...

A group of 28 judges on Poland’s Supreme Court have jointly signed a letter declaring that the court’s chamber tasked with confirming the results of the recent presidential election is illegitimate ...

Poland’s justice minister and public prosecutor, Adam Bodnar, has requested that the Supreme Court order a recount of votes from the recent presidential election at almost 1,500 polling stations due ...

Warsaw city hall estimates that 90,000 took part in the march, but the organisers claim attendance was 250,000 ...

Only 35% of Poles believe their country should support Ukraine’s ambitions to join the European Union – and 37% when it comes to NATO accession – a new study has found. A larger proportion, 42% in ...

Poland’s government will continue to freeze electricity prices for households until the end of 2025, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Tuesday, maintaining a measure first introduced in the wake ...

The first ever Polish mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched today from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule.

Poland’s culture ministry has set up a special department, headed by a former military intelligence officer, to prepare for the safe evacuation of the country’s most precious ...