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EC to launch proceedings against Poland’s migration policy

by Lauren Owens | 12 Jun 2017 | Polish news

The European Commission will launch proceedings against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic on their migration policies on Tuesday – the Reuter agency quotes its anonymous sources in the EU. In early March, the European Commission threatened to begin...

Opole Festival of Polish Song to be held… not in Opole

by Lauren Owens | 23 May 2017 | Polish news

Yesterday, after yet another festival star decided not to take part, the city of Opole cancelled the contract with TVP (Polish national TV) to organise the 54th Polish Song Festival. The TVP president Jacek Kurski, in turn, decided to organise the festival somewhere...

Half of Poles believe court reforms are just to give more control to the govt

by Lauren Owens | 4 May 2017 | Polish news

According to a survey by Kantar Millward Brown SA for Fakty TVN, nearly half of Poles believe that the planned reform of the judiciary is aimed at subordinating the courts to the ruling party. The survey, commissioned by Kantar Millward Brown SA on behalf of TVN and...

7 years of Polish monthly Smoleńsk commemorations adding up to millions in police costs

by Lauren Owens | 12 Apr 2017 | Polish news

MP Cezary Tomczyk has addressed the Police Chief Commander to obtain information on the number of police officers securing the monthly Smoleńsk commemorative celebrations and the estimated costs incurred by the police for this purpose. Since the plane crash of April...

Polish govt commemorates Smoleńsk plane crash victims

by Lauren Owens | 10 Apr 2017 | Polish news

On April 10, 2010, in the plane crash of Tu-154M near Smoleńsk all 96 passengers were killed, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński and his wife. The Polish delegation was on their way to join the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Katyń massacre. Today,...

Polish opposition submits motion of no confidence for the govt

by Lauren Owens | 24 Mar 2017 | Polish news

The Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) have submitted a motion to the Polish Sejm for a constructive vote of no confidence for the government of Prime Minister Beata Szydło. Their candidate for the new Prime Minister is party leader Grzegorz Schetyna. PO wants the...

International NGOs urge the EC to continue review process of Polish govt undermining law

by Lauren Owens | 17 Feb 2017 | Polish news

The Polish government undermines the rule of law, and The European Commission should pursue enforcement action against the government of Poland under the Article 7 of the EU treaty, according to the joint letter of international non-governmental organisations...

Sopot prez vows not to cut hair while PiS remain in govt

by Lauren Owens | 6 Feb 2017 | Polish news

President of Sopot Jacek Karnowski made a bet with his friends that he would not cut his hair as long as Law and Justice are in power. The first results of this bet are already noticeable. The president of Sopot now boasts a lush mop of hair. And it is not the impact...

Polish PiS MP proposes atheist and non-Catholic foreigners sign pledge or face deportation

by Lauren Owens | 21 Nov 2016 | Polish news

Last week, Law and Justice (PiS) MP Beata Mateusiak-Pielucha wrote on the wpolityce.pl website that atheists, Orthodox and Muslims should be required to state that they would fully respect the Polish Constitution, otherwise they should be deported. Politicians from...
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