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,...
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...
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...
by Lauren Owens | 9 Feb 2016 | Polish news
The Polish Parliament, which today starts a three-day session, will discuss the government draft of a family benefits act – the so called Family 500 plus. The opposition, which has made numerous amendments to the project, is very critical. The first reading of...
by Lauren Owens | 29 Jan 2016 | Polish news
New act of law merging the functions of the Minister of Justice and the Director of Public Prosecutions was approved by the Lower Chamber of the Polish Parliament (Sejm) on Thursday evening. The act will now be handed over to the Senate. The ruling party PiS has...
by Lauren Owens | 27 Oct 2015 | Polish news
On Sunday, in the governmental elections, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice – PiS) gained 37.5% of votes thus obtaining 232 parliament seats and winning the elections. With the absolute majority PiS will not need to create a coalition with another party,...
