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Stoking anti-German sentiment in Poland
Polish opposition leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, is playing with the primal fears and cultural resentment of his countrymen toward Germans and Russians for his own political gain – and not without success. Continue reading
Poland’s ruling party seeks charges against opposition leader
The party of Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday it would vote to have the country’s main opposition leader tried at a special tribunal on charges of leading a witch hunt against rivals while his party was in power. Continue reading
The Continuing Nightmare of Poland’s 2010 Smolensk Plane Crash
The disaster, which killed the country’s former president and his entourage, is still a source of major political tension.
Just when Poles thought the ghost of Smolensk had disappeared, up it popped again. Last week, Polish military authorities exhumed the body of another wrongly identified victim of the April 2010 airplane crash that killed Poland’s former president, his wife, and 94 other passengers — the third case so far this year. Continue reading
Polish Conservatives Lead Poll, But Power Won’t Come Easy
Poland’s conservative opposition Law and Justice party could win a parliamentary election, an opinion poll showed, but would likely have problems building a majority government when the next election is due in 2015. Continue reading
Polish protests
ANTI-GOVERNMENT protests at the weekend saw an estimated 50,000 demonstrators in the streets of Warsaw, under the slogan “Wake up, Poland”. Most were supporters of Law and Justice, the biggest opposition party, which is eurosceptic and conservative on social issues such as abortion and gay rights, but veers towards socialism on economic policy. Continue reading
Polish Opposition to Attempt to Oust Prime Minister
Poland’s conservative opposition Law and Justice party said Monday it would try to oust Prime Minister Donald Tusk this year in a vote of no confidence and proposed an academic without political experience to head a government that would slow the pace of fiscal tightening. Continue reading
Slowdown galvanises Polish opposition protesters
Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the Polish capital on Saturday, the start of an opposition drive to capitalise on the spluttering economy and try to loosen Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s grip on power.
Poland’s economy, the biggest in central Europe, has grown robustly even while its neighbours slipped into recession, handing Tusk high levels of support and leaving his opponents struggling to win credibility with voters. Continue reading
Vast Crowd at Polish Protest
Tens of thousands of people marched through the center of the Polish capital Saturday in an anti-government rally organized by the conservative opposition hoping to unseat the country’s popular prime minister who it says has turned Poland’s democracy into a facade through his firm grip on power. Continue reading
Thousands of Poles protest pro-market reforms
Thousands of Poles blew horns, prayed and waved flags in downtown Warsaw on Saturday to show their anger over a new law that raises the retirement age and a host of other issues.
The protest was organized by the conservative and nationalistic opposition party Law and Justice, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, as well as the Solidarity trade union and other groups. Continue reading
Polish right-wing party seeks jail terms for IVF
Poland’s conservative opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) on Wednesday sought prison terms for physicians who carry out in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
According to the two draft laws tabled by the party in parliament Wednesday, physicians should be sentenced to up to two years in prison for performing IVF, while the patient would not be punished. Continue reading
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How I Write My Historical Novels
Canadian-Polish author Eva Stachniak is revealing how she worked on her bestselling novel "The Winter Palace". Więcej
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Johanna Kern’s fantasy world (LISTEN to our interview with Johanna Kern)
Johanna Kern, a Canadian of Polish descent, first began her career as a professional actress in Europe, and moved to…
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Newsfeed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
We are pleased to offer an official newsfeed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland: Ministry of…
