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Gazeta Wyborcza in English

In this section you will find English-language versions of selected important articles and commentaries published by Gazeta Wyborcza więcej

ARTICLES FROM GAZETA WYBORCZA TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH

Let's Appoint the Committees of Inquiry, Let's Bury the IV RP

Former interior minister Janusz Kaczmarek didn't say much new yesterday. He warned in various ways against the manipulation of public life by the law enforcement agencies controlled by justice... »
Bishops with a Red Stripe

The Church hierarchs' militant reaction to the new education minister Ryszard Legutko's doubts whether the mark in religion should count in the student's school-leaving average mark... »
Poland Is Not a Banana Republic

Regardless of who comes to govern Poland, the situation where the special services feel authorised to stage provocations against an incumbent deputy prime minister or minister of the interior is a... »
You've Got to Believe We'll Vote More Wisely

Donald Tusk, the Civic Platform leader, yesterday spoke the mind of the public opinion, whose embarrassment, tiredness, and disgust with Polish politics has reached a rare unanimity. Yes, the... »
Disintegration Strikes at the Heart of Gov't

The dismissal of the interior minister is a serious matter, and if that were not enough, the prime minister alleges that Janusz Kaczmarek leaked classified information and then lied about it.... »
Praying for Rain

Poland is becoming the country of a creeping coup d'etat. Its culmination may be a system that will deprive the existing institutions of their democratic substance and turn into fiction.... »
Just Write the Truth, Emil

The record of the conversation between the head of the appeal prosecutor's office in Katowice and the prosecutor taken off the Barbara Blida investigation is a depressing reading. It shows that... »
The Order Is Twisting the Facts

The joke goes that Father Rydzyk called prime minister Kaczyński. 'Jarosław? he asked. 'No, it's Lech'. 'Oh, I'm sorry'. And so he did apologise after all.... »
The Ombudsman of Truth and a Strong State?

Janusz Kochanowski, Poland's ombudsman, has attacked the Constitutional Tribunal. In a statement issued Monday, he claimed the Tribunal had overstepped its authority in its ruling on lustration... »
The CBA Can't Be Trusted For Its Word

If a politician is even slightly suspect - he should go. The head of government, his ministers must be beyond all suspicion. Deputy prime minister Andrzej Lepper's close professional... »
It's Good This Coalition's Over

The prime minister knocked over the chessboard. With one scandal - Andrzej Lepper's alleged corruption - he has covered another -Father Tadeusz Rydzyk's anti-presidential and anti-Semitic... »
Culture Minister: Why I Defend Gombrowicz

The battle over Witold Gombrowicz's place on the obligatory school reading list continues.... »
On Roman Giertych's Education for Obedience

Education minister Roman Giertych laid out his credo in the ultra-Catholic Nasz Dziennik yesterday. Students should 'learn in detail about the killing of unborn babies', for which purpose he will... »
Gov't Cannot be Trusted to Clarify Blida's Death

Barbara Blida died two months ago. In her own home, under the watchful eye of ABW officers who came to search her apartment, and perhaps to detain her. Since that moment - since the moment they... »
Adam Michnik's Acceptance Speech Upon Receiving the Jan Karski Eagles Award

Jan Karski often went against the stream. He knew you had to swim towards the source because only trash swims downstream, Adam Michnik said yesterday, thanking for the Jan Karski Eagles award.... »
Let Poland Not Weaken Europe

It will become clear at the Brussels summit today and tomorrow whether the 27-member EU is able to enter, strong and cohesive, into the globalisation era. Or whether it is doomed to play a... »
Father, I Deserve an A!

Roman Giertych has kept repeating that he will soon issue a directive in line with which a student's mark in religion will count in his or her average at the end of primary school, secondary... »
Sarkozy: Poland Too Great for the Square Root

The French president in interview for Gazeta: I come to offer a strategic French-Polish partnership in the heart of the EU. This privileged partnership will make our countries the EU's... »
Nicolas Sarkozy for Gazeta Wyborcza: It Would Be Wrong for Poland to Block the EU

The French president spoke at the Elysee Palace to Adam Michnik and Jarosław Kurski. The entire interview will appear in the Thursday issue.... »