On Wednesday, the World Association of News Publishers awarded Gazeta Wyborcza and the Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation with the prestigious Golden Pen of Freedom. The award is given to individuals, groups, or institutions for "outstanding action in the...
Responding to a Tweet by MEP Radosław Sikorski in which he credited the United States with attacking the Nord Stream gas pipelines, Russian MFA Spokesperson Maria Zakharova asked whether his statement was "an official statement on this being a...
Petrified of the current polling stats, Jarosław Kaczyński is prepping his supporters for an election victory by non-democratic means.
After more than 200 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, access to the website of the Kremlin's main propaganda mouthpiece- the Russian News Agency TASS, remains unrestricted in Poland. The opposition is asking the PM for answers.
"If the sense of guilt and responsibility for World War II should oblige Germans to do anything today, it is first and foremost to commit themselves unequivocally and fully to stand on the side of Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor, and to...
A bombshell report by TVN24 revealed that the special subcommittee led by Poland's former Minister of Defense Antoni Macierewicz tampered with evidence from American aviation experts to prove that the Smoleńsk air disaster was a political...
The liberation of Russian-occupied territory might bring down Vladimir Putin.
Poland's ruling camp is toying with the idea of making it mandatory for electronics retailers to equip every smartphone with a government threat-alert app. Critics are raising concerns about privacy and warn of normalizing intrusive government...
Taking cues from the playbook of the American right, Poland's most notorious catholic fundamentalist organization Ordo Iuris has recently issued a guide instructing parents on how to "protect" their children from being "groomed" by LGBTQ advocates...
After a brief falling out over Viktor Orbán's apologetic attitude toward the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland and Hungary are back to pursuing close bi- and multilateral cooperation, Polish PM has recently announced.
On Monday, Poland's National Media Council suddenly decided to dismiss Jacek Kurski from his position as the head of state television TVP. Speculations abound as to his role in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
In a radio interview on Saturday, Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro linked the blocking of Poland's National Recovery and Resilience Plan to his party's claims for war reparations from Germany. He also brutally attacked the...
On the 83rd anniversary of the outbreak of WWII, the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party announced that Poland will seek reparations from Germany for the losses it caused to the country during its occupation. His announcement went hand...
The 2022 Freedom of Speech Award in the "media" category was awarded to journalist Piotr Jacoń- privately, the father of a transgender child. In his acceptance speech, he urged the opposition parties to make sure that Polish LGBTQ families have...
The leader of Solidarity and former president Lech Wałęsa had to skip this year's anniversary celebrations of the August Agreements due to his poor health. Stepping in for him, his wife Danuta, delivered a speech in which she compared the current...
The lurking suspicion surrounding the Oder-disaster mystery is that the natural world, as ever, must absorb the venality of the kind of Pole who believes in the manifest destiny of GET RICH QUICK.
On Sunday, four European judges' associations sued the EU Council over its decision to unblock funds for Poland. They argue that the "milestones" specified in Poland's recovery and resilience plan fail to meet rule of law standards.
None of the West European countries that collaborated with the Nazi occupiers has been held adequately accountable for the past. But Poland is the only country that's trying to rewrite history by glorifying their society's attitude towards Jews...
On Monday, a group of aggressive masked men tried to intimidate environmental activists protesting excessive logging in the Borecka primeval forest in north-eastern Poland.
Polish citizens are increasingly unhappy with their government. According to a recent Kantar public opinion poll, 61 percent of respondents believe PM Morawiecki's government is doing a bad job managing the nation's affairs.
Asked about the state of Poland's National Recovery Plan negotiations with Brussels, the Law and Justice party MEP Zdzisław Krasnodębski said that Poland should "walk away from the negotiating table and give up on the NRP funds".
Dead fish were first spotted on the Oder River in Oława at the end of July. A wave of contaminated water passed Wrocław, then flowed through Lubuskie province, and on August 12th has already reached Szczecin. The causes of the disaster remain...
The times they might be a-changin' but the allegedly demoralizing influence of rock music on the youth remains a real concern among Polish conservatives. At least that's the idea one gets when reading the new "History and Current Affairs" textbook...
The Belarusian KGB arrested Wyborcza's long-time foreign correspondent Andrzej Poczobut in March 2021. As he spends his 500th day in prison, we once again urge international organizations and political decision-makers to make sure that all those...
In recent days, tons of dead fish have washed up ashore the Oder River on the Polish-German border. While the exact cause of the mass death of fish remains unknown, German authorities speak of "incredibly high" levels of mercury found in the water.
A leaked email exchange between PM Morawiecki, his chief of staff, and a right-wing pundit shows how in a Poland controlled by nationalists, scholars whose scientific research goes against the official party line are automatically condemned as...
On Tuesday, the head of Poland's Supreme Court nominated 33 candidates to sit on the new Professional Liability Chamber that will replace the unlawful Disciplinary Chamber. The candidate-selection process drew much criticism and mockery.
In an interview for the pro-government weekly "Sieci", the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party announced that if PiS wins the 2023 parliamentary election, it will "reshape Poland's relations with the EU".
After being illegally suspended for over 1,5 years, on Monday, judge Igor Tuleya was reinstated to work by the Regional Court in Warsaw. The decision, however, was quickly reversed by a judge appointed directly by the Minister of Justice Zbigniew...
Retiring members of Poland's illegal Disciplinary Chamber, all aged between 46 and 57, will be generously rewarded. Having worked 3,5 years, for their party loyalty, they will receive a pension 10 times greater than the average citizen... but that's...
The Polish LGBTI community has been fighting for marriage equality for years, but three same-sex couples are now taking the fight to another level: they want to establish a legal precedent by taking their cases to the European Court of Human Rights.
While praising Poland for providing generous support to Ukrainian refugees, Felipe González Morales, a UN expert on the human rights of migrants, has criticized Polish authorities for disrespecting the rights of people stranded at the border with...
Ukraine is, in my view at least, in a position to win this war. But given the nature of its disadvantages, especially in economic power, Ukraine is vulnerable to shifts in how we think about the war.
Andrzej Izdebski, a notorious arms dealer involved in a scandal-tainted procurement of medical ventilators in Poland, died unexpectedly in Tirana, aged 71. Oddities surrounding the death sparked speculation it had been staged.
Up until recently, the Polish Press Agency regularly published Kantar Public's survey results. However, the most recent public opinion poll showing the ruling party losing ground to the oppositional Civic Coalition is nowhere to be found.
Polish authorities have used the whole state apparatus to target and harass LGBTI activists in a way that is creating a chilling effect that instills fear in many others beyond those directly targeted- Amnesty International finds in its latest...
The leader of Poland's largest opposition party, Donald Tusk, announced a lawsuit against the editor-in-chief of the pro-government weekly Gazeta Polska. Reason? The magazine's latest cover likening Tusk to a Nazi.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki unexpectedly dismissed Piotr Naimski from his position as the government spokesperson for strategic energy infrastructure and secretary of state in the Prime Minister's Office.
The mayor of Ustrzyki Dolne, a town in south-eastern Poland, has put up 22 billboards to protest what he sees as the distribution of state grants to local communities based on the political sympathies of their leaders. - A prominent PiS member has...
Last Friday, the European Commission gave Polish authorities two months to sort out EU law violations committed by the Constitutional Tribunal- Poland's top court. Should the Polish government fail to do so, the Commission could refer its complaint...
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