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Free Khaled Drareni!
Khaled Drareni was arrested on 27 march this year by the Algerian authorities. He is an Algerian journalist who is charged with "agitating for participation in a public gathering" and " acting...
26-05-2020 14:28 -
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Primary schools in Warsaw are open from Monday. On the first day, only five percent of eligible pupils showed up
From Monday, primary schools in Warsaw are open for the youngest students as well as fpr consultation for 8th graders. This opportunity was used by the parents of only two out of 45 thousand pupils...
26-05-2020 12:37 -
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Interest rates are at a record low. How much would it cost you to get a loan?
In general, now is not the best time to borrow money, especially for those of us facing reduced income. However, if you absolutely must take out a loan, there are some rules to keep in mind.
26-05-2020 12:27 -
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Data from shopping malls offers a positive surprise with Poles buying more than expected amid the recession
Customers keep coming to us. Whoever comes in buys something. The darkest scenarios didn't come true. And by the way, it will be easier after the second pandemic. Because we will learn how to deal...
25-05-2020 17:54 -
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The financial anti-crisis shield came a month late. Is the government hiding something from us? [INTERVIEW]
-We aren't even sure who's making the decisions and what exactly is guiding them. Is it the Ministry of Health or the Prime Minister himself? Are they guided by purely epidemiological aspects or does...
24-05-2020 11:32 -
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With many airlines resuming their flight schedules, will we be able to go on our planned holidays? Beware of the small print
"I have a flight in two days. How can I be sure that it will take place?" Many tourists are asking us this question. A lot of us hope that the planned vacation will pan out until the very last...
23-05-2020 08:49 -
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Ridiculousness of music chart censorship should not obscure that it portrays grim decline of Poland's democracy [OPINION]
Barring a song from a music chart for political reasons is an utterly idiotic doing of an overzealous party servant, yet what has happened at Polish Radio 3 intertwines several processes of Poland's...
22-05-2020 16:48 -
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As Poland opens, the epidemiological situation remains precarious
Welcome to Gazeta Wyborcza's weekly newsletter on Polish politics. This week, the largest wave of restriction-lifting measures to date came into force. In a clear sign that the government wants the...
22-05-2020 15:16 -
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Coronavirus has restricted our access to medical care. Here is the breakdown of how hospitals, clinics and private practice now operate
The National Health Fund has recommended to all the clinics with which it has contracts to minimize or temporarily suspend scheduled treatment.
21-05-2020 16:06 -
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New legislative proposal would lift the current limits on government spending
The cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki wants to lift the government budget cap introduced by the PO-PSL coalition government. New legislative proposal is expected to be adopted by the end of June.
20-05-2020 18:40 -
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The epidemiological situation in Poland remains precarious according to a team of scientists from Wrocław
Researchers from the MOCOS group warn that the epidemic situation in Poland resembles walking on a tightrope. According to their report, "the number of new cases is still too high to give up on...
20-05-2020 17:54 -
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The European Commission intervenes over river pollution in Poland
Dead fish and stinking sludge instead of water - this is how Małopolska rivers lose the fight against sewage. The European Commission calls on Poland to act and warns that the case will be referred...
20-05-2020 15:04 -
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Coronavirus attacks our utility budgets. We have some tips on how to keep your bills low
Social distancing is putting a new burden on our monthly utility bills. By staying at home almost all day and by learning and working remotely, we consume more water, electricity and gas. There are a...
19-05-2020 14:13 -
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Have you received temporary financial relief? You may need to pay it back with interest. The Ministry of Labour issues a puzzling statement
Unwilling to take responsibility, the ministry shifts it onto business owners.
18-05-2020 16:13 -
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Renting a flat during the epidemic. Now is the right time to ask your landlord to re-negotiate your rental agreement
Coronavirus was supposed to increase the supply of flats for long-term rental and thus lower the rent rates. We decided to verify whether it was already the case.
18-05-2020 14:24 -
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Prof. Blikle: The entire economy is going down in flames and it's on us to help save it. Even our competitors deserve our support [OPINION]
To say that unethical business practices were a direct outcome of the 2007-09 financial crisis would be wrong. In fact, quite the opposite is true- unethical conduct is what caused the crisis in the...
17-05-2020 11:57 -
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When women get angry, they get things done
We are in a place about which sociologist Elżbieta Korolczuk says it is either the swan song of the patriarchy or the beginning of a new ice age. My pragmatic optimism makes me believe that it is a...
16-05-2020 13:46 -
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Poland's largest opposition bloc appoints the Mayor of Warsaw as its new presidential candidate
The Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski entered the presidential race yesterday after Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, the candidate representing the Civic Platform, Poland's largest opposition party,...
16-05-2020 12:29 -
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Early data show Polish export is surprisingly immune to coronavirus
According to the new data published by the Central Statistical Office, Polish exporters have been remarkably resilient during the crisis so far.
16-05-2020 10:28 -
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Time for Solidarity. Coronavirus weekly round-up
Welcome to Gazeta Wyborcza's weekly newsletter on Polish politics.
15-05-2020 20:56 -
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Hairdressers and beauty salons to reopen on Monday
As of next Monday (May 18), we will again be able to book a haircut and a beauty treatment. But the reopening of hairdressers and beauty salons will be conditional, and strict sanitary guidelines...
15-05-2020 11:39 -
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Pupils in grades 1 through 3 can return to schools from May 25th onwards. The decision belongs to each parent
From May 25th, schools will organize on-site childcare for grades 1-3 as well as consultations for eighth graders and high school seniors. From June 1 - on-site consultations for all students will be...
14-05-2020 17:26 -
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EBDR projects coronavirus recession in Poland to be mild. Why the optimism?
In its most recent forecast for Poland, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBDR) projects a moderate economic downturn followed by a dynamic rebound. Will we be able to get through...
13-05-2020 16:10 -
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They beat, cough and spit. Racist incidents are on the rise during the epidemic
For the first time in Poland we are dealing with such a wave of hatred towards people of Asian origin. But not only towards them.
13-05-2020 15:19 -
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Borders are closed, we have no visitors and no support from the government. What comes now? [LETTER]
We run an agrotourism business. For people like us, the government has nothing to offer. How are we to survive?
12-05-2020 16:56 -
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The complicated preparations to reopen kindergartens in Warsaw
27 percent of parents declare that they are ready to send their children back to kindergartens on the day of their opening - May 18. Will the city hall go on a shopping spree for protection products?
12-05-2020 14:49 -
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The Pandemic's Gender Imperative [PROJECT SYNDICATE]
Given that the COVID-19 crisis affects men and women in different ways, measures to resolve it must take gender into account. For women and girls, vulnerabilities in the home, on the front lines of...
12-05-2020 14:36 -
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Minister of Health Łukasz Szumowski thinks the peak of the epidemic is yet to come. Meanwhile, in some regions of the country the infection rate continues to drop
"The minister's musings on an upcoming peak of coronavirus epidemic are based on data epidemiologists are not aware of," says prof. Robert Flisiak, head of the Polish Society of Epidemiology and...
11-05-2020 17:14 -
There is no freedom without solidarity
