Poland

Employment in Poland falls at fastest rate since 2009 due to the coronavirus

The number of people in work in Poland fell much more than expected in April, data showed on Wednesday, as what had until recently been a fast-growing jobs market posted…

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Photo Story: Living in the Present Future exhibition in Poland

People visit 'Living in the Present Future' exhibition at the National Museum in Szczecin, northwestern Poland, 19 May 2020. The National Museum in Szczecin and Bornholms Kunstmuseum have prepared a…

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Schools in Poland may remain closed until the end of June

Polish schools will most probably remain closed until the end of June, when children start summer holidays, government spokesman Piotr Muller told public radio on Wednesday. Schools have been closed…

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Poland expects Russia to continue delivering gas to Europe

Poland expects Russia to continue sending the same or similar amounts of gas it did before their transit deal expired earlier this week according to auction results and potential delays in the…

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Poland expected to re-open borders on June 15th

Poland could re-open its borders on June 15, before lifting all remaining coronavirus curbs on July 1, Deputy Prime Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz told the Puls Biznesu daily in an interview…

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Photo Story: Poland prepares to celebrate the centenary of Pope John Paul II

Faithful gather in front of the Minor Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to participate in the mass in Wadowice, Poland, 17 May 2020. St. John Paul…

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Polish archbishop refers child abuse negligence case to Vatican

The Polish Catholic Church’s most senior archbishop notified the Vatican on Saturday of a Polish bishop accused of shielding priests known to have sexually abused children. The referral, unprecedented in…

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Police used tear gas in Poland against protesters demanding businesses reopen

Police in Warsaw used tear gas on Saturday against protesters demanding the government act faster to allow businesses to reopen following a coronavirus shutdown. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Warsaw’s…

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Justice Selection – Poland

Judge Piotr Gaciarek arrives for the third day of the general meeting of judges of the Supreme Court in Warsaw, Poland, 12 May 2020. It is to select five candidates…

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Poland to extend strict border controls, to reopen restaurants and hairdressers next Monday

Poland will extend its strict border controls until 12 June due to the coronavirus pandemic, its Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. Poland closed its borders to foreigners in March to…

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Photo Story: The renovated Great Mill in Gdansk

A view of the renovated roof of the historic Great Mill in Gdansk, north Poland. The Gdansk Museum has announced a tender for the next, last, stage of renovation and…

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Poland’s new election date has to be declared in 14 days

The head of Poland's electoral commission said on Sunday that the speaker of parliament had 14 days to declare the date of a new presidential election. Poland had been due…

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Photo Story: Coronavirus infections in Poland reach 15,510

A soldier from the 8th Kuyavian-Pomeranian Territorial Defence Brigade establish the mobile Drive-Thru swab collection point at the Provincial Observatory and Infectious Hospital in Bydgoszcz, northern Poland, 09 May 2020.…

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Photo Story: Victory over Nazi Germany commemorated in Poland

Polish veterans lay flowers at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier at the Lithuanian Square marking the 75th anniversary of the Victory Day in Lublin, eastern Poland, 08 May 2020.…

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Polish parliament backs law allowing election to be held by post

The Polish lower house of parliament, the Sejm, approved on Thursday government-sponsored legislation that would allow the country’s presidential election to go ahead by postal ballot, according to voting records.…

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Poland postpones presidential election

Poland's governing parties reached an agreement on Wednesday to postpone the country's presidential election, which was due to take place on Sunday. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the ruling nationalist…

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Photo Story: Poland commemorates anniversary of the 03 May Constitution

An aerial picture taken with a drone shows the Royal Castle during the anniversary of the 03 May Constitution in Warsaw, Poland, 03 May 2020. The Constitution of 3…

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Polish government seeks to introduce ‘Netflix’ tax for video-on-demand platforms

The Polish government is seeking to expand its multi-billion-zloty economic support package aimed at easing the burden of the coronavirus crisis on businesses and workers. Notes from Poland reports that…

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Photo Story: Postal voting for Poland presidential election due to pandemic

Post boxes by the national road No. 80 in Pedzewo, north-central Poland. At the beginning of April 2020, Poland's Sejm, lower house, passed a bill envisaging postal voting as the…

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Photo Story: Drone delivers coronavirus test samples in Poland

A drone in front of the Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Poland. This week the first drone flight in Poland took place, which…

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Tusk urges Poles to shun May presidential vote

Polish voters should boycott a presidential election set for May 10 out of “basic human decency” because of the new coronavirus pandemic, Donald Tusk, leader of the centre-right European People’s…

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Hotels in Poland to open for summer holidays

Hotels in Poland will be open for summer holidays, government spokesman Piotr Muller told state radio on Wednesday, while adding that the novel coronavirus infections were still on the rise…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Przemysl, Poland

A picture taken with a drone shows a water play ground on a wintery morning in Przemysl, Poland, south-east Poland.E Via EPA-EFE/Darek Delmanowicz

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Prayer….

Holy Mass in the Primate's Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gniezno, Poland 26 April 2020. The Mass is celebrated on the occasion of the annual…

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Polish health minister says presidential vote in two years would be safest option

Poland’s health minister on Friday urged a delay of the presidential election scheduled for May 10, saying postponing it by two years would be the safest option because of…

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Poland says no data to show coronavirus will ease in autumn

Poland’s Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski said on Friday that there was no reliable data showing that the new coronavirus will ease in autumn, when asked whether he expected infections to…

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Photo Story: Polish soldiers give a helping hand to local nursing home

Polish Soldiers from the 9th Brigade of Territorial Defense Forces donate potato peeling equipment to one of the nursing home care in Lodz, central Poland, 24 April 2020. Equipment was…

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Photo Story: Fire at the Biebrza National Park in Poland

A view on a meadow in flames at the Biebrza National Park, in Wrocen, northeastern Poland, on the evening of Wednesday 22 April 2020. According to reports, about 6,000 hectares…

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EU Parliament condemns Hungary and Poland for undemocratic decisions

The European Parliament strongly condemned recent political decisions taken by the Polish and Hungarian Government during the current pandemic, which have been described as "totally incompatible with European values". Hungarian…

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Poland commemorates the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

A yellow a daffodil is displayed on the facade of the Presidential Palace to mark the 77th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Warsaw, Poland, on…

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Poland records spike in cases as it prepares to ease some restrictions

Poland saw its biggest spike in coronavirus cases on Sunday with 545 new infections recorded, according to health ministry data, a day before the country plans to ease some of…

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Poland’s borders to remain closed, first fatality among medical personnel

Poland’s borders will remain closed until at least May 3, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday. Morawiecki said Poland would start easing some coronavirus restrictions from April 20. A…

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Poland to start easing lockdown curbs

Poland will reopen parks and forests on Monday and then revise the rules on the number of customers allowed in shops, as the country starts to loosen its coronavirus…

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Photo Story: Poland receives medical protective gear delivery from China

Airport workers unload boxes with medical protective gear delivered from China at the Poznan-Lawica airport amid the coronavirus pandemic in Poznan, Poland, 15 April 2020. Countries around the world are…

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Photo Story: Traditional Easter celebrations in Poland amid lockdown

A Polish boy throws water over a girl on Wet Monday in Szczecin, northwestern Poland, 13 April 2020. Wet Monday is a Catholic celebration held on Easter Monday mostly in…

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EU, OSCE and Polish electoral commission express concern about Presidential election during Covid-19

Representatives of the European Commission and OSCE have expressed concern at the Polish government’s plans to press ahead with presidential elections scheduled in May amid the coronavirus epidemic, warning that…

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Photo Story: Easter solidarity in Koszalin, Poland

Persons dressed as the Easter Bunny delivers food during the initiative 'package to the window', organized by Stefan Romecki, in Koszalin, Poland. Easter food was delivered to needy residents to…

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Photo Story Adapting to the times in Poland

A Catholic priest holds a cross as he rides in a horse-drawn carriage on the street as part of Easter celebrations on Good Friday during the coronavirus pandemic in Zakopane,…

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Poland to lift some restrictions

In Poland, some measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 will be lifted after Easter, its deputy health minister has suggested. During a news conference, Waldemar Kraska, said some restrictions would…

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Photo Story: Nuns give a helping hand in Poland as cases increase to 5,000

Nuns of the canon of the Holy Spirit de Saxia make face masks in Krakow, Poland. The Sisters of the canon of the Holy Spirit de Saxia are making…

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Photo Story: Holy Week during the pandemic

A clergyman carrying a cross speaks during the Way of the Cross on Palm Sunday in the center of Zakopane, Poland 05 April 2020. The procession took place without the…

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Photos: Mountains light up in Poland for anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II

The Giewont Mountain in Zakopane, in the Tatra Mountains, southern Poland, on Thursday evening, was lit up in a spectacular light show to commemorate the death of Pope John Paul…

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Photo Story: Further curbs on people’s movements in Poland not ruled out

Poland may face a peak in coronavirus infections in April, government spokesman Piotr Muller told state radio on Thursday, adding that further curbs on people’s movements could not be ruled…

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Photo Story: Street art honours medical personnel in Warsaw

A mural reading 'Not all superheroes wear capes, Thank you!' adorns the side wall of a tenement house during the coronavirus pandemic in Warsaw, Poland. The number of confirmed coronavirus…

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Election plans in Poland amidst coronavirus pandemic cause friction

Opposition candidates for Poland’s upcoming presidential election are squabbling over how to stop the ballot because of the pandemic, but the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party isn't giving ground.…

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Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has died, aged 86

The classical world has lost one of the great composers, and Poland is mourning one of its most passionate music educators and cultural ambassadors. He was born in Dębica in…

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Photo Story: Silesian University of Technology in Poland produces protective mask

A worker of Silesian University of Technology in the production of a protective masks by 3D printing at the Silesian University of Technology in Zabrze, southern Poland. Reports state…

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Photo Story: Coronavirus cases in Poland increase to 1,244

A soldier of the Territorial Defence Force checks on people placed in quarantine, during the coronavirus pandemic in Jaroslaw, south-eastern Poland, 27 March 2020. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases…

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Coronavirus cases in Poland increase to 1,085

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Poland increased to 1,085, the Ministry of Health said on 26 March morning. To date, 15 people have died in Poland from the…

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Polish government launches a Minecraft server for housebound kids

In an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus, Poland has shut its schools until at least April 10. While online classes are widespread, there's still the problem of keeping…

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Poland may impose more curbs on citizens

Poland may impose further constraints on citizens to prevent the spread of coronavirus given the likelihood of a sharp increase in the number of infections this week, senior government officials…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Bieszczady Mountains, Poland

An aerial view of a snow-covered pier at the Solina Lake in the Bieszczady Mountains, south-eastern Poland. Photo: EPA-EFE/DAREK DELMANOWICZ

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Poland declares ‘state of epidemic’

Poland is moving into a "state of epidemic" — which gives central and regional governments greater powers to deal with a crisis — Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced at a press…

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Rape survivors hold fashion show in clothes they were wearing during assaults

A fashion show in Warsaw (prior to the Covid-19 restrictions) was held, during which rape survivors took to the catwalk in the clothes they were wearing when they were assaulted.…

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Polish government and Lot Polish airlines organising repatriation operation

In the wake of suspended air connections to and from abroad, the Polish government in cooperation with the state flag carrier LOT Airlines are organising special charter flights to various…

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Polish chemist reported to have made breakthrough discovery in CoVid19 treatment

A Polish chemist from the Wrocław University of Technology, Prof. Maciej Drąg and his team of researchers, together with their counterparts at Lubeck University in Germany have made a breakthrough…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Polana, Poland

An aerial view of snow-covered the Bieszczady Mountains in the village of Polana, southeastern Poland. EPA-EFE/DAREK DELMANOWICZ

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