6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (992+ words) Sep 8, 2026 | Politics The candidate of the far-right Confederation (Konfederacja), one of Poland’s main political groups, has been disqualified from Kraków’s mayoral election after over 2,000 of the signatures from local residents collected in support of his candidacy were found to be…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (1572+ words) Sep 7, 2026 | Politics Poland’s right-wing president has been largely successful at transforming his office into an assertive centre of resistance to the liberal centrist-led government, frustrating its agenda through extensive use of constitutional powers. He has emerged as the leading unifying…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1024+ words) Sep 7, 2026 | Politics Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has condemned as “idiots or traitors” those among the right-wing opposition who have celebrated Sunday’s state election victory by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). However, the response from the Polish right to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (740+ words) Aug 25, 2026 | History, Law, Politics Polish far-right leader Grzegorz Braun has been charged with denying Nazi crimes, a criminal offence in Poland that carries a prison sentence of up to three years. The charges relate to statements last year in which…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (942+ words) Aug 24, 2026 | Law, Politics, Society All registry offices in Poland can now recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other European Union countries, after a government regulation issued in May went into force. The decision came in response to a ruling by the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1538+ words) Aug 21, 2026 | Politics The biggest-ever split within Poland’s main right-wing opposition party is a serious self-inflicted wound, signalling a more fragmented conservative landscape and complicating the right’s path back to power. While it provides a tactical boost for the Tusk government,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1105+ words) Aug 21, 2026 | Law, Politics A group of Polish civil society organisations has urged a former government minister to withdraw his candidacy to become a Constitutional Tribunal (TK) judge, saying his close ties to the prime minister could undermine confidence in the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1168+ words) Aug 21, 2026 | Business, Education, Politics A government official appointed last month to promote Poland abroad has been hit by a wave of criticism after it emerged that she authored a report containing errors and which shows signs of being generated by…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1091+ words) Aug 19, 2026 | Business, Politics, Society Poland’s government has unveiled plans to reduce income tax rates for an estimated 3.5 million people earning around or slightly above average salaries. The costs of the cuts would be covered by increasing the tax rate for…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (789+ words) Aug 19, 2026 | History Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, a veteran of the Warsaw Uprising against Nazi-German occupation during World War Two, has died aged 99. Traczyk-Stawska, who survived imprisonment in German camps after the uprising, in her later years became a vocal advocate for the…...