In its efforts to restore democracy, the government may sometimes take actions that are “not fully compliant with the law”, admits Donald Tusk. But he says this is because of the legal chaos deliberately created by the former PiS government notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/11/act…

A new book, "Warsaw Tales", presents short stories about Poland's capital from authors including Olga Tokarczuk, Bolesław Prus and Hanna Krall. Its translator, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, explains her relationship with the city and why she chose these stories notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/11/a-l…

An opposition politician was detained at a Warsaw airport and questioned by prosecutors regarding alleged corruption relating to a private university. Ryszard Czarnecki, whose wife has also been detained, says the case is just "political theatre". notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/12/pol…

The Catholic church in Poland has accused the state authorities of “violating the law” by seeking to expand abortion rights, improperly treating prisoners, “spreading hate”, and “marginalising the importance of religion” notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/12/cat…

Polish hunters have expressed opposition to government plans to introduce compulsory periodic checks of their physical and mental health. The climate ministry notes that other groups who handle weapons already have to undergo such tests notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/12/pol…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Poland, where he has declared that "Polish-American relations have never been better". His Polish counterpart, Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺, has urged the West to lift restrictions on long-range weapons given to Ukraine tvn24.pl/polska/radosla…

Russian pranksters tricked Poland's foreign minister into thinking he was speaking with a former Ukrainian president. In the recording, he says NATO is “hypocritical” regarding Ukrainian membership and the US knew in advance of the Nord Stream sabotage notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/12/pol…

An archive in Germany has returned personal items confiscated from Polish concentration camp prisoners to their families. The objects, which included watches, jewellery, letters and photographs, were handed over at a ceremony in Warsaw notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/13/ger…

A planned new Intel chip plant in Poland has moved a step closer after the European Commission gave the green light for the Polish government to provide over 7.4 billion zloty (€1.7 billion) in state aid for the project notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/13/pol…

Business groups have expressed concern at the Polish government’s plans to raise the minimum wage next year by more than previously announced, which they say could put many small enterprises at risk. The decision was, however, welcomed by trade unions notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/13/bus…