All news on the topic: Poland

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Poland’s former ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS), is facing accusations of having connections to the Kremlin
Poland has launched a government commission to investigate Russian influence in the country.
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Poland moves closer to easing abortion restrictions
The new Polish government has been struggling to reach a compromise on how to ease the country’s strict abortion laws.
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Poland’s ex-oil boss moves to Brussels, beyond the reach of prosecutors
Daniel Obajtek’s case also a first test for how the new European Parliament will deal with rule of law issues.
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Spies working for Russia disappear in Poland following release from custody
According to Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, three saboteurs convicted of taking part in a Russian plan to stoke anti-Ukrainian sentiment and to disrupt transportation networks in Poland vanished after being sentenced by a Lublin court in Dec. 2023.
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Polish businessman makes millions from firm that deals with Putin’s Russia
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the name of blue-blooded Polish businessman Andre Mankowski has disappeared from the website of the Moscow-based IT company AMT Group, where he was formerly listed as president.
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Corruption allegations swirl over Polish opposition party
Prosecutors allege that €66 million in a special fund may have been misused under the former justice minister.
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Avoiding sanctions: European trucks reach Russia via Belarus
Belarusian car suppliers are in uproar. Some cars from Europe are no longer allowed into Belarus by Poland, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Nine people arrested in Poland for suspected sabotage ordered by Russia
Nine people have been arrested in Poland on suspicion of committing sabotage on the orders of the Russian special services, according to an announcement by Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk made during a broadcast by TVN24.
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Putin ready to launch invasion of Nato nations & could annex parts of Estonia & Sweden to test West, warns top spy boss
Recent weeks have seen European members of Nato warning the public that Russian action may be imminent
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Who were the World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza?
Seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, the charity’s founder said on Tuesday.
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Watch moment mayor crushes dumped car with tank in warning to fly-tippers
Mayor Jacek Pauli crushed the tiny Peugeot 206 by rolling over it in a British-made Alvis light tank as he warned flytippers against dumping vehicles in the pristine Skarszewy forests in Poland
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'Devil-worshipper', 27, 'killed parents with machete' and posted twisted videos
The 27-year-old woman had introduced herself as 'Satan's doll' in sick online videos posted just days before she allegedly hacked her parents to death with a machete
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Car ploughs into crowd injuring 19 including 6 kids before driver flees
A car has driven into a crowd of people in the Polish city of Szczecin, injuring 19 people, including six kids, and has left two in a critical condition
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Mum returns from holiday to find son covered kitchen in 900 metres of tinfoil
Prankster Maks Majewski hatched a plan to shock his mum Anna Jankowski when she returned home from a trip to Poland by covering her kitchen with 125 rolls of tin foil
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Young couple's holiday 'ruined' as travel money shop 'gives them wrong currency'
Paris Kelly and Marc Mcgeachy tried to change £400 into Polish Zloty but instead received the equivalent of £50 in Turkish Lira from Ramsdens travel money shop in Glasgow
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Lesser-known European city is 'as beautiful as Prague' without tourist crowds
Wroclaw in the south west of Poland close to Czechia may not be as popular as Warsaw or Krakow, but it has plenty to offer including a UNESCO site and was the European Capital of Culture in 2016
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First AI robot CEO with 'processor instead of heart' made honorary professor
Humanoid Mika was awarded with a prestigious new title after becoming the world's first AI CEO - she marked the monumental moment by paying tribute to the 'human mind' for contributing to AI
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Road workers pour concrete around parked car - leaving giant hole when removed
A car was left in a road that was being resurfaced in Lodz, Poland, and workers carefully poured concrete around causing a massive hole when the vehicle was removed
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Lads prove it's cheaper to buy flights to Poland to do a Lidl shop than UK visit
Two money-savvy blokes decided to fly all the way to Poland for their weekly food shop to see if it would be cheaper than the eye-watering prices in the UK. They were stunned by their findings
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Killer whales unleash terrifying 45-minute attack on tourists sinking a yacht
The crew of a Polish tourist yacht were left shell-shocked after surviving the terrifying 45 minute attack by a pod of killer whales in the waters off the coast of Spain
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Catholic bishop in gay sex party storm hands in his resignation to the Pope
WARNING, EXPLICIT CONTENT: The Pope has accepted the resignation of Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak after reports of a gay sex party in his Polish diocese involving a male prostitute in a priest's apartment
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Men face trial in Poland over UK murder in legal first after CPS drops charges
Adrian Pietraszewski and Tomasz Weis are accused of beating Andrzej Mucha in Slough, ­Berkshire, in November 2021. Weiss then allegedly strangled him but his body has never been found
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Bomb squad called out as man climbs monument and threatens to blow himself up
Police officers and the military rushed to Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, Poland, this morning after a man climbed on top of the Smolensk monument claiming he had a bomb
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Incest dad kept food locked away in House of Horrors 'concentration camp'
Piotr Gierasik, 54, and Paulina Gierasik, 20, were arrested and face life in prison after babies were found in the basement of the family home but locals now fear there could be even more victims
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'Incest house of horror' dad accused of torturing his own St Bernard dog
The elderly dog called Bethowen was hardly able to walk when he was recovered last Friday after police raided the Gierasik home in the village of Czerniki, northern Poland
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