The Justice Ministry released an interactive map showing how, under the previous government, money from a fund intended to support victims of crime was used to apparently boost the election campaigns of candidates from the party that controlled the ministry. It showed that nearly 90% of the money in question went to districts in which…
A court overturned the fine issued by the head of Poland’s broadcasting regulator against a radio station that he accused of publishing “disinformation” that was “contrary to the Polish national interest” because it suggested that Ukraine and the US had lost trust in Poland. The station in question, Radio Zet, has celebrated the ruling as…
Around half of Poles, 49%, say that their country should not adopt the euro, despite it being committed to do so under the terms of its EU membership. A slightly lower proportion, 45%, say that Poland should adopt the European currency, but most of them think it should not happen within the next few years.…
Poland is stepping up security measures around Rzeszow-Jasionka airport – the main transit hub for foreign aid to Ukraine – due to recent cases of sabotage that are believed to have been carried out on behalf of Russia. “We are facing a foreign state that is conducting hostile and – in military parlance – kinetic…
Poland signed an agreement with the US for the delivery of a $960-million aerial reconnaissance system to monitor Poland’s northeastern borders, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on May 22, reported Reuters. “Poland will be the second country in the world to use this system,” he said. “This agreement defines our security, it is another act…
It is “likely” that Russia is involved in the fire that has recently destroyed Warsaw’s largest shopping centre, says Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. However, he added that investigations were still ongoing. At a press conference on May 21 afternoon, at which he was discussing the formation of a new commission to investigate Russian influence…
Although a large majority of Poles think their financial literacy is average or good, in reality many of them have gaps in knowledge relating to even basic concepts such as inflation, a new study has found. The report, commissioned by KRD, which runs Poland’s largest debt registry, consisted of a survey asking Poles to assess…