News: Poland

We have started to collect the most important news related to Poland in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Poland – overview

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• December 29th 2020 – June 13th 2020
• June 7th 2020 – September 1st 2019
• August 18th 2019 – December 14th 2018
• December 13th 2018 – May 13th 2018
• April 17th 2018 – March 13th 2017
• March 10th 2017 – October 12th 2016
• October 10th 2016 – June 27th 2016
• June 25th 2016 – February 11th 2016
• February 9th 2016 – October 27th 2015
• October 26th 2015 – May 8th 2015
• May 5th 2015 – November 14th 2014
• November 14th 2014 – August 8th 2014
• August 6th 2014 – May 1st 2014
• April 24th 2014 – November 11th 2013
• November 3rd 2013 – April 19th 2013
• April 13th 2013 – October 17th 2012
• October 17th 2012 – June 11th 2012
• June 8th 2012 – February 2nd 2012
• February 1st 2012 – October 6th 2011
• September 17th 2011 – March 24th 2011
• February 7th 2011 – September 17th 2010
• September 15th 2010 – June 8th 2010
• June 8th 2010 – March 11th 2010
• February 7th 2010 – September 1st 2009
• September 1st 2009 – February 15th 2009
• February 11th 2009 – August 15th 2008
• July 21st 2008 – November 23rd 2007
• November 16th 2007 – August 5th 2007
• July 31st 2007 – March 15th 2007
• March 14th 2007 – November 3rd 2006
• October 5th 2006 – May 28th 2006
• May 27th 2006 – December 30th 2005
• December 29th 2005 – November 10th 2005

Poland: news

Bell stolen by Nazis to be returned to Poland

Tuesday, December 29th 2020, 12:52

A Polish church pastor has spent two years looking for the bell, which dates back to 1555.
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Abortion laws: Polish women forced abroad for terminations

Sunday, December 13th 2020, 0:10

Even more Polish women are seeking abortions abroad, after the procedure has been all but banned.
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EU breaks deadlock over €1.8tn budget and Covid-recovery fund

Friday, December 11th 2020, 0:11
related countries: Hungary

A compromise was reached with Hungary and Poland who had threatened a veto over the rule-of-law clause.
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Mateusz Kuzimski: The veg packer who became a pro footballer

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 0:13
related countries: United Kingdom

Mateusz Kuzimski was working on a line in England - before returning to Poland to chase his dream.
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A police officer with a conscience who left Belarus

Tuesday, December 1st 2020, 0:32
related countries: Barbados, Belarus, Russia

Andrei Ostapovich quit his job as a Belarusian police officer, was detained in Russia, then escaped to Poland.
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The world's deepest diving pool in Poland

Sunday, November 22nd 2020, 13:51

Deepspot is a diving pool that goes 45.5m (150ft) down and provides a space for divers to train.
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EU faces challenge from three states to Covid budget

Thursday, November 19th 2020, 0:39
related countries: Hungary

EU leaders will meet via video, with Hungary and Poland objecting to funds being tied to rule of law.
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EU budget blocked by Hungary and Poland over rule of law issue

Monday, November 16th 2020, 18:09
related countries: Hungary

The two countries object to a clause that links funding with adherence to the rule of law.
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Coronavirus: Hungary and Poland see record cases

Saturday, October 31st 2020, 20:03
related countries: Hungary

Hungary and Poland are the latest countries to see record cases, as Europe grapples with a second wave.
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Poland abortion: Voices of Poles divided over near-total ban

Wednesday, October 28th 2020, 13:39

Two Polish women give their views after a court ruling prompted seven days of protests.
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Poland abortion ruling: Protesters disrupt church services

Sunday, October 25th 2020, 19:18

Women chant "we are sick of this" as they stage unusual protests inside churches across Poland.
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Poland abortion ruling: Protests spread across the country

Friday, October 23rd 2020, 21:19
related places: Warsaw

Protesters rally in Warsaw and other cities after a court ruling bans almost all abortions.
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Poland abortion ruling: Police use pepper spray against protesters

Friday, October 23rd 2020, 8:17
related places: Police, Warsaw

Pepper spray is used against crowds in Warsaw after Thursday's controversial court ruling.
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Poland abortion: Top court bans almost all terminations

Thursday, October 22nd 2020, 15:54

Poland has some of Europe's strictest laws, but the constitutional court tightens them still further.
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Kenya's Jepchirchir breaks half-marathon record

Saturday, October 17th 2020, 11:52
related countries: Kenya
related places: Gdynia

Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir breaks her own world record for a women-only half marathon in Gdynia, Poland.
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Poland's largest WW2 bomb explodes during attempt to defuse it

Tuesday, October 13th 2020, 22:40

The RAF dropped the "earthquake" bomb in a raid in 1945 which sank the German cruiser Lützow.
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WW2 'earthquake' bomb explodes in Poland during attempt to defuse it

Tuesday, October 13th 2020, 15:36

The blast of the WW2 bomb in a canal in Poland was not unexpected and divers were unharmed.
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Polish divers tackle massive British WW2 bomb in Baltic

Monday, October 12th 2020, 16:03
related countries: United Kingdom

A 5.4-tonne RAF bomb dropped in 1945 lies at the bottom of a busy Baltic shipping canal.
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August Browne: The Nigeria-born man who joined the Polish resistance

Friday, October 2nd 2020, 23:24
related countries: Nigeria

August Agboola Browne is thought to have been the only black person in the Polish resistance.
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Auschwitz Memorial director offers to serve sentence for Nigeria 'blasphemy' boy

Friday, September 25th 2020, 16:33
related countries: Nigeria

Polish historian says he will serve part of the jail term of a boy, 13, convicted of blasphemy in Nigeria.
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Inside Poland’s 'LGBT-free zones'

Sunday, September 20th 2020, 23:02

Dozens of Polish towns have declared themselves free of "LGBT ideology". It means difficult choices for gay people living in them.
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Janusz Walus: Why far-right Polish football fans idolise a murderer in South Africa

Saturday, September 19th 2020, 23:36
related countries: South Africa

Janusz Walus killed anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani in 1993, sparking fears of a racial civil war.
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Elephant at Warsaw Zoo to test cannabis-extract oil

Tuesday, August 25th 2020, 17:08

Warsaw Zoo says an anxious female elephant will be given CBD oil in a first-of-its-kind study.
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Stars sign open letter supporting Polish LGBT rights

Tuesday, August 18th 2020, 11:35

James Norton, Isabelle Huppert, and Margaret Atwood are among the signatories condemning repression.
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Pompeo signs deal to redeploy troops from Germany to Poland

Saturday, August 15th 2020, 13:36
related countries: Germany, United States
related places: Warsaw

The agreement, signed in Warsaw, will see some US troops redeployed from Germany to Poland.
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Poland's Duda narrowly beats Trzaskowski in presidential vote

Monday, July 13th 2020, 11:25
related places: Warsaw

Incumbent Andrzej Duda wins by a slim margin over liberal rival Rafal Trzaskowski.
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Duda vs Trzaskowski: The fight for Poland's future

Friday, July 10th 2020, 23:21

One is a Catholic social conservative, the other a pro-LGBT mayor. Who will win on Sunday?
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Poland's clash of values in presidential election

Saturday, June 27th 2020, 23:03

If President Andrzej Duda loses, the opposition could force a change in Polish politics.
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Poles in UK fear Brexit and Covid may end 'British Dream' hopes

Friday, June 26th 2020, 23:47
related countries: United Kingdom

Should I stay or should I go is the top question for many Polish people in the UK, says one charity.
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Polish election: Andrzej Duda says LGBT 'ideology' worse than communism

Sunday, June 14th 2020, 10:12

The favourite to win Poland's 28 June election denounces gay rights activism as an alien ideology.
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Poland 'invades' Czech Republic in 'misunderstanding'

Saturday, June 13th 2020, 17:48
related countries: Czech Republic

Poland admits its troops briefly invaded the Czech Republic last month but it was "not deliberate".
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