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Second Polish city follows Warsaw's lead in recognising foreign same-sex marriage
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (1025+ words) May 18, 2026 | Law, Society Wroc'aw has become the second Polish city to recognise a same-sex marriage conducted abroad, following the example of Warsaw, which last week began transcribing such marriages into its civil registry in line with European and Polish court…...
Polish parliament selects members of disputed judicial body despite constitutional court injunction
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (952+ words) May 18, 2026 | Law, Politics The government's majority in parliament has selected 15 new members of the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS), a disputed body responsible for nominating judges that is at the heart of Poland's rule-of-law crisis. Most of the new…...
Five detained over brutal attack on Ukrainians in Warsaw as mayor blames right-wing rhetoric
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (725+ words) May 15, 2026 | Law, Society Police in Poland have detained five people, all Polish citizens in their teens, on suspicion of involvement in a violent attack on a group of Ukrainian teenagers in Warsaw last week. In the wake of the incident,…...
Krak'w ranked world's 10th best city for culture by Time Out
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (672+ words) May 15, 2026 | Culture, Society The Polish city of Krak'w has been ranked as the 10th best in the world for art and culture by'Time Out'magazine, based on a survey of local residents in 150 cities around the globe. The magazine described Poland's second-largest…...
Sweden's Saab signs deal with Polish state defence group PGZ to cooperate in naval sector
3+ day, 48+ min ago (689+ words) May 15, 2026 | Business, Defence Swedish defence giant Saab has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Polish state defence group PGZ that will see them cooperate on naval production, servicing and technology. The firms say that PGZ will be integrated into Saab's…...
Number of foreigners granted Polish citizenship rose to new record high in 2025
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (886+ words) May 15, 2026 | Law, Society Poland granted citizenship to a record 19, 135 people in 2025, up by 17% from the previous year and almost five times higher than a decade ago. Over half of recipients, 10, 295, were Ukrainians, who make up Poland's largest immigrant group. The…...
Poland recognises a same-sex marriage for the first time
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (1196+ words) May 14, 2026 | Law, Politics, Society Poland has legally recognised a same-sex relationship for the first time, after the city of Warsaw complied with a court order to transcribe into its civil registry a marriage between two men that took place in…...
Human rights groups urge Poland to stop facilitating US deportations to Ukraine
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (811+ words) May 14, 2026 | Law, Society Two leading NGOs, Amnesty International and Human Rights First, have urged Poland to stop helping the US deport people to Ukraine through Polish airports and territory. They say that sending people into a war zone is a…...
Warsaw denies reports of cancelled US troop deployment to Poland
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (733+ words) May 14, 2026 | Defence The Polish government has denied that a reported last-minute decision by the US to cancel the deployment of thousands of troops to Europe relates to Poland. Leading American media outlets have reported that the forces were meant to…...
Poland honours 101-year-old Polish-Israeli Warsaw Uprising veteran
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (903+ words) May 13, 2026 | History Poland's foreign ministry has awarded the Bene Merito, a civilian decoration, to Stanis'aw Aronson, a 101-year-old veteran of Poland's wartime underground resistance. After the war, Aronson moved to what was then Palestine and fought in the war to…...