Controls at the border with Slovakia were extended until 2 March to try to stop illegal migrants entering through Slovakian territory, a transit point for migrants trying to reach Western Europe mostly from the Middle East and Afghanistan

Programme 'Education with the Military' has been launched: soldiers visit schools to teach pupils emergency preparedness; some 3.000 schools have signed up to participate in the program

The lower house of parliament has voted to continue work on four bills that aim to liberalize abortion, after the previous government almost completely banned it, thus taking a first step toward reintroducing the right

Nearly 70% of Poles don't want the country to join the eurozone, with voters of the conservative PiS the most sceptical

The UNESCO/IUCN reactive monitoring mission confirmed the negative impact of the fence erected by Poland on the ecosystems of Belovezhskaya Pushcha