Poland

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

Radio Poland celebrated its 88th anniversary; the station, launched on 1 March 1936, is part of the Polish public radio network and broadcasts programmes on developments at home, foreign policy, the economy, business and foreign investment

The EU executive will unlock a total €137 billion in recovery and cohesion funds for Poland, which had been frozen due to concerns about the rule of law

Parliamentary commission 'Pegasus Commission and Illegal Surveillance' will begin investigating the alleged use of such surveillance technology by the country's former rulers

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

A rare 1.000-year-old 'Viking sword' has been found in near-perfect condition in the bed of the Wisla River, with workers carrying out dredging work in the town of Wroclawek coming across the 'perfectly preserved' sword

Polish prosecutors are investigating TV commentators who joked that migrants should be sent to Auschwitz or tattooed or microchipped like dogs; several investors have withdrawn their commercials from the TV station

There are 3.000 trucks near the three largest checkpoints to Ukraine, according to Polish border guards, as Polish carriers began a blockade of truck traffic