Poland

A Polish plan granting €346 million in state aid to farmers affected by Russia's war with Ukraine has been approved by EU executives

Poland's LGBT-free zones will not receive EU funding, French MEP Pierre Karleskind said; as of 2019, five Polish regions and over 190 municipalities have adopted resolutions to create "LGBT ideology-free zones"

A large blue sculpture in the shape of an egg by Polish artist Joanna Rajkowska has been placed in the centre of Warsaw to raise awareness about animal protection; the installation weighs over 2 tonnes, vibrates and emits sound of a hatching song thrush

A group of 7.967 guitarists gathered Monday in the southwestern city of Wrocław to perform Jimi Hendrix's hit 'Hey Joe', breaking the Guinness world record for ensemble playing

The EU's Fit for 55 agenda benefits only the richest member states and is imposed by a European Parliament driven by an agenda of 'green communism', said government party leader Jarosław Kaczyński

Politicians are clashing over the wheat crisis, as some companies that imported Ukrainian wheat are linked to the ruling Law and Justice party

Wojtyla's monument was daubed with the inscription 'Maxima culpa' from the title of the book that accuses the pontiff of covering up child sex abuse perpetrators when he was archbishop in Krakow

Poland and Israel have signed an agreement that allows for the resumption of Israeli youth trips to Poland, while at the same time guaranteeing Poland the right to organise youth trips to Israel along the same lines

The country wants to push for a relaxation of the EU's methane proposal, but fears heavy fines (EUR 320.531.000) per year

The country will launch a joint initiative with the European Commission to trace Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during the invasion of Ukraine and bring those responsible to justice

The European Commission will take Poland to the European Court of Justice over challenges to the primacy of EU law made by the country's Constitutional Tribunal in two rulings in 2021

Poland threatened Minsk with sanctions against the country after a court in Grodno sentenced Andrzej Poczobut, a Polish-Belarusian journalist and activist living in Belarus, to eight years in prison