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Self-declared “citizen patrols” – some of them hundreds strong – have gathered on the Polish side of the border with Germany to oppose returns of migrants whom the German authorities have found to ...

Tusk said that he has been in “in contact with the German government, and Chancellor [Friedrich] Merz personally, to inform them that each case [of migrant returns] will be investigated and…no one ...

Poland’s parliament has approved a proposal by the government to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, which commits signatories to eliminate the use of anti-personnel landmines. Warsaw argues that mines ...

A guide dog called Melisa stole the show at a university graduation ceremony in Poland, receiving an honorary diploma and a round of applause as she joined more than 120 students completing their ...

Poland’s government will continue to freeze electricity prices for households until the end of 2025, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Tuesday, maintaining a measure first introduced in the wake ...

Poland has launched its first signals intelligence (SIGINT) ship, one of two ordered from Swedish defence firm Saab and constructed in the Polish port of Gdańsk. The vessels will strengthen naval ...

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Agata Pyka is an Assistant Editor at Notes from Poland. She specialises in Central and Eastern European affairs, cybersecurity, and investigative reporting. She holds a master’s degree in political ...

Poland’s main opposition party, the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS), has proposed an entry ban for people from certain countries in the Middle East and Africa. It says this would help stop ...

That move would “essentially incapacitate the KAI board and the possibility of any journalistic independence within the agency”, wrote Przeciszewski. He said that the aim of the new venture was not to ...