Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday appointed a branding expert as the government's commissioner for promoting Poland's national brand, saying she would coordinate efforts to enhance the country's international image and attract more tourists and investors. Barbara Mróz-GorgońPAP/Leszek Szymański Announcing the appointment of Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń at a news conference, Tusk said she would oversee the creation
Poland's Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that a government regulation allowing the registration of same-sex marriages concluded abroad is unconstitutional. The entrance to Poland's Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw.Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 PL , via Wikimedia Commons The three-judge panel, chaired by Tribunal president Bogdan Święczkowski, ruled unanimously on Tuesday. Judge Stanisław Piotrowicz, who presented the ruling, said the
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine's western territories will eventually break away, reviving Moscow's grievances over NATO expansion and again blaming the West for triggering the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with members of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 27, 2026. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool
“There is no hegemon on the Polish right. We must learn to cooperate. Disputes within the right are family disputes, and disputes with the ruling coalition concern defending Poland from devastation,” said former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki, now leader of the Development Plus (Rozwój Plus) association, on Saturday. Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during a news
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has signed an amendment to the Animal Protection Act that introduces a ban on tethering dogs and cats. Dog on leashAdam Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The law will take effect one year after publication. This is the second attempt to introduce such a ban; Nawrocki vetoed an earlier version
Polish police have detained two men suspected of drugging women, sexually assaulting them and sharing recordings through closed online groups. Pixabay LicenseImage by Prashant Gautam from Pixabay Officers in Kępno, west-central Poland, arrested a 45-year-old man from the surrounding county on July 8. A 22-year-old from Słupca county was detained a week later. Both were placed in
Polish prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old Ukrainian with carrying out acts of sabotage on behalf of a foreign intelligence service, accusing him of vandalising monuments with slogans meant to incite ethnic tensions and preparing a drone operation targeting a military parade. The Warsaw headquarters of the National Public Prosecutor's Office.PAP/Leszek Szymański The suspect, identified only as Illia K.
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced a cap on doctors' pay, saying they will be able to earn up to PLN 76,800 (EUR 17,700) a month gross once the government's proposed maximum hourly rate of PLN 240 (55 EUR) is introduced. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a cabinet meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday.PAP/Paweł Supernak Speaking
Warsaw has welcomed decisions announced by Kyiv regarding the exhumation of the Polish victims of the WWII-era Volhynia massacres carried out by Ukrainian nationalists. A man holding a Polish national flag at the site of a mass burial ceremony of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II, in the former Polish village of Puznyky,
From Vivaldi's violin to Chopin's piano to Metallica's guitars, one invention has quietly underpinned nearly every deep note played in the last three centuries — and it turns out a Polish inventor should take the credit. The nationwide "Schola Cantorum" Early Music Festival in Kalisz, featuring Polish and European masterpieces from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance
