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
More Poles oppose accepting refugees from Ukraine than support it, for the first time since the government began tracking public opinion on the issue. People gather in the courtyard of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, awaiting an address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his first official visit to Poland since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Warsaw,
Poland's president has signed legislation aimed at curbing so-called "trash streaming," a form of online broadcasting that features violent, degrading or otherwise harmful material for entertainment and profit. Pixabay LicenseImage by Pexels from Pixabay President Karol Nawrocki signed the bill into law after it was overwhelmingly approved by both houses of parliament. Under the law, anyone who publicly distributes
History enthusiasts from across Europe are set to gather in northern Poland this weekend for the annual reenactment of the 1410 Battle of Grunwald, one of the largest and most iconic medieval battles in European history. The 2019 reenactment of the 1410 Battle of Grunwald in northern Poland.PAP/Tomasz Waszczuk This year's reenactment—the 28th to date—will take place on Saturday
Inflation in Poland stood at 2.5 percent in year-on-year terms in June, the country’s statistics office said on Wednesday. Pixabay LicenseImage by Photo Mix from Pixabay The figure was in line with a flash estimate the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency released at the end of last month. In May, the prices of consumer goods and services in Poland were 3.1 percent higher than in the same month a year earlier, according to Statistics Poland. In April, Poland's consumer
