Poland

Poland scraps taxes for young adults to curb emigration

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Aug 2019

The tax break, which came into effect on August 1, could benefit around two million youths in the country

COP24: Nations agree on global climate pact rules after impasse

Article Agency - 16 Dec 2018

Nearly 200 countries overcame divisions, producing 156-page rule book for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement

Climate talks must be rescued from failure, warns UN chief

Article Marlowe Hood - 12 Dec 2018

The two-week talks are tasked with breathing life into the 2015 Paris Agreement, which vows to cap global warming at 'well under' two degrees Celsius

Brussels climate march marks COP24 start

Article Agency - 2 Dec 2018

Organisers said the event was the biggest climate march ever in Belgium, with 65 000 protesters braving steady drizzle, according to police

Poland risks controversy on independence centenary

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Nov 2018

Chaos engulfed plans for the state military parade in Warsaw just days ahead of the centenary

Poland to amend controversial Holocaust law

Article Agency - 27 Jun 2018

The amendment is designed to remove fines or criminal penalties for anyone found guilty of ascribing Nazi crimes to the Polish state

Poland consigns communist-era monuments to dustbin of history

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Apr 2018

The country's governing rightwing party is bent on removing all vestiges of the communist system as part of a series of controversial reforms

Poland illegally logged in ancient forest — EU

Article Agency - 20 Feb 2018

The country's rightwing government broke the law by logging in one of Europe's last primeval forests setting up a clash between Brussels and Warsaw.

Poland’s president signs controversial Holocaust bill into law

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Feb 2018

The law sets fines or a maximum three-year jail term for anyone who describes Nazi German death camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau as being Polish

Where West Africa’s hopes go to die

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Oct 2016

Europe is a powerful magnet but for many would-be Drogbas it’s a frustrating trap.

Namibia botches extradition

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Mar 2014

A series of missteps by justice officials have damaged the country's relations with Poland.

Poland’s Krakówing literary scene

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Dec 2013

No city could be more eminently qualified for the title of Unesco City of Literature.

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