Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border tells story of brutal treatment of a Syrian family trying to get to Europe A prize-winning film sharply critical of the Polish government’s attitude to refugees has opened at cinemas across the country, after being attacked in the run-up to its release by members of the Polish government. Green Border, a […]
Prečítajte si viacThis live blog is now closed. For our latest reporting on the war in Ukraine, you can read our latest report: Ukraine hit with largest wave of Russian missiles since mid-August Energy and civilian infrastructure was hit in an early morning Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s western Rivne region, Reuters reports local governor Vitaliy Koval […]
Prečítajte si viacOne of Ukraine’s staunchest allies has announced an end to its arms transfers to the country, a day after Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Warsaw of playing into Russia’s hands by banning Ukrainian grain imports. Poland is one of Kyiv’s main weapons suppliers and has been one of the loudest cheerleaders for the Ukrainian cause since the […]
Prečítajte si viacThe PiS party is hoping to gain traction before the October 15 election despite strong anti-Russian sentiment To hear the Polish president compare Ukraine to a drowning person, and the Ukrainian president describe Poland as acting in Moscow’s interests will come as a shock to many. Poland was one of the few western countries whose […]
Prečítajte si viacComments by Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki follow Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s accusation that some in Europe are in effect aiding Russia on grain exports See all our Ukraine war coverage Poland will no longer send arms to Ukraine in order to focus on its own defence, the Polish prime minister has said, a few hours after Warsaw […]
Prečítajte si viacGuardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year Europe’s pollution divide: see how your area compares Europe is facing a “severe public health crisis”, with almost everyone across the continent living in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, an investigation by the Guardian has found. […]
Prečítajte si viacResearchers in Poland have developed tests that can detect if a woman has taken mifepristone. It’s a chilling development Have you ever come across a scientific study and immediately thought to yourself: why? What was the point of this work exactly? Why were resources and brainpower devoted to figuring this particular thing out? Continue reading…
Prečítajte si viacThe drama, which won a Venice film festival prize, was called ‘Nazi propaganda’ by proponents of Poland’s right-wing migrant policy Polish film director Agnieszka Holland’s prize-winning refugee drama Green Border is to be released in Poland, weeks before the country goes to the polls on migration matters, in defiance of a major backlash from the […]
Prečítajte si viacSinger Kuba Szmajkowski and actor Pola Gonciarz heavily darkened their skin on Your Face Sounds Familiar, with Szmajkowski also wearing cornrows and using the N-word A leading Polish TV talent show has been widely criticised for featuring celebrity contestants in blackface, impersonating Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé. Singer Kuba Szmajkowski, a star in Poland who has […]
Prečítajte si viacPolarised politics is nothing new in the eastern European country but October’s poll may have wide-ranging consequences In just the first week of campaigning for Poland’s parliamentary elections, which will take place on 14 October, there have been allegations of politically manipulated interest rate cuts, the firing of a deputy foreign minister after visas were […]
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