Video footage shows red paint being thrown from behind Ambassador Sergey Andreev before a protester standing beside him throws a big blob of it in his face.

In a remote province in the southeast tip of Poland, surrounded by snow and bare trees, 11 burly men in orange suits are hard at work rebuilding rail tracks first put down in the 19th century.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The aggressive cellphone break-ins of a high-profile lawyer representing top Polish opposition figures came in the final weeks of pivotal 2019 parliamentary elections. Two years later, a prosecutor challenging attempts by the populist right-wing government to purge the judiciary had her smartphone hacked.

As the crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus deepens, the EU is helpless as Minsk and Warsaw engage in cynical power politics. The migrants caught inbetween are paying a heavy price, DW’s Barbara Wesel says.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets after the death of a 30-year-old pregnant woman. Activists say she lost her life because of Poland's near-total ban on abortion.

By challenging the core primacy of EU law, Poland fuels concerns it is heading towards the exit.

Poland will launch a lottery with prizes of as much as 1 million zlotys ($273,000) to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the minister in charge of the immunisation programme said on Tuesday.

We investigate claims that the church and state in Poland have become too close.

The law would see social networks fined if they ban a Polish user who has not broken local laws.

Poland has some of Europe's strictest laws, but the constitutional court tightens them still further.

Poles were left shaken and stirred by news that a suspected British agent called James Bond was on Her Majesty's secret service in the country in the 1960s, after the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) posted about him on social media.

Poland wants to speed up phasing out coal and spend billions to build renewable and nuclear power infrastructure to address challenges related to climate change and ensure stable power supplies, the government said on Tuesday.

Incumbent Andrzej Duda wins by a slim margin over liberal rival Rafal Trzaskowski.

Incumbent President Andrzej Duda has won the first round of Poland's presidential election, garnering 45.73%, partial results showed. The vote had been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The European Parliament just voted to condemn the practice and demand the Polish government revoke the symbolic declarations.

Poland might have to leave the EU if it wants to apply judicial reforms, the country's supreme court has warned.

Fundamental EU values were violated by attempts to lower the retirement age for ordinary judges, the ECJ ruled. Government officials have still promised to "finish off the structural reform" of Poland's judicial system.

Novelist Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the Booker International Prize, presents a multicultural Poland, to the ire of the Polish far-right.

A window company employee has sent the internet into meltdown with his stunning colourisation of photos from the Warsaw Uprising.

Discover the day-by-day story of the Warsaw Uprising in this full 2hour 20 minute English language documentary. The first of its kind ever produced, the #63Days project takes you through all 63 days of the Uprising, one day at a time. You'll learn the stories of the ordinary men, women and children caught up in this horrendous urban battle, one of the greatest tragedies over the Second World War.