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Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
Poland’s new prime minister says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims.
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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters cancels Poland concerts after war remarks
Waters wrote an open letter to Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska early this month blaming “extreme nationalists” in Ukraine for having “set your country on the path to this disastrous war.”
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Russian envoy to Poland hit with red paint at war cemetery
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.
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Poland rebuilds abandoned rail tracks to Ukraine to help refugees fleeing the war
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.
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AP Exclusive: Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware
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.
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Opinion: Poland-Belarus border crisis points to cynicism and hypocrisy | DW | 10.11.2021
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.
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Poland: Protests erupt over abortion law after woman dies
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.
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Poland stokes fears of leaving EU in 'Polexit'
By challenging the core primacy of EU law, Poland fuels concerns it is heading towards the exit.
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Poland dangles lottery jackpot to boost COVID vaccination drive
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.
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Poland’s Church and State Alliance
We investigate claims that the church and state in Poland have become too close.
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Poland proposes social media 'free speech' law
The law would see social networks fined if they ban a Polish user who has not broken local laws.
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Poland abortion: Top court rules in favour of almost total ban
Poland has some of Europe's strictest laws, but the constitutional court tightens them still further.
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The name's Bond, seriously: 007's namesake found in Polish Cold War archives
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.
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Poland to accelerate coal phase-out, spend billions on renewable and nuclear energy
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.
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Poland's conservative President Duda re-elected
Incumbent Andrzej Duda wins by a slim margin over liberal rival Rafal Trzaskowski.
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Poland's president, liberal rival set for runoff
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.
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More Than 80 Polish Towns Have Declared Themselves 'LGBTQ-Free Zones'
The European Parliament just voted to condemn the practice and demand the Polish government revoke the symbolic declarations.
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Poland could be forced out of EU by judicial reforms, court warns
Poland might have to leave the EU if it wants to apply judicial reforms, the country's supreme court has warned.
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Top EU court rules against Polish judicial reform
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.
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Rewriting Poland
Novelist Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the Booker International Prize, presents a multicultural Poland, to the ire of the Polish far-right.
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