Das Wahlergebnis auf Provinzebene (Woiwodschaften). Tusks KO = rot; PiS = blau. Die PiS jubelt, weil sie stimmenstärkste Partei wurde, hat aber dennoch verloren. #Polen

Der Sejm hat alle vier Gesetzesentwürfe der Koalition zum Abtreibungsrecht - von Legalisierung bis zur 12.SW bis zu minimaler Liberalisierung und Referendum - mit Mehrheit in den extra dafür gebildeten Ausschuss geschickt. Also zumindest kein Scheitern in der ersten Runde.

Parliament has approved a bill aimed at restoring the independence of the body responsible for nominating judges. The former PiS government's move to bring it under political control was at the heart of the rule-of-law crisis that emerged during its rule notesfrompoland.com/2024/04/13/pol…

On this day 20 years ago, Poland joined the European Union. It has been one of the EU's fastest developing member states in that time polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2024…

Kapitel 19(!) unseres Side Hustles "In Polen" ist da &es ist eine besondere Folge geworden. 20 Jahre nach dem 🇵🇱EU-Beitritt bin ich auf der Suche nach dem Europagefühl hier und finde das "Ja, aber...". Und ein bisschen ist das auch meine eigene Geschichte. ardaudiothek.de/episode/in-pol…

Die EU-Kommission schlägt vor, das Artikel7-Verfahren gegen 🇵🇱 einzustellen. Das Risiko für die Rechtsstaatlichkeit sei nicht mehr groß. tvn24.pl/polska/artykul…

The former ruling PiS party has stopped cooperating with a commission investigating the use of Pegasus spyware when it was in power. It says it must comply with a constitutional court order suspending the commission's activity notesfrompoland.com/2024/05/14/for…

Warsaw Uprising veteran Zofia Czekalska has died aged 100. Czekalska, who went by the nom de guerre "Sosenka", served as a nurse in the uprising and was later held in a POW camp in Nazi Germany. After the war, she married a fellow uprising veteran wiadomosci.wp.pl/nie-zyje-zofia…

🚨Alle flüchten - in Kapitel 20 "In Polen". Die einen planen ihre Flucht nach Spanien, falls Russland Polen angreift. Die anderen schauen, wie sie ins EU-Parlament kommen, bevor die Staatsanwaltschaft zugreift. mit Kristin Joachim ardaudiothek.de/episode/in-pol…

European Commission head Ursula Ursula von der Leyen has supported a joint call by the prime ministers of Poland and Greece to create a European air defence shield politico.eu/article/europe…

Poland has unveiled details of a €2.4bn plan to fortify its eastern border in preparation for – but also in hope of deterring – a potential attack The plan includes minefields and anti-tank obstacles as well as satellite monitoring and anti-drone systems notesfrompoland.com/2024/05/27/pol…

Die EU-Kommission hat heute das Art7-Verfahren gegen Polen offiziell eingestellt. Grundlage ist ein Plan und das Ziel der neuen Regierung, die Rechtsstaatlichkeit wiederherzustellen. Viel reformiert wurde bisher nicht. germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-kommis…

Opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński says that, when his PiS party was in power, state broadcaster TVP "was of great importance in our [election] victories". He praised the work of its then CEO Jacek Kurski, who is now a PiS candidate in the EU elections tvn24.pl/polska/kaczyns…

Silesian, which is spoken in southwest Poland, has been added as a language on Google Translate. The decision comes shortly after Poland’s own president vetoed a law recognising Silesian as a language. He says it is actually a dialect of Polish notesfrompoland.com/2024/06/30/sil…

The BBC mistakenly labelled Russia as Poland on a map. Poland's foreign minister jokingly tweeted that he "categorically denies" the development

Two days after taking office, new UK foreign secretary David Lammy is visiting Poland for talks with Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺. Lammy say the new British government wants to "reset our relationship with the EU, basing it on a new security pact" tvp.info/79178464/spotk…

Was das polnische Wort „Scholzowanie“ bedeutet, erfahrt ihr hier 👇 Letzte Folge vor der Sommerpause von „In Polen“. #Polen Mit ⁦MartinAdam⁩ ardaudiothek.de/episode/in-pol…

Polish Air Force pilot Major Robert Jeł died today after the M-346 aircraft he was flying as part of training for an aerial acrobatics show crashed in the city of Gdynia. An investigation has been launched and all Poland's M-346s have been grounded

New GDP per capita PPP data from World Bank suggest that, based on the current growth projections from IMF WEO April 2024, Poland's 🇵🇱 PPP income is likely to exceed that of Japan🇯🇵 by 2026. Unbelievable data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.G… Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼

Polish-born Israeli Holocaust historian Alex Dancyg, who was abducted by Hamas last year, has been confirmed as dead. Poland's foreign ministry lamented the loss of "a man of peace and friendship who made a huge contribution to Polish-Jewish dialogue" notesfrompoland.com/2024/07/22/pol…