The Latest Breaking News from Poland

Commentary: Kyiv’s answer to Putin’s drones is resistance and resilience

Vitalii Lylyck, 21, was shaken but smiling when I reached him in his dorm room in Kyiv, just 10 days after Russian forces began sending low-flying drones to destroy infrastructure and terrorize Ukrainians far from the front lines. I had hoped to meet with him in person that week, but…

Los Angeles Times · Nov 8, 2022

England’s route to Qatar: How the Three Lions qualified for the 2022 World Cup

Gareth Southgate’s men finished six points ahead of nearest challengers Poland in Group I

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Poland’s ruling party leader blames low birthrate on binge drinking women

Poland’s ruling party leader has sparked outrage and mockery by claiming the country’s declining birthrate was partly due to binge drinking by women.

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

Unicef braced for winter surge of war children as Ukrainian refugees flee country

Unicef has supported around 250,000 Ukrainians since April at its five Blue Dot sites in Poland and is to open two more. More Ukrainian refugees are expected to flee their country this winter

Daily Mirror · Nov 5, 2022

Migrant border crossings rise at Poland-Belarus border

The Polish border service has reported  an uptick in Middle Eastern migrants trying to illegally cross into the European Union at the border of Belarus and Poland

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

Media vs meddling: Dissecting the new 'European Media Freedom Act'

Where do you get your news and how independent do you think it is? The age of everybody reading a newspaper is long gone, but consumption of news media is high and has a big impact on us and our societies. Reporters without Borders recently documented how social and political…

France 24 · Nov 4, 2022

Putin Says West Sows Nonsense about History

President Vladimir Putin on Friday said the West had hammered historical nonsense into the heads of millions of people, including about the real course of World War Two and the Soviet Union's role in the victory over Nazi Germany. Without citing evidence, Putin repeated a claim that Poland has not…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 4, 2022

Poland's plan to build 180km wire fence on border with Russia slammed as 'inhumane'

Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, migrant rights worker Svetlana Gannushkina says the EU needs to take an active role in helping Poland control the influx of refugees, fearing "building the fence will cause more troubles"

Daily Mirror · Nov 4, 2022

Poland asks EU to halt rule-of-law fines, minister says

Poland has submitted an official request to the European Union to suspend fines of 1 million euros a day imposed by the bloc's top court over Warsaw's failure to implement a court order concerning judicial reforms, a Polish minister said on Friday.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022

Man who allegedly pretended to be Brad Pitt and helped smuggle illegal migrants to Ireland arrested

The same man is wanted in Poland for allegedly helping an organised crime gang smuggle illegal migrants into Ireland

Irish Mirror · Nov 4, 2022