Gay rights activists go on trial in Poland facing two years in jail for desecration and offending Catholics after replacing halos with rainbow flags on posters of iconic ‘Black Madonna and child’ Elzbieta Podlesna, Anna Prus and Joanna Gzyra-Iskandar are standing trial Altered images replaced the halos in the icon of Black Madonna and baby … Read more
Two mystery monoliths, similar to those that have appeared in the US, Romania and the UK, have now shown up in Poland. The first was spotted in the southern city of Kielce at the site of a former quarry turned into a nature reserve, while the second was found on the banks of the Vistula … Read more
Poland has warned that an escalating funding row could cause ‘a break-up of the EU’ after it teamed up with ally Hungary to block the coronavirus rescue budget that ‘blackmailed countries into accepting migrants’. On Monday, the two countries blocked the EU’s 2021-2027 budget and the recovery plan, worth a combined 1.85 trillion euros (£1.65 trillion), … Read more
Hungary and Poland plunged the EU into political crisis by blocking a £1.65 trillion coronavirus rescue budget that they claimed ‘blackmailed countries into accepting migrants’. On Monday, the two countries blocked the 2021-2027 budget and the recovery plan, worth a combined 1.85 trillion euros (£1.65 trillion), because access to the funds would be conditional on respecting … Read more
An Italian diplomat who witnessed Nazi atrocities in the very first days of World War II risked his life to shelter Jews from Hitler’s genocide. A photo likely taken by Gino Busi, an Italian envoy in Poland, shows seven men being marched to their deaths in Katowice, Poland, on September 4, 1939, three days after … Read more
Thousands of Poles took to the streets on Friday night on a second day of demonstrations against a near-total ban on abortion. Catholic Poland’s constitutional court ruled on Thursday that existing legislation which allows for the abortion of malformed foetuses was ‘incompatible’ with the protection of life. Furious protesters rallied in several cities in a … Read more
Poland is telling over-70s to stay at home and drafting in military reservists to help deliver food to their homes as the country tries to avoid a full-scale coronavirus lockdown, with the second wave continuing to grow rapidly across Europe. Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki declared the entire country a ‘red zone’ today after total infections … Read more
Holidays to Italy and Greece are SAVED as Grant Shapps fails to add them to the Government’s travel quarantine ‘red list’ despite increase in cases – but travellers from Turkey and Poland must now self-isolate for 14-days Grant Shapps announced that Poland and Turkey are being added to ‘red list’ Travellers returning to England from … Read more
A WWII ship which divers think could contain the legendary Amber Room has been found at the bottom of the Baltic sea. The wreck of the German cruiser Karlsruhe was discovered off the Polish coast by divers exploring the area in search of the ship which was sunk in April 1945. Tomasz Stachura from the … Read more
Poland is enjoying a moment as one of the few countries we can visit without having to self-isolate on our return to the UK – and it’s a place for a wonderful autumn or winter break. Warsaw, the capital, is a delight, often overlooked in favour of Krakow, with its lively nightlife, and Gdansk, home … Read more