Poland

Poland: Protesters storm electoral office over delays

A demonstration of the radical right led to an occupation of the National Electoral Commission (PKW) in Warsaw on Thursday night, halting the process of […]

21 November 2014 – VoxEurop Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita

Eastern Partnership: No future without the founding fathers

With the departure of the architects of the Eastern Partnership, Carl Bildt of Sweden and Radosław Sikorski of Poland, the European Union’s most important project is on the verge of collapse.

31 October 2014 – Revista 22 (Bucharest)

Poland: ‘Sikorski’s own goal’

“The political storm following Radosław Sikorski’s interview in American website Politico continues,” writes Rzeczpospolita. The former Polish foreign minister and current parliamentary speaker in the […]

22 October 2014 – VoxEurop Rzeczpospolita

EU-Russia: Putin’s European friends

A quarter century after the end of the Soviet bloc, Central Europe’s leaders are growing closer to Moscow, both for their own interests and due to suspicion towards the United States and the European Union.

16 October 2014 – Newsweek Polska (Warsaw)

Competition: ‘They oppress our companies’

Polish companies sending their employees to Germany, France or Belgium face much stricter inspections than their local counterparts, writes Rzeczpospolita, reporting on complaints collected by […]

15 October 2014 – VoxEurop Rzeczpospolita

Poland: ‘The government will help everyone’

‘Farmers, miners, patients, veterans, students, pensioners and families – all of them may count on support of Ewa Kopacz’s cabinet’, writes Rzeczpospolita the day after […]

2 October 2014 – VoxEurop Rzeczpospolita

Human trafficking: ‘Polish slaves’

“Poles are the largest group forced to work for a song in the UK,” headlines Gazeta Wyborcza citing a report by the British National Crime […]

1 October 2014 – VoxEurop Gazeta Wyborcza

Poland: ‘Emigration close to a record. Those people will never return’

According to data published by Central Statistical Office as many as 70,000 Poles left the country in 2013 and remained abroad for more than three […]

24 September 2014 – VoxEurop Rzeczpospolita

Poland: ‘New government of party agreement’

Ewa Kopacz, designated as Poland’s new PM, should present her new government on Friday, 19 September, with Grzegorz Schetyna, her chief opponent in the ruling […]

19 September 2014 – VoxEurop Gazeta Wyborcza

High representative for foreign affairs: Who will get the job?

EU leaders should finally pick up the next head of the European diplomacy during this week-end’s European Council. Check out who the four frontrunners for the job are.

28 August 2014 – Revista 22 (Bucharest)

Crisis in Ukraine: ‘Nato will have a spearhead’

In an attempt to bolster the security of its Eastern flank in Europe, Nato plans to develop its rapid response forces, the pact’s chief Anders […]

27 August 2014 – VoxEurop

Central Europe: ‘There will be no NATO bases in Poland’

Two weeks ahead of the NATO summit in Newport it is clear "there will be no NATO bases in Poland", writes Rzeczpospolita. […]

21 August 2014 – VoxEurop Rzeczpospolita

War on Terror: ‘Poland sentenced for terrorists’

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has forced Poland to pay 230,000 euros in compensation to Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, two terrorist […]

25 July 2014 – VoxEurop Rzeczpospolita

Espionage: ‘Dragonfly attacks energy’

For over a year, a group of hackers from Eastern Europe called Dragonfly have spied on energy companies in the US, Europe and Poland, writes […]

2 July 2014 – VoxEurop Rzeczpospolita

Tape Scandal: ‘No dismissals of the eavesdropped’

Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared on 23 June he had no intention of dismissing the government officials who had been illegally taped in an eavesdropping […]

24 June 2014 – VoxEurop Gazeta Wyborcza

European Commission: ‘European leaders attack isolated Cameron’

British prime minister David Cameron’s “strategy on Europe was in disarray” on 23 June after his Polish allies accused him of “incompetence” in a secretly […]

24 June 2014 – VoxEurop The i

Tape scandal: ‘Waiters’ conspiracy rocks Poland

Three waiters set up a ‘recording studio’ in three Warsaw restaurants frequented by politicians and businessmen, writes Gazeta Wyborcza. The conspirators recorded their influential customers […]

23 June 2014 – VoxEurop Gazeta Wyborcza

Poland: ‘Tape scandal sinks government’

“The government has never been in such a serious crisis”, leads Rzeczpospolita two days after Wprost weekly made public a secretly tapped conversation peppered with […]

16 June 2014 – VoxEurop Rzeczpospolita

The US and Europe: ‘USA strengthens Europe’

On the first day of his visit to Warsaw, US President Barack Obama insisted that his country will stand “united, together and forever” with its […]

4 June 2014 – VoxEurop Gazeta Wyborcza

Posted workers: Stricter rules will hurt Europe

EU labour ministers are meeting today to agree on amendments to the 1996 Posted Workers Directive, but the changes demanded by some member states to fight social dumping from countries including Poland will hamstring the free flow of workers and benefit middlemen.

9 December 2013 – Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (Warsaw)

Poland: ‘Mega corruption network’

A three-year investigation conducted by the Central Anti-corruption Bureau (CBA) and international police forces has revealed a gigantic network of corruption, including slush funds used […]

22 November 2013 – Presseurop Rzeczpospolita

Poland: ‘Tusk’s new pro-European government’

Amid corruption scandals and faltering public support, PM Donald Tusk made “far-reaching” changes to his cabinet on November 20, including the appointment of former ING […]

20 November 2013 – Presseurop Gazeta Wyborcza

Bureaucracy: Do’s and don’ts for the EU

Brussels's eagerness to regulate anything and everything has long been a bone of contention for eurosceptics, especially in Great Britain. Today, however, the trend in the EU is for “lighter” regulation, points out an influential Polish daily.

19 November 2013 – Gazeta Wyborcza (Warsaw)

Poland: ‘Starvation wages’

A minimum wage should be introduced in Poland as it would help millions of people whose wages are “a violation of human dignity”, writes […]

18 November 2013 – Presseurop Gazeta Wyborcza

COP19 in Warsaw: Poor forecast for the climate

The 2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference is under way in Warsaw but chances are slim that decision-makers will be able to overcome the current stalemate on reforms to cut the pace of the global warming. A Polityka columnist explains why.

15 November 2013 – Polityka (Warsaw)

Poland-Russia: ‘Blaaaazing’

Another Polish-Russian conflict, writes Dziennik Gazeta Prawna following November 11 incidents when masked participants of the nationalist Independence March climbed a fence at the Russian […]

13 November 2013 – Presseurop Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

Eurozone Crisis: ‘Poland is an EU leader’

Poland’s GDP in 2013 will be 19.7 per cent higher in real terms compared to 2007 – the year before the start of the […]

4 November 2013 – Presseurop Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

Poland: ‘Will PO sink the government?’

“Will the government lose its parliamentary majority,” wonders Gazeta Wyborcza after a political corruption scandal shook the ruling coalition’s majority partner Civic Platform (PO), raising […]

31 October 2013 – Presseurop Gazeta Wyborcza

Poland: Farewell to ‘a man of dialogue’

The entire Polish press speaks with one voice in bidding farewell to Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the country’s first prime minister after the fall of communism in […]

29 October 2013 – Presseurop Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita

Death of Tadeusz Mazowiecki: ‘The best PM in Polish history’

“Besides Lech Wałęsa, he was the most honoured figure of the Polish transformation,” writes Gazeta Wyborcza following the death, at age 86, of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, […]

28 October 2013 – Presseurop Gazeta Wyborcza, Le Monde

Immigration: ‘Refugees at Poland’s gates’

“A record number of immigrants without visas, documents and money, are storming Poland’s borders,” warns Rzeczpospolita. In the first half of this year alone, Poland turned […]

25 October 2013 – Presseurop Rzeczpospolita

Medical Tourism: ‘Healthcare Schengen’

Once the cross-border health care directive comes into force on October 25, every EU citizen will be able to seek medical assistance in any member […]

25 October 2013 – Presseurop Gazeta Wyborcza

Poland: We are the Chinese of Europe

Amazon will open three major logistics centres in Poland. Good news? Not really, because the jobs will be insecure and poorly paid. And the country would be wrong to want to become competitive and encourage this trend.

23 October 2013 – Wprost (Warsaw)

Shale Gas: There will be no revolution in Europe

This week, France confirmed its ban on shale gas exploitation and the European Parliament demanded environmental impact studies before all test drilling starts. More obstacles for a resource that may yet not be the solution to Europe's energy problems.

11 October 2013 – Les Echos (Paris)

Poland: ‘‘Polish camps’ – new war’

The Polish Foreign Affairs Ministry has launched a new offensive against foreign press using terms such as “Polish concentration camps” or “Polish death camps” to […]

11 October 2013 – Presseurop Rzeczpospolita

Tobacco: Regulations are a step forward

“Menthols will disappear, while slims will remain”, headlines Rzeczpospolita. “Shocking pictures to scare smokers”, announces the Süddeutsche Zeitung, while the Financial Times notes that “electronic […]

9 October 2013 – Presseurop Rzeczpospolita, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel

Poland: How to rediscover new youth

By 2035, Poland's population could decline by 2.5 million and the average age could rise. Such trends threaten the economy and the country's place in Europe.

8 October 2013 – Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (Warsaw)

Poland: ‘Great Poland exodus continues’

The number of Poles living abroad is continuing to rise for the third consecutive year, with a total of 2.13 million outside the country at […]

7 October 2013 – Presseurop Rzeczpospolita

Portrait: Lech Wałęsa: a walking paradox

The legendary Solidarity leader who contributed to the fall of communism in central and eastern Europe has turned 70. The release of a new film in Poland by director Andrzej Wajda underlines that he remains a controversial figure in his country.

4 October 2013 – Polska The Times (Warsaw)

Poland: ‘Cheating the EU out of cash’

Farmers in Poland are most likely to cheat when applying for direct EU payments, writes Rzeczpospolita, which adds that sometimes those frauds are committed ‘unknowingly’ […]

17 September 2013 – Presseurop Rzeczpospolita

Central Europe: Nostalgia for strong leadership

Having once welcomed the arrival of political and economic liberalism following the fall of communism, the countries of central Europe are now increasingly turning their backs on this ideology, which heralded their return to democracy.

16 September 2013 – Hospodářské Noviny (Prague)

Poland: ‘Across the border to see the doctor’

In line with the cross-border health care directive, Polish patients will be able to travel to other EU countries to receive planned medical treatment as […]

16 September 2013 – Presseurop Gazeta Wyborcza

Visas: The EU wants to tighten up its policy

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on September 12 amending EU Regulation (539/2001) on visas in order to respond to the retention of the visa […]

13 September 2013 – Presseurop Jurnalul Naţional, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Poland: ‘Unionists against the GDP’

Poland’s three major trade unions began a four-day demonstration in Warsaw on September 11 protesting at government austerity, reports the daily, adding that complying with […]

12 September 2013 – Presseurop Rzeczpospolita

Poland: ‘Polish demographic drama’

In the first half of the year, the number of Poles who died exceeded the number of those who were born by 20,000, laments Rzeczpospolita, […]

11 September 2013 – Presseurop Rzeczpospolita

Poland: ‘Mazovia is bled dry’

Poland’s richest region Mazovia, which includes the capital Warsaw, is being pushed to the verge of bankruptcy by its requirement to pay a “solidarity fee” […]

10 September 2013 – Presseurop Gazeta Wyborcza

Poland: ‘Our antiques disappear in the EU’

The lack of borders within the EU’s Schengen area has its dark side as “Polish national masterpieces disappear without a trace,” laments Rzeczpospolita. “Since WW II, […]

6 September 2013 – Presseurop Rzeczpospolita

History: Europe’s forgotten ‘Bloodlands’

This year Presseurop was once again one of the partners of the European History Book Award handed out by the Society of Historians. The 2013 […]

30 August 2013 – Presseurop Notebook