Poland’s legal reforms do not comply with constitution, court rules | World news | The Guardian
The move appears to have set the government on a collision course with the European Union, which launched an unprecedented investigation in January into the reforms, which could result in punitive measures.
The chief justice, Andrzej Rzepliński, sa…
Poland’s Constitutional Crisis Deepens After Top Court Annuls Law – WSJ
The Constitutional Tribunal annulled new legislation passed by Poland’s right-leaning government that has divided Poland for months, leading to opposition protests and pressure from Poland’s allies to reverse the rules.
Polish Prime Minister Bea…
Polish Constitutional Court Strikes Down New Rules on Court – ABC News
While it bolsters the moral position of government critics alarmed at what they see as an attack on democracy, the judgment is nonetheless powerless to resolve the crisis because the conservative government of Prime Minister Beata Szydlo says it won’t …
EU Body to Publish a Report Bashing Polish Government – Forbes
In the leaked draft opinion, the Venice Commission said an ongoing constitutional crisis in Poland poses a danger to the rule of law, democracy and human rights. It emphasized that, in a democracy, mutual control and checks and balances on institutions…
Polish President’s first visit to Jewish Museum – Europe – News – Arutz Sheva
Polish President Andrzej Duda visited on Thursday the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw for the first time since its 2014 opening.
“The museum is spectacular. Not just the wonderful architecture, but the exhibition of 900 years of s…
Poland’s ruling party faces first test of support | Fox News
The vote is being held in the Lomza and Augustow region because its senator vacated his seat when he was recently appointed provincial governor. Among the six candidates is Anna Maria Anders who represents the ruling Law and Justice party.
Proposed Polish law would 'shackle’ wind power, says industry | Environment | The Guardian
Coal-reliant country may be trying to slow the rise of renewable energy with a clampdown on turbine construction and maintenance, say analysts
Poland’s ruling conservatives say files cast new shadow over Walesa | Reuters
Newly-publicised documents have revived claims Lech Walesa, the giant of Poland’s struggle to overthrow communism, was a secret police informant in the 1970s – allegations still fuelling an old feud among post communist leaders.
Poland’s ruling cons…
Thousands protest Polish government, defend former president | News | DW.COM | 28.02.2016
The latest in a series of anti-government protests in Poland has brought thousands of people into the streets. But this time they also came out to defend the man who led the pro-democracy movement that toppled communism.
Poles protest against government
Thousands of Poles chanting "We will defend democracy!" and "Lech Walesa!" have rallied in Warsaw to protest moves by Poland’s three-month-old conservative government that they say undermine freedoms and the constitution.
Saturday’s march was organised by the Committee for the Defence of Democracy, which was formed in November in reaction to moves by the ruling Law and Justice party that have essentially paralysed the Constitutional Tribunal, preventing it from acting as a check on new government legislation.
Venice Commission warns that democracy in Poland at peril in draft opinion – Radio Poland :: News from Poland
The Venice Commission was called to Poland by Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski for an opinion on the legal solutions contained in the amendments to the Constitutional Tribunal.
The draft report said that “as long as the situation of constitutio…
’We are unwilling to accept the breaking of our constitution’ | World news | The Guardian
Saturday 27 February the Committee for the Defence of Democracy (KOD) are planning a “We, The People” march in Warsaw. The protest movement was formed in the wake of the Polish parliamentary elections in October 2015, when the rightwing Law and Jus…
I made a mistake, says Polish politician accused of being communist-era informant – Telegraph
Lech Walesa, the former Polish president credited with helping to bring down the eastern bloc, has admitted he made a “mistake” after his signature was found on a document saying he had agreed to work as an informant for the country’s communist reg…
Poland to change its street names in bid to 'de-communise’ the country – Telegraph
Hundreds of streets, squares and bridges across Poland could have their names changed in a new effort to “de-communise” the country and rid it of anything that could promote totalitarian systems.
Poland’s leading daily feels full force of Jarosław Kaczyński’s anger | World news | The Guardian
arosław Kaczyński, the leader of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party, has a very special place in his heart for Gazeta Wyborcza, the leading Polish daily newspaper. He hates it.
The most powerful politician in the country gave a hour-long lect…
Families welcome Poland’s new child benefit, economists sound alarm
Families in Poland are anxiously waiting to receive their first 500zl (€114) monthly benefit for each second and subsequent child. This was one of the most talked-about election promises announced by the ruling Law and Justice party ahead of its gene…
What is the current mood like in Poland? Share your experiences | Community | The Guardian
Since the election of the conservative Law and Justice government last October, we’d like to hear your views on what it’s like living in the country
Academics Furious at Poland President’s Threat to Strip Holocaust Scholar of State Honor – Jewish World News – Haaretz – Israeli News Source Haaretz.com
The office of President Andrzej Duda said recently it might strip Princeton-based historian and sociologist Jan Tomasz Gross of the Order of Merit he received in 1996.
