Evacuation underway for Donbas Poles
Polish government-led efforts to evacuate around 200 people of Polish descent from the pro-Russian rebel-held Donbas region in eastern Ukraine got underway, Sunday. Some 162 people are waiting at the Polish...
Polish mother convicted of killing son found dead in UK cell
A Polish woman convicted in 2013 of murdering her son in a notorious case that shocked the UK has been found dead in her cell in Derby, England. Magdalena Łuczak was discovered lifeless at 7:15 am on Tuesday,...
Polish authorities still working on Donbas evacuation plan
A delegation from the Polish foreign ministry, currently in eastern Ukraine, is still preparing evacuation plans for people of Polish descent in the separatist-held Donbas region. “We are determined to...
Police arrest Pole suspected of people smuggling
A 46-year-old Pole, suspected of smuggling Syrians to Europe, has been detained in Warsaw. Dariusz Z. (surname withheld under Polish privacy laws) was arrested in Warsaw’s Targówek district on a European...
Mateusz Szczurek ‘best Europe 2015 finance minister’
Poland’s finance minister Mateusz Szczurek has been named ‘Finance Minister of the Year 2015, Europe’ by The Banker, a London-based financial monthly owned by The Financial Times. Szczurek, who has been...
Poles live on benefits - myth busted! Poles contribute strongly to the British economy
British populist politicians have recently gained a lot from fuelling the hostility towards Poles and immigrants from other CEE countries. The hyped opposition towards immigration also affected the June...
Polish labour camps in the UK
Instead of the salary they were promised in the UK, they got fear, humiliation, and returned to Poland empty-handed. Also the worst thing was that the fate of a dozen or so Poles from different parts of...
SLD to stop funding Ogórek campaign
The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) will not give any more money to the presidential campaign of their candidate, Magdalena Ogórek. The party argues that all funds which were promised to the candidate have...
Major NATO military exercises in Poland amid security fears
Thirty-one thousand soldiers from 18 NATO members and five partner countries will take part in major manoeuvres in Poland starting on Tuesday, amid fears by Central and Eastern European states that Russia...
President signs minimum wage bill
Polish president Andrzej Duda has signed a bill whereby the country’s minimum wage will be set at PLN 12 (EUR 2.73) an hour from 2017. The new rules will apply to casual and self-employed workers. According...
A Pole living in London says what to keep in mind when seeking British citizenship
Since the Brexit referendum more and more Poles living in the United Kingdom are considering a return to Poland – the situation that Polish government would certainly be happy to applaud. However the significant...
Ukraine to apply for EU membership in 2020
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko declared his country’s intention to join the EU and NATO in a speech to Polish parliament on Wednesday. Ukraine will apply for EU membership in 2020, Poroshenko said....
