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Janša attending Polish Economic Forum
Karpacz – Prime Minister Janez Janša will attend the 30th Economic Forum in Karpacz, Poland this evening. Janša will participate in a panel on post-Covid recovery and receive an award for person of the year in Central and Eastern Europe, his office said.
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Law and Justice Is in Danger of Losing its Loud Speaker
Gowin, go lose
On the eve of the adoption of the most controversial act of the current Sejm (elected in 2019 for the term until 2023), Poland's three-party coalition broke apart.
The virus of disobedience is spreading
The main culprits for this migraine, which has no cure, are Poland and Hungary, but the problem is much deeper, writes Sputnik.
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Poland Further Restricts Media Freedom, Angers US with Controversial Media Law
Supporters and members of opposition parties take part in a protest against the amendment to the Broadcasting Act in front of the Polish parliament building in Warsaw, Poland, 11 August 2021. EPA-EFE/Piotr Nowak
As Tusk Returns and PiS Struggles, Is Poland Primed for an Early Election?
Leader of the Polish Law and Justice (PiS) party Jaroslaw Kaczynski attends a press conference at the Polish parliament building in Warsaw, Poland, 07 July 2021. EPA-EFE/PAWEL SUPERNAK Family ties
Queer Lives in Interwar Poland Offer Lessons for Today
Given interwar Poland is a model that PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski often refers to when he speaks about his party's purported restoration of the nation's pride after decades of Nazism, communism and liberalism, this historical fact might give him some pause for thought.
Spoof Awards for Intimidating Lawsuits Go to Poland, Croatia
Poland's ruling Law and Justice, PiS party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Croatian public broadcaster HRT were given 'awards' on Friday in the first European SLAPP Contest, a parody initiative intended to highlight the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, to intimidate and deter journalists and rights campaigners.
Poland’s Law and Justice Makes Fresh Pitch to the Left-Behind Voters
In May, PiS has attempted to repeat the same trick with a package of measures dubbed the "Polish Deal" (initially the "New Deal"), the most prominent of which are changes to the tax system aimed at benefitting the neediest in society.
Democracy Digest: Holdup in EU Recovery Fund Averted as Polish Parties Strike Deal
Ziobro argued that the measures to allow the EU to generate "own resources" for the plan (ie. issue debt) would lead to a further - unacceptable, in his view - erosion of national sovereignty. Also, as the architect of the PiS's controversial justice reforms, he did not like the rule-of-law conditionality that the European Commission has attached to the disbursement of funds from the RRF.
Warsaw Court Blocks Takeover of Polish Regional Media by State-Owned Orlen
Protesters attend a 'Free Media' demonstration in front of the Polish Television TVP building at the Warsaw Insurgents Square in Warsaw, Poland, 09 January 2016. EPA/LESZEK SZYMANSKI