POLAND

Poland detains six over 2014 privatisation

Six people have been detained in Poland in connection to the 2014 privatisation of the state-owned chemical enterprise Ciech. Those detained include a treasury minister...

Ryszard Czarnecki out of office

Polish MEP Ryszard Czarnecki’s term of office as Vice-President of the European Parliament came to an end on February 7, due to “serious misconduct”. Czarnecki...

Belarus blocks Polish online news service

Belarus has blocked access to an independent online news service based in Poland and financed by the Polish foreign ministry, according to a report....

Poland in trouble over EU copyright laws

The European Commission announced on January 25 that it called on the European Court of Justice to sanction Poland over its failure to implement...

Polish group praises Hitler

Poland’s Pride and Modernity (Duma i Nowoczesność) organisation celebrated Hitler’s birth anniversary in south-western Poland. A local television report showed the group setting up...

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