Feb 19, 2025 · notesfrompoland.com

Jul 16, 2024 · Poland has NATO’s third-largest military and the alliance’s largest in Europe, newly released figures show. The Polish armed forces contain 216,100 personnel, according to NATO’s estimates for this year.

Stanley Bill is the founder and editor-at-large of Notes from Poland. He is also Senior Lecturer in Polish Studies and Director of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge, where he works on Polish culture, politics and history.

Feb 21, 2025 · Poland has again been ranked as the worst country in Europe for access to contraception in the annual Contraception Policy Atlas. It has held that position since 2019, under the rule of the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS), and remains there amid unfulfilled promises by the current more liberal ruling coalition to improve reproductive rights.

Stanley Bill is the founder and editor-at-large of Notes from Poland. He is also Senior Lecturer in Polish Studies and Director of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge, where he works on Polish culture, politics and history.

Oct 15, 2024 · Poland’s government has approved plans for a tough new migration strategy that will include the possibility to temporarily suspend the acceptance of asylum claims if “immigrants threaten to destabilise the state”.

Dec 4, 2024 · Poland’s main opposition party, the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS), has submitted a bill to parliament that would ban the propagation of “Banderism”, meaning glorification of historical Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera.

Aug 7, 2024 · Construction of the skyscraper initially began in 1977, with the intention for it to be used by state airline LOT. However, work stalled in 1981, amid economic difficulties and social upheaval in communist Poland, and only resumed in 1987.. The consortium that completed work on the building was made up of LOT, Austrian construction firm Ilbau and Marriott, whose initials make up the LIM name.

Oct 30, 2024 · This time, although users again expressed solidarity with Juszkiewicz, the change was not reversed. In a statement provided to Press magazine, Google Polska said only that the team responsible for Google Maps is “constantly working on the development of the application and the user experience”. “We confirm that the navigation voice has changed as part of the latest update and we ...

Feb 21, 2025 · Duda himself also met with Kellogg in Warsaw earlier this week, after which the Polish president praised the Trump administration for “entering the game very strongly when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine”, saying it had led him to “hope that the war will end”.. However, the Polish president – who has been a strong supporter of Ukraine and Zelensky since Russia’s invasion ...