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Poland-backed EU text linking migration to crime is dropped
Denmark, Italy and Poland failed to keep summit language that tied irregular migration to crime rates and called it a threat to Europe’s social cohesion.
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Unlicensed Cyprus zoo still open after white lions arrived from Poland
Melios Zoo in Agioi Trimithias keeps admitting visitors without a licence or planning permit, years after three white lions from Poland were brought in illegally.
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Poland backs carbon delay as EU leaders tie migration surge to crime
In Brussels, leaders broadly backed pausing asylum claims during an engineered migrant surge, while Poland and the Visegrád Four failed to delay the next EU carbon price.
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1956 Budapest march for Poland’s workers became a revolution
On 23 October 1956 a Budapest student protest in solidarity with workers fighting Poland’s Stalinist regime grew into street battles after secret police opened fire at the radio building.
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Nord Stream trial, street riots and a Warsaw bot claim
A Ukrainian officer is on trial in Hamburg over the 2022 Nord Stream bombings, French and Albanian protests turned violent, and a false claim about Russian bots reached the Warsaw Security Forum.
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Koretsky targets full draft exemptions used to shield growing staffs
Ukraine’s prime minister says critical employers are abusing blanket mobilization exemptions, as Donald Tusk cites steep monthly Ukrainian losses.
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Poland scrambles jets as strikes cut power for 370,000 in Volyn
Fighter jets were sent up to guard Polish airspace while Russian drone strikes left 370,000 people without power in Ukraine’s Volyn region on the Polish border.
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Polish national admits selling nitazenes far stronger than heroin
Robert Poleszak, 45, pleaded guilty to selling Class A drugs after buyers of his opioid pills died or were taken to hospital in Britain.
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187,000 school checks in Poland; 192 people detained
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said 192 people were detained and 106 criminal cases opened after checks at schools nationwide, with no sign the attacks were coordinated.
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Dublin court jails woman over welfare trips via Poland
Tetiana Stakhiv, 51, received a 10-month prison term in Dublin after admitting she drew €9,103 in benefits while living abroad and timing Dublin–Poland trips to payment days.
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Dublin court jails woman over welfare collected via Poland trips
Tetiana Stakhiv, 51, admitted taking €9,103 in Irish jobseeker payments while living abroad and flying on dates that matched travel between Dublin and Poland.
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Polish supplier probe seizes UK defence kit worth £1.039m
Polish authorities took equipment bought by the UK Ministry of Defence, and ministers say the £1.039 million outlay cannot be recovered.
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Bradford jury hears woman found partner dead after drinking
A woman on trial in Bradford told police she woke to find her partner dead in a bloodied flat and left without calling officers.
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UK may free woman who hid knife in student killing
A British early-release decision concerns the mother of a man jailed for life over the fatal stabbing of student Henry Nowak in the UK.
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Dublin court jails woman over welfare collected on trips
Tetiana Stakhiv was given 10 months in Dublin after admitting she drew €9,103 in Irish benefits while living abroad.
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Belarusian scholar takes part-time role in Polish studies
Alyaksandr Fiaduta has joined a Polish literature department as a research fellow and scored top marks for a Mickiewicz archive study.
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Porsche driver assaults woman on a Warsaw street, then flees
On Thursday morning a Porsche driver beat a woman in a silver Toyota on Czerniakowska Street after she reacted to his zigzag driving, then struck two men and left before police arrived.
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Three held after police spat on outside Poland’s top court
Warsaw police detained three people after scuffles outside the Constitutional Tribunal, where officers said they were sworn at, insulted and spat on while separating rival sides.
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Police seek Porsche driver after Mokotów assault on woman
A 66-year-old passenger was struck several times in Warsaw’s Mokotów on Thursday morning, and officers are still looking for the driver of a German-registered Porsche.
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Krakow court grants bail in 100-kilo khat smuggling case
Two Israeli women held since mid-June may remain free under weekly police checks and a ban on leaving Poland while a serious khat case continues.