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Employment Government International 

Polish Historian With Far-Right Past Resigns From State Job

February 22, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
history, Poland, resignation, scandal

A Polish historian resigned Monday from the government’s historical institute after controversy erupted over his past ties with a far-right organization and photos of him making the stiff-armed fascist salute.

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Government International Law Media 

Poland to Redraw Media Tax Proposal Following Protests

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
advertising, Journalism, Poland, protests, Taxes

Poland’s right-wing government said Tuesday it will redraw its proposed media advertising tax to make it fairer after it led to a media protest and condemnation from a coalition partner and critics abroad.

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Civil Rights Criminal International 

Women’s Rights Activist Charged for Role in Polish Protests

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
abortion, arrests, Poland, protests

A leader of the Polish Women’s Strike, the movement that has led mass nationwide protests against a near total abortion ban in Poland, has been charged with criminal felonies.

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Civil Rights Government International Media 

Independent Polish Media Suspend Coverage to Protest Ad Tax

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
advertising, Journalism, Poland, Press Freedom, Taxes

Independent media outlets in Poland suspended news coverage and other programming Wednesday to protest a planned new advertising tax that they view as an attempt by the country’s right-wing government to undermine press freedoms.

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Civil Rights Education International Science 

Holocaust Scholars Ordered to Apologize in Polish Libel Case

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
history, Holocaust, Poland, Research, slander, World War II

A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust researchers must apologize to a woman who claimed her deceased uncle had been slandered in a historical work that suggested he helped kill Jews during World War II.

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Criminal International 

Germany Charges Nazi Camp Secretary With Complicity in Murders

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Germany, Holocaust, Nazi, Poland

German prosecutors said Friday they have charged a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp with complicity in the murders of 10,000 people, in the first such case in recent years against a female staff member.

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Civil Rights Education International Trials 

Future of Holocaust Research in Poland Hinges on Libel Case

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Diplomacy, history, Holocaust, Libel, Nazi, Poland, Research, World War II

Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government.

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Civil Rights Health International Law 

Poland to Implement Near-Total Ban on Abortion

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
abortion, Poland

A controversial Polish court ruling that imposes a near-total ban on abortion will come into force on Wednesday, the government said, in an announcement expected to spark major protests.

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Appeals Employment International 

EU Employers Must Treat All Disabled Workers Equally, Court Rules

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 MOLLY QUELL
disability, discrimination, European Court of Justice, Labor, Poland

EU labor laws protect disabled workers from being treated differently than both nondisabled co-workers and others with disabilities, the union’s highest court said on Tuesday.

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Civil Rights International Trials 

Poland Trial Starts Over LGBT Symbol on Revered Icon Posters

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
LGBT, Poland, protests

Three human rights activists were standing trial in Poland on Wednesday, charged with offending religious sentiment by adding the LGBT rainbow symbol to posters of a revered icon and publicly displaying the altered image, including on garbage bins and mobile toilets.

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Courts Government International 

EU Magistrates Delve Into Rule-of-Law Disputes in Poland, Malta

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
European Court of Justice, European Union, judiciary, Poland

European magistrates on Thursday waded into contentious battles over judicial independence in Poland and Malta and legal challenges to the way judges are appointed in those countries, where critics say the rule of law has been eroded.

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Science Technology 

Poland Taps Coal Region for First Electric Car Plant

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
automotive, coal, Poland

Poland’s first state-backed electric car plant is expected to begin production by 2024 in a region of the EU country that now relies heavily on coal mining for jobs, the ElectroMobility Poland (EMP) carmaker said on Thursday.

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Financial Government International Politics 

Poles Voice Fears of ‘Polexit’ as Gov’t Defies EU Over Budget

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Budget, Diplomacy, EU, Poland

As the Polish government plays a game of chicken with the European Union over its next long-term budget, some Poles are voicing fears that a drawn-out conflict could put their country on a path toward an eventual departure from the bloc, or “Polexit.”

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Appeals Employment Government International 

EU High Court Upholds Stronger Protections for Cross-Border Workers

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
EU, European Court of Justice, Hungary, Poland, regulation, wages

Rejecting protests from Hungary and Poland, the European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that the bloc can tighten rules governing workers sent outside their home countries.

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Environment International Science 

Polish Zoo Captures Rare Mouse-Deer Birth on Video

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
endangered species, Poland, zoo

A zoo in Poland says it’s the first to have captured on video the birth of a rare Philippine mouse-deer, and everyone’s hoping it’s a male so it can help the endangered species breed.

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Environment Science 

Study Finds Shift to Feudal Living Reshaped Wetlands

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 CAMERON LANGFORD
history, Poland, Research, wetlands

Inland wetlands are often considered unspoiled landscapes, but a new study shows how deforestation and agriculture in the Middle Ages transformed wetlands in Poland and imbued the vegetation with a record of societal change.

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International Politics 

Poland, Hungary Veto EU Budget Over Rule-of-Law Issue

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Budget, coronavirus, EU, Hungary, Poland

Poland and Hungary on Monday vetoed the European Union’s next seven-year budget and a massive coronavirus recovery plan due to a new mechanism that links EU funding to the rule of law, plunging the 27-nation bloc into a political crisis.

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Civil Rights Courts Government International 

Polish Court Problems Can’t Stop Extraditions, EU Magistrate Says

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
European Court of Justice, extradition, judiciary, Poland, warrant

Countries cannot automatically refuse extradition requests to Poland based on the worsening condition of the country’s judicial system, an adviser to the EU’s top court said Thursday.

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Government International Politics 

EU Negotiators Clinch Deal Tying Rule of Law to Fund Access

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
EU, Hungary, Poland, Sanctions

European Union negotiators clinched an agreement Thursday that would impose sanctions on EU countries that fail to live up to the bloc’s democratic standards. The deal could help unlock hundreds of billions of euros in emergency coronavirus support by the start of the year.

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Civil Rights Health International Law 

Poland Delays Implementing Abortion Ruling Amid Protests

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
abortion, Poland, protests

Poland’s right-wing government is delaying the publication and implementation of a high court ruling that tightens the abortion law and that has triggered almost two weeks of nationwide protests.

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