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Belarus-Poland crisis: Human rights of trapped migrants ‘paramount’
Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, the UN rights office and UN refugee agency on Friday urged all parties...
Uphold safety, human rights on Belarus-Poland border: UN
With news footage showing migrants on the border between Belarus and Poland attempting to dodge teargas and make their way through razor wire, UN...
Israel deprives Central Europeans of moral cover
When Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid recently sparked a war of words with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki he was doing more than resisting...
List of Russia’s unfriendly states: “Is that all?”
On May 13th, 2021, Russia published “the list of unfriendly states of the Russian Federation,” which currently consists of two states – the United...
Polish Economy Returns to Growth Amidst Pandemic-Related Setbacks
The Polish economy is expected to grow by 3.3 percent in 2021, as a recovery in trade in the euro area, combined with improved...
World Bank and the EU Commission to Support Poland to Transition Out of Coal
The World Bank, in partnership with the European Commission, will assist Poland to ensure a ‘Just Transition’ in the country’s coal regions of Dolnośląskie...
Poland: Investing in a greener economy will strengthen recovery from COVID-19 crisis
Poland has suffered milder economic losses from COVID-19 than many other countries, yet the crisis still risks aggravating inequalities and reversing gains in living...
Poland should urgently implement reforms to boost fight against foreign bribery
The OECD Working Group on Bribery has, since 2013, repeatedly urged Poland to reform its laws to ensure it can effectively investigate and prosecute...
Poland ‘slammed the door shut’ on legal and safe abortions
A group of UN independent human rights experts have denounced a court ruling in Poland that bans abortions on the grounds of fatal or...
Coal Regions in Ukraine to Benefit from Poland’s Lessons on ‘Just Transition’
Poland’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP&WM) and the World Bank, in cooperation with the European Commission, launched an initiative to...