Notes From Poland • 20th April 2021

Top 10 abandoned spots to visit in Poland

From a floating Nazi torpedo platform to the world’s tallest pope statue

The Times • 1st April 2021

Populist leaders meet in Budapest to plot new EU alliance

Europe’s hard-right leaders meet to thrash out plans for an alliance (w Tom Kington)

POLITICO • 30th March 2021

Lukashenko plays the Poland card and ratchets up tensions with Warsaw

The strongman is hunting for an ‘external enemy’

The Times Radio • 25th March 2021

Interview: German broadcaster ordered to apologise to Polish veterans

On the ground: Mariella Frostrup on Times radio (0:22:22)

The Times • 22nd March 2021

Polish mayor ‘killed endangered bison and tried to sell head’

A Polish mayor was charged after an alleged failed cover-up

The Times • 12th March 2021

Poland fears EU backlash over anti-gay towns

A French minister says he was browbeaten by the conservative government (w Adam Sage)

The Times • 11th March 2021

Poland to restart logging in ancient Bialowieza forest

Conservationists are alarmed by new management plans for the Unesco-protected woodland

Notes From Poland • 8th March 2021

Poland's tax cure may be a bitter pill

The government's "New Deal" post-pandemic fix will be hard to swallow for both voters and coalition partners

The Times • 25th February 2021

Polish quota sends wrong signal, claim radio stations

A musician called to “defend against the domination of Anglo-Saxon pop culture”

The Times • 22nd February 2021

Polish police dogs retire with a pension

Until now dogs and horses were given no state support after retiring

Balkan Insight • 18th February 2021

Poland’s Public Tries to Clear the Air

Public awareness of smog is rising, but economic and bureaucratic bottlenecks remain

The Times Radio • 17th February 2021

Interview: Polish rocker convicted for insulting religious feelings

On the ground: Mariella Frostrup on Times Radio (1:41:20)

The Times • 11th February 2021

Historians must apologise for calling dead mayor a Nazi collaborator

A Polish court has ordered two Holocaust historians to apologise to the mayor's niece

11th February 2021

Dutch court rejects extradition request to Poland

The court said the alleged drug smuggler would not get a fair trial

The Times • 11th February 2021

Polish media stage blackout protest over new tax

Private outlets say the advertising tax will harm press freedom

The Times • 10th February 2021

Polish man wrongly convicted for two decades wins £2.5m

Tomasz Komenda spent half his life in prison for a murder he did not commit

The Times • 8th February 2021

UK considers GPS tracking to track traveller quarantine

Poland launched a selfie & geolocation mobile app in March (contribution)

The Times • 1st February 2021

Israel ‘took Jewish relics’ from former Warsaw Ghetto

An Israeli institute has angered Polish Jews and museums

The Times Radio • 28th January 2021

Interview: Poland all but outlaws abortion

On the ground: Mariella Frostrup on Times Radio (2:07:05)

The Times • 28th January 2021

Poland implements near-total ban on abortions

Protests broke out as the controversial law came into immediate effect