Maria Wilczek

News Editor at The Economist.

Previously: Deputy Editor of Notes from Poland. Writer for The Times, Foreign Policy and Politico Europe.

Marjorie Deane intern at The Economist in 2018. Strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group (2017-2019).

Graduate of University of Oxford (BA PPE, MPhil Politics) and Polish School of Literary Reportage (2021-2022).

Lived in Turkey, Romania and Poland. Now based in London.

  • Works
  • ✑ The Economist
  • ✑ Radio & Podcasts
  • ✑ The Times
  • ✑ Politico Europe
  • ✑ Al Jazeera
  • ✑ Notes from Poland
  • ✑ In Polish

Maria Wilczek

Al Jazeera (English) • 26th June 2020

Poland's presidential election: Five key questions answered

President Andrzej Duda faces the toughest fight of his political career this weekend
Al Jazeera (English) • 10th April 2020

Smoleńsk: A decade since the air disaster that shook Poland

The national tragedy has become less politically potent
Al Jazeera (English) • 2nd April 2020

As most European elections are called off, Poland pushes ahead

Next month's presidential vote may be neither free nor fair
Al Jazeera (English) • 2nd March 2020

Ukraine’s economic growth may spell trouble for Poland

Could the two million Ukrainian migrants powering Poland’s economy move on?
Al Jazeera (English) • 21st January 2020

Pelosi to raise Polish judicial independence during visit

US Democrats have asked Polish President to veto controversial bill
Al Jazeera (English) • 12th January 2020

European judges join Polish peers in protest

Around 1,000 Polish judges march silently against "muzzle law"
Al Jazeera (English) • 13th December 2019

Duda completes tour of all 380 Polish counties

Polish President targets rural voters in re-election bid
Al Jazeera (English) • 20th November 2019

Poles abandon Brexit Britain for Germany

And with a growing economy in Poland, many head home
Al Jazeera (English) • 11th November 2019

After decades of waiting, Poles can visit the US without visas

The symbolic victory, however, comes at a price
Al Jazeera (English) • 8th November 2019

Will Poland join the atomic energy club?

Poland's richest man plans to build the country's first nuclear plant
Al Jazeera (English) • 11th October 2019

Poles at the polls: Five things to know

Law and Justice is sure to finish first, but a lot still hangs in the balance
Al Jazeera (English) • 3rd October 2019

Swiss franc borrowers pop champagne, Polish bankers worry

The EU's top court sets a precedent in favour of franc mortgage holders
Al Jazeera (English) • 3rd September 2019

John Bolton bids to pivot Eastern Europe

A push for Western influence in Moscow's former client states
Al Jazeera (English) • 2nd September 2019

German President asks for forgiveness for wartime atrocities

Leaders mark 80 years since WWII in Warsaw with very different messages
Al Jazeera (English) • 30th August 2019

Polish businesses struggle to find workers

With unemployment at a 28-year low, bosses turn to technology and migration
Al Jazeera (English) • 1st August 2019

Warsaw stops to remember

Poles commemorate the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
  • Works
  • ✑ The Economist
  • ✑ Radio & Podcasts
  • ✑ The Times
  • ✑ Politico Europe
  • ✑ Al Jazeera
  • ✑ Notes from Poland
  • ✑ In Polish
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