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Lower house adopts amendment to education law

The lower house of the Polish parliament has passed an amendment to the education law despite opposition fears that it will give regional education supervisors too much control.

Half of Poles say president should veto new media law

Just over 50 percent of Poles believe the Polish president should veto an amendment to a new media law that critics say targets the leading television group TVN, according to a new survey.

Lower house passes new border laws

Poland's Sejm (lower house) on Wednesday passed amendments to Poland's border laws in response to the on-going migrant crisis on its border with Belarus.

President signs law tightening border control

Poland's president has signed a legal amendment enabling migrants caught illegally crossing the EU external border to be sent back, as well as entitling authorities to not consider claims for international protection.

Lower house amends 2021 budget

The Sejm (lower house) on Friday passed amendments to this year's budget, raising revenues by PLN 78 billion (EUR 17 billion) to PLN 483 billion (EUR 105 billion) and expenditures by PLN 37 billion (EUR 8.1 billion) to PLN 523.4 billion (EUR 114 billion).

Most MPs support restitution law change, says PM

Poland's prime minister has defended a legislative amendment affecting property restitution claims that has prompted a furious diplomatic response from Israel, arguing that the majority of parliamentarians support the move.

Israeli FM calls conduct of Polish government "shameful"

Israel's foreign affairs minister, Yair Lapid, has renewed his government’s attack on a new property restitution law in Poland, saying that Jews today will not turn a blind eye to the “shameful conduct” of the Polish government.

Israeli PM criticises Polish restitution law amendment

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reacted to the signing into law of a amendments affecting restitution claims on Saturday, describing the move as "a shameful decision and disgraceful contempt for the memory of the Holocaust."

Poland’s president signed property restitution amendments

Poland's President Andrzej Duda told PAP on Saturday that he signed into law a set of amendments to administrative laws. The key change says that after 30 years of an administrative decision - applying among others to properties - it will be impossible to contest it.

President aims to take sting out of abortion protests with compromise amendment

The draft amendment makes abortion possible if the foetus suffers from a lethal condition, and when the pregnancy is highly likely to end with the new-born’s death.

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Sport

Swiatek takes Italian Open and notches up 28 wins in a row

Top-seeded Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur (seeded ninth) 6:2, 6:2 in the final of the WTA 1000 clay court championship in Rome on Sunday.

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‘They stopped being children and became witnesses of terror and violence!’ Archive of postwar drawings reveals children’s harrowing experiences of WWII

Created in 1946 as part of a post-war nationwide school project, the pencil and crayon images obtained by TFN show the full, terrible experience of war from the perspective of children.

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