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EC starts proceeding against Poland over disciplinary chamber

Earlier this year, the European Court of Justice ruled that the Disciplinary Chamber could not conduct proceedings against judges. Julien Warnand/PAP/EPA

The European Commission has initiated more proceedings against Poland for infringement of EU law by allowing the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court to continue to rule on cases directly affecting judges.

EU's top court to rule on extradition of Pole from Holland

On October 12, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) will hold a hearing on extradition of a Pole to Poland, which had been previously refused by a Dutch court over concerns that the Poland's courts are no longer independent.

Former FM blasts EU institutions and leaders for ‘interfering in Poland’

Witold Waszczykowski, who served as foreign minister from 2015-18, wrote his misgivings in an opinion piece published on the Onet website.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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Exclusive

‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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