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No matter where you spend Christmas this year, the chances are your tree decorations are Polish

Data from the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) shows that Poland is the third biggest producer of Christmas tree decorations in the world. Leszek Szymański/PAP

Data from the Polish Economic Institute shows that Poland is the third biggest producer of Christmas tree decorations in the world with exports to 71 countries on all continents last year reaching EUR 80.4 million.

EU parliament interferes with Polish legal system - top court head

A European Parliament resolution on Poland's abortion rights is an unprecedented attempt to interfere with the country's internal legal issues that are not covered by EU treaties, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal president, Julia Przylebska, has said.

European Parliament adopts resolution on Poland's anti-abortion law

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday criticising the ban on the right to abortion in Poland.

European Parliament rejects PiS motion against EP vice president

Law and Justice MEPs have expressed their “indignation” at what they call the unequal treatment of member states after a European parliament body refused to hold a vote on initiating proceedings against Katarina Barley, the parliament’s vice president.

Poland, Hungary criticised for EU budget veto

Manfred Weber MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, has criticised the Polish and Hungarian governments’ veto against the EU's EUR 1.8 trillion budget and recovery plan at today's meeting of EU Ambassadors of EU member states.

Polish PM addresses EU leaders over conditionality mechanism

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday said he recently sent a letter to EU leaders regarding the conditionality mechanism linked with the EU budget.

EU party urges Poland, Hungary to accept rule of law mechanism

The centre-right European People's Party (EPP), the biggest grouping in the European Parliament, on Monday called upon Polish and Hungarian prime ministers to accept the linking of EU funds payouts with observance of the rule of law principles.

Poland switches to winter time on Sunday

Poland will switch to winter time on Sunday, October 25. At 3:00 a.m. local time, all clocks will be set back one hour.

EP VP's statements undermine EP, German EU presidency - Polish FM

Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said on Thursday that statements by European Parliament (EP) Vice-President Katerina Barley concerning the rule of law in Poland, undermined the seriousness of the EP and Germany's EU presidency.

EP president to deal with Katarina Barley's Poland, Hungary comments

European Parliament (EP) President David Sassoli has said he will look into comments made by his deputy, Katarina Barley, about Poland and Hungary, ECR leader Ryszard Legutko MEP said after a sitting of the Conference of Presidents.

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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’.

The first report:

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  • Poland’s Świątek wins Adelaide International tennis tournament
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‘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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