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Today’s news round-up in Poland

Today’s news round-up in Poland Kalbar/TFN

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Warsaw mayor accents tolerance in speech to Equality March participants

The mayor of Warsaw pointed out the significance of tolerance during his speech to those taking part in the city’s Equality March on Saturday.

Today’s news round-up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

European court issues judgment over LGBT work discrimination

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled that sexual orientation cannot be a reason to refuse to conclude a contract with a self-employed person, in a case brought by a Polish man.

Justice minister blames Black Eyed Peas LGBT gesture on EU pressure

Poland's justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, has suggested that the support for the LGBT community expressed by the US hip-hop band Black Eyed Peas at a New Year's Eve concert in Poland could be part of further government concessions towards the EU.

Opposition leader says Kaczyński's view of minorities echoes Kremlin's

Donald Tusk, Poland's former prime minister and leader of the main opposition grouping Civic Coalition, has criticised Jarosław Kaczyński, the ruling party leader, for what he called a rhetoric against minorities that resembles the Kremlin's policy.

Ruling coalition MP reprimanded for LGBT comments

Janusz Kowalski, an MP from Solidary Poland, an ally of the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party, has been reprimanded by the parliamentary ethics committee for statements he made referring to LGBT "ideology".

Top court rejects gay couple's complaint over marriage non-recognition

Poland's Supreme Administrative Court (NSA) has ruled that an official refusal to register a gay’s couple foreign marriage certificate on a civil registry was lawful as Polish law only recognises marriage between a man and a woman.

Education minister dismisses pro-LGBT day as "marginal"

Poland's education minister has told PAP that 'Rainbow Friday,' an annual event initiated by the Campaign Against Homophobia, will not take place nationwide and only in a "marginal number of schools."

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

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Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
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Beautiful artwork capturing the glory of Polish autumns

The annual transformation from summer to autumn has long been immortalised by Polish artists who have captured the full majesty of the ‘golden season’.

The first report:

  • Polish inflation may drop below 7 pct in coming months - deputy FInMin
  • Opposition leader promises not to raise retirement age
  • Polish MPC cuts rates by 25 bps
  • Opposition informs prosecutor that PM may have committed crime
  • Suspect in fatal car crash in Poland apprehended in UAE says minister

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