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Ruling coalition split over EU-required court reforms

Solidary Poland leader and justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, at a press conference on Wednesday, likened the European Commission (EC), the EU's executive arm, to "an organised crime group" and said the EC "uses blackmail to force changes to the Polish legal order." Paweł Supernak/PAP

Poland's United Right governing coalition exposed a crack on Wednesday in a vote on a Supreme Court bill that was meant to quell Brussels' concerns over the rule of law in Poland.

Election Guard recruitment underway reports ruling party

Recruitment is underway to staff a planned Election Guard that will oversee next year's parliamentary elections, ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) announced on Monday.

Poland should increase security on Kaliningrad border says official

Poland will have to strengthen its forces on the border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad owing to a growing migration threat, a senior ruling party official has said.

Governing party to introduce changes to vote-counting process

Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party plans to change the way votes are counted in elections, a senior party official has said.

Enough coal purchased to meet demand says ruling party official

Poland has secured enough coal to meet the country’s needs, a senior member of the governing Law and Justice party said on Friday.

Ruling party to table in June bill to push back local elections

The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party will table a bill to parliament a postponing the autumn 2023 local elections to avoid them overlapping with parliamentary elections scheduled for the same time, a PiS secretary general has said.

PM among six new ruling party vice presidents

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has been named as one of six new vice presidents of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, PAP has learned.

Conflict over animal bill vote only a catalyst - ruling party official

Head of the Law and Justice (PiS) Executive Committee Krzysztof Sobolewski has told PAP that the conflict in the United Right was not the result of the amended animal protection bill but was rather 'a catalyst or a litmus paper' of the current situation in the coalition.

Ruling party suspends 15th member over animal bill vote

Kazimierz Moskal, deputy chair of the Sejm (lower house) Education, Science and Youth Affairs Committee, is the 15th member of ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) to be suspended for voting against new animal protection laws, PiS MP Krzysztof Sobolewski said on Friday.

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Jerzy Skolimowski's ‘emotional’ road movie about a melancholic donkey is nominated for 2023 Oscars

Chosen alongside All Quiet on the Western Front, Santiago Mitre's Argentina 1985, and the Banshees of Inisherin, Skolimowski’s film is billed as a dark exploration of humanity, technology and nature.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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