Stanley Bill is the founder and editor-at-large of Notes from Poland. He is also Senior Lecturer in Polish Studies and Director of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge, where he works on Polish culture, politics and history.

Jan 13, 2025 · Before the Holocaust, Poland was home to around 3.5 million Jews, roughly 10% of the country’s population. Now, however, the community numbers only around 16,000, according to the most recent census. The question of lighting Hanukkah candles in public spaces came under discussion in December 2023, when a far-right MP with a long history of antisemitism, Grzegorz Braun of the Confederation ...

Oct 16, 2024 · The market welcomed the deal. On Tuesday, the share price of InPost, which is listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange, rose by more than 2%. Since Monday, when the media started to signal the impending full acquisition of Menzies, the Polish company’s shares have risen by about 5%.

Jul 16, 2024 · In March 2022, a new Homeland Defence Act set a target of doubling the size of Poland’s armed forces to 300,000 personnel, including 250,000 professional soldiers and 50,000 territorials. That year saw the highest number of new recruits since the end of compulsory military service.. The then-defence minister, Mariusz Błaszczak, declared at the time that “the Polish army will become the ...

Oct 3, 2024 · During the same event, WB Group also signed a contract with Korean defence procurement agency DAPA to supply Warmate 3 loitering munitions. “These are reliable strike systems, combat-proven during high-intensity conflict,” said the company in a statement.

Stanley Bill is the founder and editor-at-large of Notes from Poland. He is also Senior Lecturer in Polish Studies and Director of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge, where he works on Polish culture, politics and history.

Oct 3, 2024 · Such a change in the rules would also hit Germany, which has moved away from nuclear energy in recent years. At the end of July, five large German business associations spoke out against the proposed new methodology, according to news magazine Focus. “It is understandable that current and emerging manufacturing leaders may have reservations [about the proposal],” Kamil Lipiński, head of ...

Jan 29, 2024 · While public media in Poland have always been under the influence of whichever government is in office, during its time in power from 2015 to 2023, PiS exerted an unprecedented amount of influence over state media outlets, which often became mouthpieces for the ruling party.. Tusk’s government came to power last month pledging to depoliticise those outlets.

Feb 7, 2024 · Last month, in response to an inquiry from Poland’s commissioner for human rights, Duszczyk likewise said the government was formulating new procedures to “enable effective border protection operations but at the same time allow assessment of the individual situation of each migrant who finds themself in Poland”.

Jul 5, 2024 · A Polish rocket that uses a pioneering type of more environmentally friendly fuel has reached space for the first time. Taking off from the Andoya base in Norway on Wednesday 3 July and travelling at a speed of up to 1.4 km per second, the ILR-33 Ambert 2K rocket passed an altitude of 100km, which marks the boundary of space.