Poles are taking more time off work due to illness, according to new data from the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS), the country’s social security agency. Pixabay LicenseImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The figures indicate that sickness absence is becoming more widespread and continues to rise. Last year, 27.5 million sick leave certificates were issued, resulting in 290.5
Poland is set to become the first country to sign a loan agreement under the European Union' SAFE defence funding programme, sources at the European Commission have told the Polish news agency PAP. EU commissioners Andrius Kubilius (right) and Piotr Serafin (left) at a European Commission meeting in Brussels, January 2025.EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET The deal is expected to
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is set to meet Pope Leo XIV and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a visit to Rome on Thursday, according to official announcements. St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The Vatican said the pope would receive Tusk in a morning audience at 9 a.m., on
The United States officially supported Poland's bid to become a permanent member of the prestigious G20 forum, which brings together the world's major economies. G20 countries' summit in Brazil in 2024 (Illustration Image).Ricardo Stuckert / Lula Oficial / Wikimedia Commons (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) This position of the US administration was included in a State Department statement, published after the
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday that managing the country’s healthcare system involves "only difficult tasks," as he defended the government’s approach to funding and reform. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks in parliament on Thursday, April 30, 2026.PAP/Albert Zawada Speaking in parliament, Tusk said Health Minister Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda had taken on a particularly challenging role, adding that demand
A planned Paramount Skydance takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery has raised questions about the future of Poland’s TVN network. Photo:PAP/Darek Delmanowicz A media scholar has said she does not expect TVN24, one of Poland’s main private news channels, to turn into a Polish version of Fox News after Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approved the takeover by Paramount Skydance. The
The European Parliament has voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of four Polish MEPs, clearing the way for legal proceedings against them in Poland. MEPs during a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday.PAP/Wiktor Dąbkowski Daniel Obajtek and Patryk Jaki, both of the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with far-right lawmakers Grzegorz Braun
Poland's culture minister says a draft law overhauling the country's public broadcasting sector will be sent to a standing government committee in early May. The headquarters of Poland's public broadcaster TVP in Warsaw.Plasmium, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Marta Cienkowska, Poland's culture minister, told broadcaster Radio Katowice on Monday that the bill had completed public consultations and was
Poland’s justice minister says President Karol Nawrocki had classified intelligence before again vetoing crypto market legislation. Pixabay LicenseImage by Roy Buri from Pixabay Justice Minister and Prosecutor-General Waldemar Żurek said on Friday that Nawrocki had “full information and full insight” into documents concerning Zondacrypto, a cryptocurrency exchange now under investigation for suspected large-scale fraud and money laundering. Żurek
Poland will host the European Athletics Championships for the first time in history in 2028, with the event set to take place at the Silesian Stadium in the southern city of Chorzów, the continent’s governing body, European Athletics, announced on Friday. The Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, southern Poland.PAP/Andrzej Grygiel The decision was made at a European Athletics Council meeting in
