“Wolne media!”: Cracovians protest new government press controls
As many as 2,000 gathered around the Radio Krakow building to protest recent moves by the PiS-led government to place the media under greater state control.
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History & Politics
PiS leader Kaczynski meets with Hungarian PM Viktor Orban: What does it mean?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban travelled to Poland last Wednesday at the personal invitation of Jarosław Kaczynski, the leader of the
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Anti-government protests held across Poland
Thousands took to Krakow’s Rynek Główny yesterday as part of a series of protests against the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party.
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Polish judicial system gets “orbanized”
The lighting quick push for reform by the Law and Justice party (PiS) after eight years of center-right rule has taken a heavy toll on the judicial system in Poland during the past week.
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Bull on the Page: Keep Calm. And Don’t Take the PiS.
Today will see the newly victorious conservative PiS government take office. Now what? Our correspondent surveys the political landscape.
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Conservative PiS sweeps to power in historic landslide: 2015 election
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz ousted; far left takes a beating. (Full chart inside)
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2015 Polish parliamentary elections: What you should know
New President Andrzej Duda’s conservative PiS, the minority party for 8 years, is favored in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. What does it mean for Poland?
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The Cult of Kukiz
The outsider entertainer-turned-politician shocked Poland when he won 3rd place in the 2015 presidential election. Here’s why Paweł Kukiz isn’t going away.
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August in Poland: Foreign Fighters in the Polish Resistance
Several hundred foreign nationals are estimated to have fought for the Polish cause in WWII. Nigerian jazz drummer August Browne was one of them.
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Point / Counterpoint: How worried should Poland be about Russia?
The Krakow Post’s Anthony Casey and Steven Hoffman debate the threat Vladimir Putin’s international policies might pose to Poland.
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