What is happening there and why it matters.
So it makes sense
Poland is central Europe’s largest economy and a country whose politics is shaped above all by geography: it borders Ukraine, Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad, so defence and the Russian threat are not an abstract topic there but a budget line and a daily news item. It is also deeply divided — the fight over the courts, the media and the role of the church has dragged on for years and did not end with the change of government.
Context verified 30. 8. 2026. We update it when the government changes or an election comes — the news below is live.
Prosecutors charged a 66-year-old man from Wrocław with nine acts. Polish media differ on the weight of the threat; the Starlink arson is a separate case.
Polish PM Donald Tusk said on October 16 the government will not back down over the Constitutional Tribunal, which will start issuing rulings in constitutional form.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has cancelled a planned visit to Slovenia. The reason is the situation at the Polish Constitutional Court, which influenced his decis…
SpaceX restricted Ukraine's military Starlink. Poland, which pays for the service for Ukraine, has spoken up against Musk before, but its reaction is missing from Sl…
The Pegasus Commission filed reports against 11 former ministers and service chiefs. ABW assessment: CBA lacked full control, data left Poland. What the Polish press…
Polish police obtained information about a possible assassination attempt on PM Donald Tusk and deputy PM and defense minister Kosiniak-Kamysz...
Poland recorded its third knife attack at a school facility within one week. At a higher education facility in Warsaw, a 21-year-old woman injured three people...
Polish PM Donald Tusk convened an emergency ministerial meeting after a knife attack at an elementary school near Warsaw and called on police to...
At an elementary school in the village of Leszczydół-Nowiny near the town of Wyszków northeast of Warsaw, a 15-year-old attacked people with a sharp object on Th...
