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Poland’s parliament has voted almost unanimously in favour of a bill banning online content depicting illegal, abusive or degrading behaviour.
It is intended to clamp down on what is known in Poland as "patostreaming" (meaning "pathological streaming").
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Poland has named a Moroccan man, Mohamed Addamrou, as the suspect in the 2024 murder of a Polish soldier, Mateusz Sitek, who was fatally stabbed while trying to stop a group of migrants from forcing their way through the border from Belarus to Poland.
The number of foreign workers in Poland rose 7.2% last year to reach 1.14 million.
Immigrants now make up almost 7% of all workers. While Ukrainians remain by far the largest group, the fastest-growing nationalities last year were Colombians and Indians.
Polish firm Oshee, which specialises in sports drinks, has signed a new agreement with La Liga, Spain's top football league, to extend and expand their partnership.
The move is part of a push by Oshee, which already operates in over 50 markets, into Spain.
Germany’s parliament has held a debate on Polish-German relations, with politicians from all parties hailing Poland’s growing importance – and some even holding it up as a “model” to follow.
A public official's intervention that prompted an ice-cream parlour to stop rewarding top-performing school pupils has whipped up a political storm in Poland and brought an end to a 25-year tradition.
Russia is “waging a full-scale cognitive war against us”, Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has warned.
He also said that there is a “Russian fifth column” operating in Poland.
Polish authorities have seized just over a tonne of heroin, with an estimated value of up to €52 million, at the Baltic port of Gdynia in one of Poland’s largest anti-drug operations in recent years.
President Nawrocki will visit Washington on Sunday to celebrate President Trump's 80th birthday and attend the UFC mixed martial arts fights taking place at the White House.
Nawrocki will also hold "discussions on security and bilateral relations", says his chief foreign policy aide.
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