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Germany has confirmed it will take part in Coalition of the Willing military exercises in Poland, Romania and the Black Sea next month

The manoeuvres will test operational readiness for a multinational force to secure a potential future Ukraine peace deal yahoo.com/news/world/art…

The exercises were first announced in July by Polish Prime Minister @donaldtusk, as we reported here: notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/14/tus…

Germany should pay compensation to Polish WWII victims before it is too late, argues @phil_ipp_fritz.

Over 30,000 such survivors are still alive today. But, while Germany has spent years discussing how to compensate them, their number dwindles every week notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/25/tim…

The leader of a junior party in Poland’s ruling coalition has announced her resignation from the government in protest over a parliamentary vote on Thursday.

However, her party, the centrist Poland 2050, is set to remain in the ruling coalition notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/23/lea…

Protests took place in towns and cities around Poland on Thursday evening, demanding that the government fulfil its promise to liberalise the country’s strict abortion laws notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/23/pro…

Poland has detained and charged a Georgian citizen, named only as Makhmud A., with aiding and abetting the murder of a Russian dissident earlier this year.

Another Georgian, Elnur A., was already in custody, accused of committing the murder itself notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/22/pol…

The leader of a junior party in Poland’s ruling coalition has announced her resignation from the government in protest over a parliamentary vote on Thursday.

However, her party, the centrist Poland 2050, is set to remain in the ruling coalition notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/23/lea…

Protests took place in towns and cities around Poland on Thursday evening, demanding that the government fulfil its promise to liberalise the country’s strict abortion laws notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/23/pro…

Poland and India's PMs have, after meeting in New Delhi, outlined aims to double bilateral trade by 2030 and expand cooperation in mining, shipbuilding, energy, space and defence technologies

Polish-Indian relations are "gaining speed", said @narendramodi notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/22/pol…

Political scandals now rarely have the dramatic impact they once did, but they can still more subtly shift electoral outcomes.

@AleksSzczerbiak looks at how two recent scandals in Poland may affect the political landscape ahead of next year's elections notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/22/how…

Poland has detained and charged a Georgian citizen, named only as Makhmud A., with aiding and abetting the murder of a Russian dissident earlier this year.

Another Georgian, Elnur A., was already in custody, accused of committing the murder itself notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/22/pol…

Poland and India's PMs have, after meeting in New Delhi, outlined aims to double bilateral trade by 2030 and expand cooperation in mining, shipbuilding, energy, space and defence technologies

Polish-Indian relations are "gaining speed", said @narendramodi notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/22/pol…

Political scandals now rarely have the dramatic impact they once did, but they can still more subtly shift electoral outcomes.

@AleksSzczerbiak looks at how two recent scandals in Poland may affect the political landscape ahead of next year's elections notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/22/how…

A Polish soldier who accidentally shot a Syrian refugee who had entered Poland over the border from Belarus has been acquitted of causing harm through negligent use of a weapon

The Syrian had sought 50,000 zloty (€11,500) in compensation from the soldier notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/21/cou…

Poland has condemned a decision by the Lviv region in Ukraine to declare 2027 a year honouring the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which led the massacre of Poles in WWII, and one of its leaders, Roman Shukhevych notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/21/pol…

Parliament has approved two bills that would liberalise Poland's abortion laws

One would reverse the 2020 constitutional court ruling that introduced a near-total ban on abortion; the other would decriminalise helping women in obtaining unlawful abortions notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/21/par…

A Polish soldier who accidentally shot a Syrian refugee who had entered Poland over the border from Belarus has been acquitted of causing harm through negligent use of a weapon

The Syrian had sought 50,000 zloty (€11,500) in compensation from the soldier notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/21/cou…

Poland has condemned a decision by the Lviv region in Ukraine to declare 2027 a year honouring the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which led the massacre of Poles in WWII, and one of its leaders, Roman Shukhevych notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/21/pol…

Parliament has approved two bills that would liberalise Poland's abortion laws

One would reverse the 2020 constitutional court ruling that introduced a near-total ban on abortion; the other would decriminalise helping women in obtaining unlawful abortions notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/21/par…

Polish leaders have hit back at US @SecWar @PeteHegseth's remarks downplaying allies' role in Afghanistan.

The speaker of parliament called them "scandalous", while PM @donaldtusk read out a message from a Polish army medic who served in Afghanistan notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/20/pol…