Now playing Next Poland Poland's new government moves to free state media Poland’s new pro-European Union government has begun to wrestle control of the country’s state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during their eight years in power. 20/12/2023
Now playing Next Poland Polish populist nationalists occupy state television premises The sit-in comes as Prime Minister Donald Tusk continues his mission to reform state television and radio in the country. 20/12/2023
Now playing Next Poland Fourteen people in Poland convicted of spying for Moscow Poland found 14 members of a dismantled spy network guilty of conspiring to benefit Moscow. 19/12/2023
Now playing Next Poland Migrants trying to cross Belarus-Poland border risk life this winter Médecins Sans Frontières, which has been treating migrants crossing into Poland since late 2022, said that many suffer hypothermia, dehydration, exhaustion and physical violence while making the perilous journey. 19/12/2023
Now playing Next state of the union State of the Union: Hungary drama overshadows EU leaders' summit Poland’s new prime minister Donald Tusk was sworn in this week as he pledged to respect the law and to obey the constitution, something the outgoing Law & Justice Party has been accused of not doing. 15/12/2023
Now playing Next Europe News 'We take rule of law seriously': Tusk seeks access to frozen EU funds Donald Tusk, the newly elected prime minister of Poland, pledged on Friday to treat the rule of law "very seriously" and spend European funds in a "proper manner," an overture designed to turn the page on eight years of confrontation between Warsaw and Brussels. 15/12/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Poland’s new government must restore artist freedoms, NGO says Poland’s nationalist government dismantled artistic freedoms over eight years but Donald Tusk’s coalition can and should undo the damage, according to the Artistic Freedom Initiative. 15/12/2023
Now playing Next Poland Poland's new PM Donald Tusk sworn in, completing transition of power President Andrzej Duda, an ally of the previous administration, swore in the government after delaying the power transition as long as he could. 13/12/2023
Now playing Next world news Far-right lawmaker extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament A far-right lawmaker in the Polish parliament on Tuesday extinguished candles on a menorah that were lit for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, creating disruption and scandal as a new pro-EU government was beginning its work. 12/12/2023
Now playing Next no comment WATCH: Far-right Polish MP expelled from parliament for extinguishing Hanukkah candles All major political forces quickly denounced the incident carried out by Grzegorz Braun, and said there would be no tolerance for anti-semitic and xenophobic behaviour in the Sejm, the Polish parliament. 12/12/2023
Now playing Next Poland Poland's parliament elects centrist party leader Donald Tusk as PM Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s government lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, ending the rule of his national conservative party after eight years in power. 11/12/2023
Now playing Next world news Chaos at the Polish-Ukraine border as row over transport permits continues The blockade against Ukrainian trucks has created lengthy queues, causing significant disruption, worsened by winter conditions. 05/12/2023
Now playing Next Europe Decoded Explained: Why truckers are blockading the EU's border with Ukraine Polish truck drivers have spent nearly a month blockading different crossing points along the border with Ukraine. Last Friday, Slovak drivers joined the protest, turning the dispute into an all-out European crisis. 04/12/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels threatens Poland with lawsuit over blockade at Ukraine border The European Commission has harshly denounced the blockade at the Ukrainian border instigated by Polish truckers and farmers, threatening legal action against the government in Warsaw. 29/11/2023
Now playing Next world news Polish truckers blockade continues along border with Ukraine The EU scrapped entry permit requirements for Ukraine to support its war effort against Russia. Polish truck drivers now want these requirements to be reinstated. 28/11/2023
Now playing Next Poland Poland's president to swear in 14-day government The tactical move will allow the Law and Justice party to hang on to power for a little longer and make more appointments to state bodies. 27/11/2023
Now playing Next Poland Polish official says Swedish preschool teachers sexually abuse pupils According to Barbara Nowak, a PiS-appointed education official, Swedish preschools have "masturbation rooms" where teachers show pupils how to masturbate. Sweden denied the claim, calling it "absurd and false." 22/11/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Poland gets EU greenlight for first €5B payment of recovery funds The European Commission on Tuesday greenlighted Poland's revised COVID-19 recovery plan, now worth almost €60 billion. 21/11/2023
Now playing Next world news Thousands march silently though Paris, calling for peace in Middle East Holding blank white banners, 500 French entertainment stars marched from the Arab World Institute to the Museum of Art and History of Judaism. 19/11/2023
Now playing Next Poland Poland in talks with Ukraine over trucker border crossing dispute Polish truckers are in talks with Ukrainian officials over unregulated border crossings that they say have affected their business since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 15/11/2023