Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe, covering an area of 312,696 km of land. It has a population of nearly 38.5 million people. The capital of Poland is Warsaw, and other major cities include Krakow, Lodz, and Gdansk.

90% of people in Poland identify as Christian, with 6% of people saying they do not identify with any religion, 3% choosing not to answer and only 1% of people belonging to various other religions.

Poland was once home to over 3 million Jews, 90% of whom were killed in the Holocaust, along with another 1.8-2.8 million ethnic Poles. After the war, the Soviet Union instituted a new communist government in Poland which ruled from 1947-1989.

Today, Poland is a developed market and is the sixth-largest economy in the European Union, of which it is a member.

Wave of bomb threats causes emergency landings for several flights across Europe

Among the flights affected were an Aer Lingus route from Dublin to Rome, two Finnair flights from Helsinki to Italy, a Belgian commercial airliner, and three aircraft which landed in Bulgaria.

NOVEMBER 5, 2026|ByREUTERS

An ITA Airways Airbus A-320 plane bound for Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport takes off from the Belgian capital's Zaventem airport on March 08, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.

Riot police officers stand at the entrance of the Constitutional court as right wing supporters hold the Polish flag and shout slogans during a standoff between the Polish government and the Constitutional Court's top judges on October 31, 2026 in Warsaw, Poland.

Poland's Tusk vows Constitutional Tribunal independence as Nawrocki alleges forcible court takeover

In a dramatic move, Nawrocki turned back his plane, which he was heading to Senegal on, late on Friday and headed for the court headquarters in central Warsaw, following Swieczkowski's suspension.

NOVEMBER 1, 2026|ByREUTERS

Police officers stand behind the fence with a rosary hanging on it as protesters gather outside the headquarters of Poland's Constitutional Court in Warsaw after police blocked access to the court building on 30 October, 2026.

Polish president turns back from Senegal trip as top court chief suspended

"At a moment like this, the President must be in Poland. I am cutting short my flight to Senegal. I am returning," he said on X.

OCTOBER 30, 2026|ByREUTERS

The historic synagogue in Trzebinia, Poland, has been acquired through an international initiative is set to be restored after years of neglect.

Historic Polish synagogue acquired through tender, to be restored after years of neglect

A historic synagogue in Trzebinia, Poland, has been acquired through an international Jewish heritage initiative, with plans to restore the building and establish a museum.

OCTOBER 28, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Romanian intelligence identifies Russian sabotage network thought to have caused industrial fire

Romanian President Nicusor Dan alleged that Russia had significantly escalated attacks on NATO's eastern flank this month.

OCTOBER 27, 2026ByREUTERS

Romanian President Nicusor Dan during a press conference at the B9 summit in Romanian capital Bucharest, May 13, 2026.

Pegasus spyware scandal deepens as Poland questions Israeli tech, strengthens ties with Turkey

Investigators found that NSO Group retained technical access to surveillance tech but could not tell whether it examined intercepted data, while Warsaw continues to buy Israeli military equipment.

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByJACOB WIRTSCHAFTER / THE MEDIA LINE

Polish police detain man after threat to PM following serious' threat to PM, defense minister

"The man who threatened and planned an attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk has been detained by Polish police," Marcin Kierwinski wrote on X, without giving further details.

OCTOBER 11, 2026ByREUTERS

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk holds a press conference during a signing event for the delivery of anti-aircraft systems capable of countering unmanned aerial vehicles in Kobylka, Poland, January 30, 2026.

Three injured in Poland's third youth stabbing attack in four days

A 21-year-old student allegedly stabbed three people at a Warsaw college, days after two school attacks left one person dead and several injured, raising fears of further violence.

OCTOBER 10, 2026ByREUTERS

Members of the media work next to a cordoned-off area as police and fire fighters work at the site of a deadly attack at a school by a 15-year-old former pupil, in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Wyszkow County, northeast of Warsaw, Poland, October 8, 2026.

Poland's second school knife attack in two days kills one, raises copycat fears

"We are facing an extraordinary situation... for the first time, we are dealing with a killer who wore a helmet-mounted camera, intending to film the knife attack," said Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

OCTOBER 8, 2026ByREUTERS

Children look at the scene of a knife attack at a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, some 120 km north of Warsaw on October 7, 2026. Officers have arrested a 19-year-old man after eight people were wounded in a knife attack at a high school in Poland.

Seven injured in Polish school knife attack, suspect reportedly detained

Private broadcaster RMF FM reported that the attacker was a 19-year-old student of the school and that there were two serious injuries among the wounded.

OCTOBER 7, 2026ByREUTERS

(Illustrative) A police officer stands guard near the site of a knife attack on the grounds of a Benedictine Sisters monastery that, as per local media, caused multiple casualties, in Jaroslaw, Poland, September 24, 2026.

Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘genocide’ charge revives the oldest antisemitic libel - opinion

The “genocide” charge against Israel is not just semantics, but a serious accusation with consequences for Jews worldwide.

OCTOBER 3, 2026ByMICHA DANZIG

Democratic candidate for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed poses with union members from UAW Local 51 during the Labor Day Parade in Detroit, Michigan, US, September 7, 2026.

Poland blames sabotage for fire at Starlink station providing Ukraine military with internet

"While everything is operational today, we must recognize - as Prime Minister Tusk recently noted - that this is an element of hybrid warfare," said Deputy PM Gawkowski.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2026ByREUTERS

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 10-54 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 12, 2026.

Poland charges neo-Nazi linked teen over alleged plans to attack school, mosque

Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) said that his arrest came after the previously announced detention of two 16-year-olds he had been in contact with online neo-Nazi circles on Telegram.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2026ByREUTERS

Moscow summons British envoy over weapons supplies to Ukraine

Also on Friday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland has joined an anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine and other allies.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2026ByREUTERS

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham interacts with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, during their visit to Portsmouth Naval Base to meet UK and Ukrainian troops, July 27, 2026.