Poland
April 2026
Hungary’s incoming PM seeks Polish help to renew EU relations
Péter Magyar hopes building stronger relations with Poland will help restore ties with bloc after Orbán’s ruleWarsaw’s Neon Museum sparks revival of interest in cold war signs and aesthetic
After fall of communism, signs were left to rust until museum founders began to collect and restore them- Misrule of law‘Raise our heads and resist’: how Europe’s civil society is fighting back against the far rightRightwing parties are using parliamentary queries, legal traps and policing to target NGOs and stifle dissent
March 2026
‘Repulsive’: Polish and Irish leaders condemn Hungarian foreign minister’s alleged links to Russia
- Europe live with Jakub KrupaTusk and Irish PM call Hungarian foreign minister’s alleged links to Russia ‘repulsive’ and ‘sinister’ – as it happened
- Misrule of lawCan Europe’s public service media survive attacks by the far right?
- Misrule of law‘Assault on justice’: how far-right attacks are threatening rule of law in Europe
The Guardian view on a significant week for European politics: progressives have some reasons to be cheerful
Countries can rewild borders to deter invasions, says EU environment chief
February 2026
EU opens up funding to guarantee abortion rights across bloc
‘Political sabotage’: EU leaders accuse Hungary of undermining support for Ukraine
How ‘smog capital of Poland’ saved 6,000 lives by cutting soot levels
- Brief lettersRecalling a royally messy family history
Father of toddler abused by nursery worker ‘frustrated’ by deportation
Ashes and Diamonds review – Poland faces bleak postwar realities in Andrzej Wajda’s 1958 masterpiece
People walk on frozen Baltic Sea as extreme cold hits Poland – video
Seasons review – it’s Ibsen vs Peter Pan in chronicle of actors messing up their lives on and off stage
January 2026
- Europe liveEU designates Iran’s revolutionary guard as terrorist organisation – as it happenedThe EU has just designated Iran’s revolutionary guard as terrorist organisation, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed.
- Russia-Ukraine war at a glanceUkraine war briefing: Nearly 2 million military casualties to date, study finds, with Russia bearing brunt of lossesDrone strike on Ukrainian passenger train kills five and Poland urges Musk to cut Russia’s Starlink access. What we know on day 1,435
‘I was simply luckier’: Holocaust survivors warn against forgetting Nazi atrocities
People urged to stand up against populism and antisemitism as the world marks International Holocaust Memorial Day