You are here: Homepage Countries Poland Themen All Themes From To filter Die Künstlerin Alicja Kwade in ihrem Atelier Foto: Oliver Mark Flashback | Poland The smell of tar In Katowice, rain evaporated above heated tar, filling the air with caramel sweetness, a mixture of freshness and dirt By Alicja Kwade 07/01/2022 Illustration: Gosia Herba The new Poland The tightrope walk Since the annexation of Crimea, increasing numbers of Ukrainians are moving to Poland. For the government this means it has to deal with immigration issues for the first time. By Olena Babakova 07/01/2021 Daniel Libeskind in the summer of 2021 Photo: Imago Images Architecture | Poland “You have to go back to the roots to build something with meaning” The New York architect spent his childhood in Lodz and later became world-famous with buildings like the Jewish Museum in Berlin. In an interview, he talks about his ties to his homeland and how Polish architecture deals with the country’s history Interview with Daniel Libeskind 07/01/2021 Judge Igor Tuleya Photo: Jakub Kaminski / Eastnews / imago Justice | Poland “I don’t feel like a hero” A judge accuses the Polish government of undermining the rule of law - and has been under investigation by prosecutors since 2016. An interview Interview with Michał Sutowski, Igor Tuleya 07/01/2021 43 million tons of lignite are burned in Poland's largest power plant every year Photo: Getty Images The new Poland White smoke on the horizon The world’s biggest brown-coal power station is in Poland. That’s not the only reason the Warsaw government is finding it hard to kick-start an energy transition By Mateusz Kowalik 07/01/2021 A boy poses at a military weekend camp near Gdansk Photo: Natalia Kepesz, from the Niewybuch series Notes and observations | Poland “When photographing, I had to wear protective goggles” Polish photographer Natalia Kepesz travelled to her hometown of Złotoryja in southwestern Poland for her latest works. She also documented a new Polish trend, military summer camps for local children Interview with Natalia Kepesz 07/01/2021 Photo: Magda Hueckel Literature | Poland “Our trauma has a million faces” The writer Joanna Bator is one of the most important voices of contemporary Polish literature. Her new novel is about angry women and women and deep psychological wounds. Is that coincidence or a statement? Interview with Joanna Bator 07/01/2021 Activist Bartosz Staszewski traveled to communities proclaimed “LGBT-free” and took photos of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people living there in front of the street sign Photo: Przemyslaw Stefaniak The new Poland Holding hands as a threat Why “LGBT ideology” is part of the government's fighting talk - and how people are resisting it. By Bartosz Staszewski 07/01/2021 The pact of free cities as seen by the illustrator Martin Baaske Illustration: Martin Baaske A coalition of cities The Fantastic Four In 2019, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw and Bratislava formed the “Pact of Free Cities” to counteract the swing to the right of their respective governments. What has happened since then? By Kilian Kirchgeßner 07/01/2021 Illustration: Gosia Herba Democracy | Poland The Polish lesson The government is remodelling the country. Many people in Poland are protesting against the changes. But why does the opposition remain so weak? By Piotr Pacewicz 07/01/2021 US President Joe Biden (left) and Poland's President Andrzej Duda (2nd from left) together with other heads of states and governments at the NATO summit in Brussels, 2021 Photo: Kevin Lamarque / POOL / AFP via Getty Images International relations | Poland Poland goes West Poland’s foreign policy is steadily turning towards the West. Its relationship with its eastern neighbours is complicated - especially with Russia By Agnieszka Lichnerowicz 07/01/2021 Freedom of press | Poland Press under fire Poland’s government ramps up its attacks on media and journalists By Agata Szczęśniak 07/01/2021 Members of far-right ONR (National Radical Camp) organization during march in Warsaw, 2017 Photo: picture alliance/NurPhoto / Maciej Luczniewski The new Poland “Fascism was never rational” Political scientist Rafał Pankowski explores the links between German and Polish nationalists. By Rafał Pankowski 07/01/2021 World War II Museum in Gdansk Photo: Getty Images The new Poland At the crossroads How history contributes to the consolidation of a nation - and its division. By Paweł Machcewicz 07/01/2021 Illustration: Gosia Herba Cuisine | Poland Fruit soup Some Polish dishes leave foreigners perplexed. A defence! By Natalia Mętrak-Ruda 07/01/2021 The poet and author Jacek Dehnel Photo: Cezary Rucki Stereotypes | Poland German stereotypes vs. Polish reality Nationalists in government, fanatics on the streets: the German explanation for the situation in Poland is often quite simple. But it is not so clear cut By Jacek Dehnel 07/01/2021 The new Poland Complex consonant clusters An alphabet with 32 letters, tongue twisters and infinitely long words: a crash course on the pitfalls of the Polish language By Jess Smee, Natalia Mętrak-Ruda 07/01/2021 The Palace of Culture in Warsaw Photo: Dagmar Schwelle/LAIF Architecture | Poland Prefabricated buildings and floating columns Spectacular buildings were designed in Poland both under socialism and after the fall of communism. Five outstanding examples of Polish architecture of the past seventy years. By Grzegorz Piątek 07/01/2021
Die Künstlerin Alicja Kwade in ihrem Atelier Foto: Oliver Mark Flashback | Poland The smell of tar In Katowice, rain evaporated above heated tar, filling the air with caramel sweetness, a mixture of freshness and dirt By Alicja Kwade 07/01/2022
Illustration: Gosia Herba The new Poland The tightrope walk Since the annexation of Crimea, increasing numbers of Ukrainians are moving to Poland. For the government this means it has to deal with immigration issues for the first time. By Olena Babakova 07/01/2021
Daniel Libeskind in the summer of 2021 Photo: Imago Images Architecture | Poland “You have to go back to the roots to build something with meaning” The New York architect spent his childhood in Lodz and later became world-famous with buildings like the Jewish Museum in Berlin. In an interview, he talks about his ties to his homeland and how Polish architecture deals with the country’s history Interview with Daniel Libeskind 07/01/2021
Judge Igor Tuleya Photo: Jakub Kaminski / Eastnews / imago Justice | Poland “I don’t feel like a hero” A judge accuses the Polish government of undermining the rule of law - and has been under investigation by prosecutors since 2016. An interview Interview with Michał Sutowski, Igor Tuleya 07/01/2021
43 million tons of lignite are burned in Poland's largest power plant every year Photo: Getty Images The new Poland White smoke on the horizon The world’s biggest brown-coal power station is in Poland. That’s not the only reason the Warsaw government is finding it hard to kick-start an energy transition By Mateusz Kowalik 07/01/2021
A boy poses at a military weekend camp near Gdansk Photo: Natalia Kepesz, from the Niewybuch series Notes and observations | Poland “When photographing, I had to wear protective goggles” Polish photographer Natalia Kepesz travelled to her hometown of Złotoryja in southwestern Poland for her latest works. She also documented a new Polish trend, military summer camps for local children Interview with Natalia Kepesz 07/01/2021
Photo: Magda Hueckel Literature | Poland “Our trauma has a million faces” The writer Joanna Bator is one of the most important voices of contemporary Polish literature. Her new novel is about angry women and women and deep psychological wounds. Is that coincidence or a statement? Interview with Joanna Bator 07/01/2021
Activist Bartosz Staszewski traveled to communities proclaimed “LGBT-free” and took photos of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people living there in front of the street sign Photo: Przemyslaw Stefaniak The new Poland Holding hands as a threat Why “LGBT ideology” is part of the government's fighting talk - and how people are resisting it. By Bartosz Staszewski 07/01/2021
The pact of free cities as seen by the illustrator Martin Baaske Illustration: Martin Baaske A coalition of cities The Fantastic Four In 2019, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw and Bratislava formed the “Pact of Free Cities” to counteract the swing to the right of their respective governments. What has happened since then? By Kilian Kirchgeßner 07/01/2021
Illustration: Gosia Herba Democracy | Poland The Polish lesson The government is remodelling the country. Many people in Poland are protesting against the changes. But why does the opposition remain so weak? By Piotr Pacewicz 07/01/2021
US President Joe Biden (left) and Poland's President Andrzej Duda (2nd from left) together with other heads of states and governments at the NATO summit in Brussels, 2021 Photo: Kevin Lamarque / POOL / AFP via Getty Images International relations | Poland Poland goes West Poland’s foreign policy is steadily turning towards the West. Its relationship with its eastern neighbours is complicated - especially with Russia By Agnieszka Lichnerowicz 07/01/2021
Freedom of press | Poland Press under fire Poland’s government ramps up its attacks on media and journalists By Agata Szczęśniak 07/01/2021
Members of far-right ONR (National Radical Camp) organization during march in Warsaw, 2017 Photo: picture alliance/NurPhoto / Maciej Luczniewski The new Poland “Fascism was never rational” Political scientist Rafał Pankowski explores the links between German and Polish nationalists. By Rafał Pankowski 07/01/2021
World War II Museum in Gdansk Photo: Getty Images The new Poland At the crossroads How history contributes to the consolidation of a nation - and its division. By Paweł Machcewicz 07/01/2021
Illustration: Gosia Herba Cuisine | Poland Fruit soup Some Polish dishes leave foreigners perplexed. A defence! By Natalia Mętrak-Ruda 07/01/2021
The poet and author Jacek Dehnel Photo: Cezary Rucki Stereotypes | Poland German stereotypes vs. Polish reality Nationalists in government, fanatics on the streets: the German explanation for the situation in Poland is often quite simple. But it is not so clear cut By Jacek Dehnel 07/01/2021
The new Poland Complex consonant clusters An alphabet with 32 letters, tongue twisters and infinitely long words: a crash course on the pitfalls of the Polish language By Jess Smee, Natalia Mętrak-Ruda 07/01/2021
The Palace of Culture in Warsaw Photo: Dagmar Schwelle/LAIF Architecture | Poland Prefabricated buildings and floating columns Spectacular buildings were designed in Poland both under socialism and after the fall of communism. Five outstanding examples of Polish architecture of the past seventy years. By Grzegorz Piątek 07/01/2021
