By Joanna Sowińska Following recent events in Ukraine, Joanna Pandera; a Polish energy specialist, traded her gas stovetop for an electric stove. A second preventive step consisted in installing an electric pump, which will allow her to keep her house warm throughout long and harsh Polish winters. Nevertheless, Joanna’s storyContinue Reading
By Uilson Jones, Zuzanna Mietlińska, Chira Tudoran Due to repeated rhetoric about a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on the side of the US, the beginning of 2022 was very tense for people in Eastern Europe. However, when the war eventually arrived at Europe’s doorstep, many were caught off guard byContinue Reading
By Joanna Sowińska & Zuzanna Mietlińska Human rights are universal – and women are humans. This simple yet sometimes undermined statement is very topical in the context of protests and a heated debate in today’s Poland. Should Poland liberalise its restrictive laws concerning abortion? Or should it come back toContinue Reading
By Joanna Sowińska Politics is odd. It is often characterised by the lust for political power, and the Polish government is a clear example of this phenomenon. In 2015, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (eng. Law and Justice), a right-wing, populist, conservative party won the national elections for the second time since its creation inContinue Reading