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.
After long hiatus, there is finally a Polish ambassador in Israel
In August 2021, Israel recalled its ambassador to Poland after Warsaw passed a law limiting claims on Holocaust-era property, most of which belonged to Jews.
Israel rolls past Poles, stays perfect at U20 EuroBasket
Vandals deface Holocaust memorial in Polish Jewish cemetery with anti-Israel, Nazi graffiti
Right-wing Polish legislator says gas chambers fake, Auschwitz pushes 'psuedo history'
In a Polish town where locals burned Jews alive in 1941, new plaques deny complicity with Nazis
In 1941, local residents of Jedwabne killed hundreds of their Jewish neighbors, most of them in a barn where they were burned alive.
Oldest in the world? 42,000-year-old mammoth ivory boomerang found in Polish cave
Discovery reinforces advanced cognitive abilities of early homo sapiens in Europe.
Oldest in the world? 42,000-year-old mammoth ivory boomerang found in Polish cave
Discovery reinforces advanced cognitive abilities of early homo sapiens in Europe.
Poland detains 19-year old man suspected of planning terrorist attack, interior ministry spokesman
The suspects are believed to have been inspired by mass-killers, including Anders Breivik.
Israel, don't let democracy die: Beware the populist tide in Europe - opinion
After a populist with ties to organized crime won the Polish elections, does Israel face a similar threat?
Warsaw is silent, but Poland rises up in anti-establishment statement - anaylsis
Nawrocki’s narrow win, securing just over 50.8% of the vote, marked a stunning reversal of the liberal optimism that swept Prime Minister Donald Tusk into power barely 18 months earlier.
Polish nationalist Nawrocki wins presidency in setback for pro-EU government
In a victory for European conservatives inspired by US President Donald Trump, Nawrocki secured 50.89% of the vote, election commission data showed.
The comeback of the conservative-sovereigntist Right in Poland - analysis
The 43-year-old historian, director of the Polish National Remembrance Institute (IPN), won the presidential race, despite polls foreseeing his defeat.
Poland votes for its next president, with Polish-Jewish history on the ballot
Voters are casting their ballots in the decisive runoff between Rafał Trzaskowski, the liberal-centrist mayor of Warsaw, and Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing historian rewriting Holocaust history.
Medieval settlement discovered during expressway construction in Poland
Archaeologists find traces of developed settlement with residential buildings and artifacts from the 14th-15th centuries.
Hidden-tunnel letter rekindles hunt for Poland’s fabled Nazi ‘Gold Train’
The “gold train” allegedly left Breslau in 1945 with treasures—possibly Amber Room panels—then vanished into the Riese tunnels beneath the Owl Mountains as Soviet forces advanced.
