800-year-old 'hugging skeletons' are genetically confirmed as #Poland's 🇵🇱 only medieval same-sex double burial. Via @live_science #archeology #History #Anthropology #sociology

800-year-old 'hugging skeleton...
800-year-old 'hugging skeletons' are genetically confirmed as Poland's only medieval same-sex double burial

Two skeletons found in an embrace next to a 13th-century Polish cathedral were both women, an ancient DNA analysis confirms, but their relationship remains a mystery.

Live Science
The Polish Defence Investment Fund (PFIO) proposed by President Nawrocki would be a deadly trap for #Poland's armament: the fund’s ‘patrons’ would be the President and the Prime Minister – in other words, the deeply divided executive. www.president.pl/news/preside...
Johannes Fischbach provides an excellent breakdown of the difficult question of arming #Poland's future #submarines with long-range guided missiles. www.iiss.org/online-analy...

As its Orka programme progress...

Poland’s learning if it can fix its democracy without breaking it more

https://misryoum.com/us/us-today/polands-learning-if-it-can-fix-its-democracy/

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Poland’s learning if it can fix its democracy without breaking it more

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#Poland's PM Tusk urges US ambassador to avoid lecturing Polish officials after #Trump's envoy shuns Polish parliament speaker for critcising #Trump "policy of force" in international relations. aje.news/kv1ol4 via @[email protected]

US envoy shuns Polish parliame...
US envoy shuns Polish parliament speaker over Trump remarks

US Ambassador Tom Rose says: ‘We will not permit anyone to harm US-Polish relations, nor disrespect’ President Trump.

Al Jazeera
#Poland's PM Tusk urges US ambassador to avoid lecturing Polish officials after #Trump's envoy shuns Polish parliament speaker for critcising #Trump "policy of force" in international relations. aje.news/kv1ol4 via @AJEnglish

US envoy shuns Polish parliame...
US envoy shuns Polish parliament speaker over Trump remarks

US Ambassador Tom Rose says: ‘We will not permit anyone to harm US-Polish relations, nor disrespect’ President Trump.

Al Jazeera
Was the KGB involved? Poland sets up team to examine Epstein scandal

PM Donald Tusk said the team will probe if Russian spies played a role in the Epstein operation.

Telewizja Polska S.A
#HealthLiteracy: "A much heralded overhaul of #Poland’s health education programme has become a target for right wing and religious groups that could have major consequences for #SexualHealth and #disinformation" @[email protected] www.bmj.com/content/392/...

“It became a joke”—how Poland’...
“It became a joke”—how Poland’s government lost the battle over health literacy to the church and right wing groups

A much heralded overhaul of Poland’s health education programme has become a target for right wing and religious groups that could have major consequences for sexual health and disinformation. Anna Caldwell reports On 1 September 2025, the Polish Ministry of National Education’s new health education programme began. Aimed at young people aged 10 to 19, it is intended to educate children on how to live healthy lives, deal appropriately with stress, and gain an awareness of contemporary threats, including health misinformation and disinformation, as well as understanding online security.1 But the curriculum has been derailed after major backlash from the Catholic Church and right wing groups. The new programme replaced traditional “family life education” classes that were largely based on Catholic doctrine, focused on promoting stable marriage and supporting family procreation. Plans to make the health education programme mandatory were scrapped on 15 January 2025, when it was made voluntary as a political compromise to avoid a multi-party coalition crisis due to the syllabus’ controversy. In August, the Polish Catholic Church appealed for parents to remove their children from participating in what it called the “systemic depravity” of the “demoralising classes.”2 Bishops have dubbed the syllabus “anti-family” and “gender destabilising.”3 Preliminary data provided to the Polish Press Agency by Warsaw City Hall show that, varying by region, approximately 60-80% of students withdrew from …

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If you are interested in #Poland's #armament: A good overview on its structural problems: www.politico.eu/article/pola...

Poland is Europe’s top militar...
Poland is Europe’s top military spender but its defense industry is a dwarf

Poland’s counter-drone plan fits the narrow niche its industry can deliver, while most of its massive rearmament still relies on foreign kit.

POLITICO

State aid for #Polands future #nuclear plant in Lubiatowo-Kopalino has been greenlit by EU.

The polish state intends to pay 14.2 billion € (30%) directly, and guarantees the remainder of the projected 45.4 billion € total cost.

Despite this, the state guaranteed price seems to be a whooping 118 €/MWh for 40 years.

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/poland-to-start-work-on-first-nuclear-plant-after-eu-nod

(For comparison: onshore wind power in Germany gets tendered at less than 70 €/MWh for 20 years)

The plant isn't planned to be finished before 2036.

Poland to Start Work on First Nuclear Plant After EU Nod

Poland will start work on its first nuclear power plant after gaining approval from the European Union, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

Financial Post