Ukrainian women cleaning in Polish homes are often asked by Polish women with whom they work to cook dinners for their families in the underground - we learn from the book "Ukrainian women. What do they think about Poles with whom they work?" that they are proficient in culinary arts.more
In the UK, 6,874 new coronavirus infections were detected in the last 24 hours, a new daily record since the beginning of the epidemic. The R number, indicating how fast the coronavirus epidemic is growing, has risen from 1.1-1.4 to 1.2-1.5.more
The UK is at a “perilous turning point” and must act, Boris Johnson has told MPs, announcing new restrictions for England including slashing the size of wedding celebrations and bans on indoor team sports, as well as a return to home working.more
Keir Starmer is to appeal directly to “red wall” voters who abandoned the party last year to “take another look at Labour”, telling them his party loves Britain and is under new leadership.more
For the first time in history, the United Nations celebrated International Equal Pay Day. As Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the organization underlined, the unequal status of women at work also fuels inequalities in other areas of their lives.more
It is “increasingly likely” that lockdown restrictions will soon be needed to slow the spread of coronavirus in London, the capital’s mayor has warned. London mayor Sadiq Khan said he was of the “firm view” that action should be taken before the virus spirals out of control, and leaders were considering measures already imposed in other parts of the UK.more
Boris Johnson will spend the weekend considering whether to tighten Covid-19 measures in England, after saying the UK was "now seeing a second wave". The government is understood to be looking at a ban on households mixing, and reducing opening hours for pubs and restaurants.more
Harvey Weinstein, a former US film producer who is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault, was stripped of his 2004 Order of the British Empire by the Queen, it was announced.more
A Fianna Fáil MEP has hit back at a senior Polish politician that attacked Ireland for improving LGBT rights. Billy Kelleher's intervention comes after former Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski claimed Ireland has become a "Catholic wilderness with rampant LGBT ideology".more
Following the words of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin about the "ferocity" of French society, there is a public debate about the increase in the number of acts of violence, as reflected in police statistics.more
Friends of the Earth, in collaboration with People's Postcode Lottery, announced that there is a growing number of people who do not have access to green spaces in their area. As indicated, this problem is especially noticeable in places inhabited by ethnic minorities.more
New England-wide measures which could see hospitality businesses shut are being considered by the UK government to slow a surge of coronavirus cases.more
Almost two million people in north-east England will be banned from mixing with other households and pubs will close early as coronavirus cases rise.more
The European Union wants to introduce solutions that violate the Polish constitution by pushing for the postulates of the LGBT community, the Polish daily "Nasz Dziennik" reports.more
Julia is the most popular name for daughters, and Antoni for sons, chosen by Polish parents in the first half of this year, the Ministry of Digitization informed.more
Significant further restrictions on our freedom to mix with people, in social or work settings, could be introduced in a fortnight, if the “rule of six” does not lead to behavioural change and a flattening of the coronavirus infection rate.more
Almost 40 percent of Russian citizens think that Russia should regain its status of a superpower, suggests a recent opinion poll by the Russia Public Opinion Research Center (WCIOM).
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The French Minister for Citizenship, Marlene Schiappa, ordered the prefects to shorten the naturalization procedures for foreigners who "deservedly contributed to the fight against Covid-19".more
Addiction services in England could struggle to cope with "soaring" numbers of people misusing alcohol, the Royal College of Psychiatrists is warning.more
Britain’s largest food bank network has warned that UK destitution rates will double by Christmas alongside an explosion in demand for charity food parcels, as coronavirus job and income support schemes are wound down.more
