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President Emmanuel Macron yesterday appointed 34-year-old Gabriel Attal as prime minister. The new head of government previously served as Minister of Education in the cabinet of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who resigned on Monday, the Élysée Palace informed.more

Three-quarters of Britons believe their country is in worse shape today than it was in 2010, when the Conservative Party took power, according to a poll by the YouGov center released yesterday. Up to 68 percent of its voters hold this view.more

60 percent surveyed Poles have a positive opinion of the Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia - "Super Express" reported, citing a survey by the Pollster Research Institute, conducted for the newspaper. Apparently, Poles love Hołownia - says the daily.more

The politician of the year 2023 in the country was the head of PO, Prime Minister Donald Tusk; internationally, the title was earned by US President Joe Biden, according to a CBOS poll. However, the majority of respondents did not name any person who, in their opinion, deserved such an award.more

Starting January 1, 2024, the amount of the child-rearing benefit will be raised from PLN 500 to PLN 800. Parents will receive payments on the same dates as before. According to government estimates, 6.6 million children will be eligible for 800 plus in 2024.more

The government has changed, but the most important task has not changed: ensuring the security of the homeland, Andrzej Duda noted in his message. The president said, among other things: that those in power have the right to reform public media, "but it must be done in accordance with the law."more

There are more and more conflicts taking place in the world, in which civilians are suffering more and more - warns in an editorial comment today's "Financial Times". There is data to prove this assessment correct: the International Institute for Strategic Studies (MISS) has published an analysis that shows that there are 183 armed conflicts currently taking place. This is more than three decades more

Normality, harmony and certainty of tomorrow - this is the task for the coming year, we will rebuild our position and importance in international politics, Poland will be reborn as a modern, strong state - emphasized Prime Minister Donald Tusk last evening in his New Year's address on TVP.more

The fact that 2024 will almost certainly be the end of the 14-year rule of the Conservative Party in Great Britain is not the main problem from its point of view. Worse still, it will probably also be the end of the Conservative Party in its current shape, and perhaps even the beginning of the end of the Conservative Party itself.more

Britain said it would send "hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles" to Ukraine after a massive attack by Russian forces on several districts in Ukraine that killed at least 26 people.more

Abusive men in England and Wales will walk free from court under a new sentencing policy that flies in the face of ministers’ claims to take domestic violence seriously, an independent government watchdog has said.more

The position of French President Emmanuel Macron is weakening, which raises fears that his position may be taken by Marine Le Pen from the far-right National Rally in the future. This would mean a political earthquake - says the Financial Times.more

Russian empires fell suddenly and the same will happen with Putin's Russia, when the situation changes, Putinism will collapse within a few days - says Ilya Ponomaryov, a Russian oppositionist, former member of the State Duma, currently actively involved in the fight against Vladimir Putin's regime.more

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition activist thrown into the gulag, confirmed in a letter that he had been transferred to a penal colony behind the Arctic Circle, where the polar night is underway. He assured that all was well with him and thanked him for his support.more

A food price war in Green Island supermarkets is benefiting families struggling financially over the holidays, the Irish press reports. However, there are also critical voices that this type of fierce competition also has a negative side, especially for farmers and food producers.more

Speaker of the Sejm Szymon Holownia remains the leader of the trust ranking, but his score is worse than in November. The biggest drop, however, concerns Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Another representative of the new government has benefited, according to the latest IBRiS poll for Onet.more

"There are several reasons why Rwanda is willing to accept illegal immigrants coming to the UK - money, international standing, reputation - but whether the deal will help its image is as uncertain as whether deportations will begin at all," he says. Ben Shepherd, Africa analyst at the London think tank Chatham House.more

More than a quarter of employees expect to respond to work emails over the Christmas break, according to new research from Irish tech firm Workhuman.more

The Sejm and the Senate of the new term are rated much better by Poles than the previous parliament. For the first time since November 2019, the proportion of positive assessments of the Sejm exceeds the proportion of negative ones, according to the latest CBOS poll.more

The knifeman whose attack on children sparked serious anti-immigrant riots in Dublin in late November appeared in court there and was charged with eight counts.more

"The cabinet of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has started depoliticizing public media," reports the BBC. He also notes that under the rule of the previous government, Poland dropped in the media freedom ranking - World Press Freedom Index - from 18th to 57th place - reminds the British broadcaster.more

British intelligence officers have raised security concerns about a Russian-owned London flat from whose windows MI6 headquarters can be observed, the British daily i revealed.more

The Irish Government announced yesterday that it had lodged a complaint against the UK under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in relation to a law that allows for an amnesty for offenders committed for political motives during the Northern Ireland conflict.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that there is no "concrete date" for fulfilling his promise to stop boats with illegal immigrants crossing the Channel, although he made this one of his five priorities for the year in early January.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a telephone conversation with the head of the Polish government Donald Tusk, expressed hope for a deepening relationship between the two countries, including on security in Europe, a Downing Street release said yesterday.more