Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said the aim of the bill was to give internet users the feeling that their rights are protected and that their posts cannot be arbitrarily removed from online platforms: The full name of the bill is the law on freedom of expressing one’s own views and searching and disseminating information on the internet. Under its provisions, social media services will not be... 

The largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, surged to a record high of near $44,000 on Monday following the news that Tesla has invested $1.5 billion in the digital asset and expects to start accepting it as payment. Bitcoin soared almost ten percent as of 13:44 GMT to trade at $43,969, closing in on an all-time high reached in early January. US electric car maker Tesla confirmed on Monday in its annual... 

Poland’s ruling conservatives led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party would win 38 percent of the vote if elections were to be held this week, according to a new poll. The country’s governing United Right coalition brings together Law and Justice, Jarosław Gowin’s Porozumienie (Alliance) party and Zbigniew Ziobro’s Solidarna Polska (United Poland) grouping. Support for the ruling conservatives... 

The European Union has triggered Article 7 against Poland, a procedure that could result in sanctions targeting Warsaw. The EU says Poland has violated democratic values with proposed judiciary reform. The European Union’s executive body triggered Article 7 of the EU treaty, branded the “nuclear option,” against Poland on Wednesday. It has been triggered for the first time since the foundation... 

The European Commission has launched a “rule-of-law” investigation into Poland’s new legislation concerning its Constitutional court and media. The probe could eventually lead to the suspension of the country’s voting rights within the European Union. On Wednesday, the Commission decided to carry out a preliminary assessment of the controversial laws recently adopted in Poland that, according... 

Polish Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro. Poland has described as “silly” a critical letter sent to the East European country by the European Union (EU) demanding “supervision” over Warsaw’s decisions. “I am not in the habit of replying to silly comments on Poland made by foreign politicians,” Poland’s Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro wrote to EU commissioner Gunther Oettinger in...