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Abortion in Poland. Abortion in Poland is illegal except in cases where the pregnancy is a result of a criminal act or when the woman's life or health is in danger. [1] The last change in the Act on Pregnancy Planning of the Republic of Poland took place on 27 January 2021, when publication of the judgment of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal ...
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom, that from 1385 to 1569 was an independent country, and from 1569 to 1795, was a member state of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a federal-state existing from 1596 to 1795. Congress Poland, a kingdom existing from 1815 to 1867/1915, under the control of Russian ...
The president of Poland ( Polish: Prezydent RP ), officially the president of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej ), is the head of state of the Republic of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president heads the executive branch.
Agriculture in Poland has always been an important part of the country's economy. Out of the 18.727 million hectares (46.28 million acres) of agricultural land (about 60 percent of Poland's total area), 14.413 million hectares (35.62 million acres) were used for crop cultivation, 265 thousand hectares (650 thousand acres) for orchards, and ...
Poland's old and new borders, 1945 (Kresy in gray) Borders of Poland with length (NB: The illustrated Polish coastline is 770 km, while the borders at sea is 440 km combined). Neuwarper See (Jezioro Nowowarpieńskie), a lake divided by a border between Poland and Germany. The Borders of Poland are 3,511 km (2,182 mi) or 3,582 km (2,226 mi) long.
Poznań ( Polish: [ˈpɔznaɲ] ⓘ) [a] is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair ( Jarmark Świętojański ), traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a ...
Poland is one of the most linguistically homogeneous European countries; nearly 97% of Poland's citizens declare Polish as their first language. Elsewhere, Poles constitute large minorities in areas which were once administered or occupied by Poland, notably in neighboring Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine.
