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Adam Szostkiewicz

Adam Szostkiewicz writes for Polityka weekly news magazine in Warsaw.

Recent articles


Bronislaw Geremek: Polish and European liberal

The Polish scholar-statesman Bronislaw Geremek (1932-2008) played an immense role in his country’s democratic transformation and return to Europe. Adam Szostkiewicz pays tribute.

Poland marches: the people sound the alarm

Poland's bitter political crisis has reached the streets. Democracy in danger or democracy in action, asks Adam Szostkiewicz.

Poland's past and future pope

One year after the death of Pope John Paul II, Adam Szostkiewicz links Poland’s preparations for the visit of his successor Benedict XVI to concerns over the future of a Catholic media empire.

The Polish autumn

The double election victory of the Law & Justice party has left Poland’s leading political actors embracing new friends and old enemies, finds Adam Szostkiewicz.

The Polish lifeboat

Poles are preparing for a double election likely to see a major reshuffle of national politics, reports Adam Szostkiewicz of “Polityka” news weekly in Warsaw.