Polish opposition split averted as Morawiecki and Kaczyński reach compromise
Appearing at a joint press conference the leader of the main Polish opposition Conservatives (PiS) and the former PiS prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki have announced that…
Macron avoids meeting Polish President Nawrocki during Gdańsk visit
He did so yesterday, after Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who heads Poland’s centre-left coalition government, made it clear he did not wish the French head of state to meet…
Poland joins UK and France in cancelling concert by US rapper Kanye West
Pressure from the Polish Government has led stadium managers to cancel a concert by US rapper Kanye West.
Polish PM Tusk’s coalition government may lose its parliamentary majority
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned a coalition partner that he will remove it from the government if it votes to dismiss a cabinet minister in a no-confidence…
Poland’s main opposition party Conservatives PiS in danger of splitting
The former Polish ruling party, currently the country’s largest opposition party, the Conservatives (PiS) is in turmoil following a decision by its former prime minister…
Polish MP unfurls Israeli flag with swastika in parliament
Konrad Berkowicz MP, who sits in the Polish parliament for the right-wing Confederation Party, displayed an Israeli flag marked with a swastika during his speech yesterday.
‘Ridiculous’: Tusk’s Polish Government orders criminal proceedings against President Nawrocki’s advisers
Poland’s government-controlled prosecution service has been ordered by the justice minister Waldemar Żurek to begin a criminal investigation against advisers to the opposition…
US outrage at Polish parliament Speaker calling Trump ‘irrational leader of chaos’
Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the Speaker of Poland’s parliament and leader of the Left Party, a coalition partner of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, has called US President…
Will Hungary’s PM elect Magyar keep promise on extraditing indicted Polish opposition politicians?
Peter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza party which won the Hungarian parliamentary election yesterday, has confirmed that he intended to make Warsaw the first international…
Polish PM Tusk claims President Nawrocki and opposition a ‘Putin front’
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused the country’s President Karol Nawrocki and right-wing opposition parties of being part of a “Putinist front”, hostile…
Polish PM Tusk reveals security services findings on opposition politicians
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has revealed Internal Security Agency (ABW) findings on funds paid into the accounts of independent foundations headed by opposition…
Polish ruling majority defies President taking oath of office from disputed judges
The Speaker of the Polish Parliament Włodzimierz Czarzasty accepted the taking of the oaths of office from four constitutional judges who were elected by parliament in March…
Polish President Nawrocki demands PM Tusk sues EU over Mercosur
The opposition Conservatives (PiS)-allied President Karol Nawrocki wrote to Prime Minister Donald Tusk demanding the immediate filing of a complaint against the European Union’s…
Polish Government accuses opposition over crypto currency market turmoil
Crypto currency exchange platform Zondacrypto is under pressure after reports of a 99-per cent drop in its Bitcoin reserves.
Brussels court rules Poland must pay for unclaimed Covid vaccines
A Belgian court ordered Poland to pay €1.3 billion for an undelivered shipment of Covid-19 vaccines in a lawsuit filed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
‘There is no NATO without the US,’ says Polish defence minister
Poland’s defence minister has warned that there is “no NATO without the US” following comments from US President Donald Trump suggesting that Washington may leave the…
Tusk government prepares to defy Polish President and move in judges by force
Poland's centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk is preparing to forcibly install four constitutional court judges.
Poland’s intervention in the fuel market meets with EC disapproval
The European Commission has attacked a Polish move to lower VAT on motor fuels to protect consumers from surging prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
Poland’s President Nawrocki to CPAC: Russia stands for corruption and violence, not traditional values
Polish President Karol Nawrocki told the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) conference in Texas that Russia is a regime that represents “corruption and violence”,…
Zoophilia and paedophilia scandals hit Tusk’s ruling party in Poland
The ruling Civic Coalition, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, is attempting to extricate itself from scandals involving its officers who have been found guilty of paedophilia…
Polish right-wing leader’s EP immunity removed over Holocaust denial
The European Parliament has voted once again to strip the unaligned MEP and Polish right-wing party leader Grzegorz Braun of his parliamentary immunity.
PM Tusk’s left-wing allies in Polish Government propose digital tax
Poland’s Left party, which is part of the centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, is proposing legislation to make Big Tech firms pay a new tax to generate…
EU’s top court rules flaws in appointment do not automatically disqualify Polish judges
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that flaws in a judge’s appointment does not automatically mean that the judge lacks independence to adjudicate cases in Poland.
Polish government clashes with President over meeting with Orbán
Polish President Karol Nawrocki and the centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk have clashed over Poland’s head of state visiting Hungarian Prime Minister…
Unlicensed Polish arms company run by ally of Tusk set to get €2.3bn from EU defence loan
The largest Polish beneficiary on the list of projects to be funded from the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) programme is a private company led by a politician…
Polish court rules foreign same sex marriages must be recognised
Poland’s top administrative court (NSA) ruled that the country's public authorities must recognise same-sex marriages performed elsewhere in the European Union by entering…
Polish ex-minister warns growing anti-EU sentiment may spur ‘Polexit’
The Polish minister for European Affairs in the last Conservative (PiS) government has said the growing hostility towards the European Union among the Polish Right could lead…
Poland will not bow to Trump’s call for support in Iran war
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country will not be sending troops to the Middle East to assist the US in its military operations against Iran.
Polish Government disregards President’s veto on EU defence loan
The centre-left Polish Government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk passed a resolution to proceed with accessing funds from the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) loan…
Polish opposition wants to leave EU’s emissions trading system
Poland’s opposition Conservatives (PiS) have submitted a resolution to the country’s parliament calling on the government to start the process of leaving the European…