Setback for Polish PM Tusk as court rejects request to arrest former PiS minister
A Warsaw court has rejected a request by a parliamentary committee investigating the use of Pegasus spyware by the former Conservative (PiS) government to detain…
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German environmentalists’ legal challenge to Polish deepwater port plan
A German environmental organisation has filed a legal challenge against the decision to grant environmental approval for a deepwater shipping terminal that Poland…
Three quarters of Poles do not want the euro, says new poll
A new survey showed that Poles were now more than ever opposed to replacing the national currency, the zloty, with the euro.
PM Tusk wants self-confessed alcoholic Polish deputy foreign minister suspended
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has asked the foreign minister Radosław Sikorski to suspend the deputy foreign minister Andrzej Szejna following revelations about…
Poland deports double number of law-breaking immigrants
According to the Polish Border Guard Authority, the number of immigrants deported from Poland for breaking the law has almost doubled in the first two months of…
Anti-abortion protest in Poland shut down because of picture of a foetus
A Polish court has upheld a decision by the Mayor of Toruń to stop an anti-abortion protest over the display of a picture of a foetus.
US VP Vance pours cold water on idea of stationing nuclear weapons in Poland
US Vice President JD Vance has said he would be “shocked” if US President Donald Trump decided to deploy nuclear weapons in Central and Eastern Europe but later…
Polish minister under fire for giggling during EP debate on war in Gaza
Polish minister for European Union affairs, Adam Szłapka, was taken to task in the European Parliament for his antics during the plenary on March 12.
Polish Government plans online policing during presidential election
The Polish Government, at the request of the European Commission, has presented a plan for monitoring and intervention in online activities during the run-up to…
Pro-abortion activists set up Warsaw clinic in defiance of Polish law
A non-governmental organisation has opened Poland’s first ever abortion clinic despite Polish legislation that severely restricts abortion rights and protests…
US threatens retaliation over planned Polish digital tax
The US has warned Poland it will retaliate if Warsaw brings in a planned digital tax on Big Tech firms, calling the idea "not very smart".
Sikorski tells Musk Poland will provide Ukraine with alternative to Starlink
Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski reminded Elon Musk that Poland has ordered and paid for Ukraine's Starlink internet services and that if it was…
Poland seeks nuclear weapons cover and wants military training for all its men
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that the government wanted to introduce military training for all adult males and that his country would seek to…
Poland’s opposition claims EC plans ‘Romania style’ intervention in election
Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the Polish opposition Conservatives (PiS), has accused the European Commission of planning to intervene in the country’s presidential…
Poland’s Wałęsa claims Trump like ‘Communist interrogator’ in Zelensky meeting
The Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa has written an open letter to US President Donald Trump slamming his behaviour during his recent Oval Office meeting with…
Head of new Polish media centre admits it is a ‘government mouthpiece’
Michał Broniatowski, the director of Poland's new Foreign Language Media Centre created by public broadcaster TVP, has admitted it was designed to promote the government's…
‘Russia paid for anti-government f*** PiS campaign in Poland,’ claims broadcaster
Russian intelligence services commissioned individuals in Poland to spray-paint offensive slogans attacking the then Conservative (PiS) government, it has been claimed.
Polish Supreme Court rules IKEA wrong to fire worker for expressing Christian views
The Polish Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal by the Swedish furniture giant IKEA filed in the case of Janusz Komenda, an employee the company fired for criticising…
Poland’s Speaker of parliament proposes breathalyser tests for MPs
The Speaker of Poland’s parliament, Szymon Hołownia, has proposed breathalyser tests for MPs after he expelled one from the chamber for allegedly being drunk…
Most Poles want country to host nuclear weapons, new survey shows
More than half of Poles want nuclear weapons stationed in the country, a new poll has shown.
Lost in cyberspace: Polish agency’s Falcon rocket warning goes to disused ministry email account
Poland's defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has disclosed that his ministry did not receive a warning from the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) about the likely…
US think-tank slams Poland’s Tusk over ‘abuse of democracy’
A report by US think-tank Hudson Institute has criticised Poland’s centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk for governing in an autocratic manner.
Polish PM Tusk’s refusal to send troops to Ukraine a ‘grave error’, says ex-minister
Former Polish foreign minister Jacek Czaputowicz has criticised Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s decision that Polish troops would not participate in any stabilisation…
Doubts surface over continued US military presence in Poland
Pete Hegseth, the US Defence Secretary, has praised Poland’s efforts in ramping up military spending to 5 per cent of its GDP.
Liberal and left-leaning groups appeal to Polish Government for USAID cuts compensation
Poland’s Liberal and left-leaning civil society organisations have appealed to the centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk to make good a shortfall…
Polish minister Sikorski accuses opposition PiS of being ‘US lackeys’
Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has lashed out at the opposition Conservatives (PiS) for being "lackeys" of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
Polish police ‘detain pensioner who criticised pro-Tusk charity chief’
A squad of three policemen, including the deputy chief of city police, have detained a pensioner after raiding her home because of a social media message, it has…
Trump appoints anti-Tusk conservative hawk as US ambassador to Poland
US President Donald Trump has named Thomas Rose as ambassador to Poland.
Poland is Ukrainians’ preferred destination after war, survey finds
More than one in five Ukrainians were considering leaving their country when the war with Russia ends, with Poland being the favourite destination, according to…
Two-thirds of Poles ‘support border controls inside EU to combat migration’, poll finds
Almost two-thirds of Poles want the reintroduction of border controls within the European Union to combat illegal migration, according to the latest attitude poll…