WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s president said Tuesday he was once again pardoning two politicians who were arrested earlier this month amid a bitter standoff between the new centrist government and the previous conservative administration. President Andrzej Duda made the announcement shortly after the new justice minister refused Duda’s motion for a pardon procedure to be … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in Ukraine’s capital Monday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on how Poland can keep supporting the country’s almost two-year war with Russia and resolve a dispute between the neighboring nations over grain shipments and trucking. Tusk, who returned to power in Poland last month and … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s new Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Monday crucial elections to choose city mayors and provincial and county administration leaders would be held April 7, with a runoff April 21. The elections will test the new pro-European Union coalition government’s popular support, just six months after it won parliamentary elections. Tusk and … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s new pro-European Union government has begun to wrestle control of the country’s state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which took office last week, said Wednesday it had fired … Read more
The leaders of Polish opposition parties have signed a coalition agreement that lays out a roadmap for governing the nation over the next four years ByThe Associated Press November 10, 2023, 6:28 AM Leader of the Polish Civic Coalition Donald Tusk addresses a media conference prior to a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von … Read more
In Poland, an unexpected surge of voters ready for change has ousted a populist coalition government in favor of a pro-EU and more moderate group of leaders. The Law and Justice party, in power since 2015, won the most parliamentary seats. But its coalition partners didn’t perform well enough to allow current Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski to form … Read more
Comment on this storyComment You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Poland’s nationalist ruling party won the most votes in Sunday’s election, but it’s heading for defeat. … Read more
The Leader of Civic Coalition Party, Donald Tusk delivers a speech during the Women for Elections Campaign rally on October 10, 2023 in Lodz, Poland. Omar Marques | Getty Images News | Getty Images Poland’s election on Sunday is being closely watched overseas, with the result likely to have major implications for the country’s relationship … Read more
This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center Krzysztof Sowinski has cried every day since his wife Marta, who was five months pregnant, died of sepsis in 2022; he believes doctors put Marta’s life in danger by not giving them the option to terminate the pregnancy while the fetus’ heart was still beating. Janusz Kucharski … Read more
Since struggle first broke out between Ukraine and Russia in 2014, Russian hackers have at occasions used a number of the most subtle hacking strategies ever seen within the wild to destroy Ukrainian networks, disrupt the nation’s satellite tv for pc communications, and even set off blackouts for tons of of hundreds of Ukrainian residents. … Read more