Prosecutors pursue Polish football fans over banner mocking PM Tusk’s presidential candidate
Poland’s public prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into banners put up in April by Legia Warsaw football fans during a home game.
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‘You will win’, Trump tells Polish PiS election candidate at Oval Office
Karol Nawrocki, the Polish opposition Conservatives (PiS) candidate in the upoming presidential elections, has met US President Donald Trump in the White House,…
Polish President warns that PM Tusk’s government may annul elections
Polish President Andrzej Duda has surprised many by speaking at the campaign rally for the opposition Conservatives' (PiS) candidate Karol Nawrocki in the city of…
Russia ‘will never rule central and eastern Europe’
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski says NATO could soon outspend Russia by 17-1 on defence if members of the alliance hit the 5 per cent GDP target on…
Persecution, interrogation, arrest: How Tusk runs the Polish presidential election
In May and June 2025, Poland will face a decisive moment in its modern history.
PM Tusk ‘uses brutal power, not law,’ says Polish broadcaster after licence revoked
A Warsaw court has revoked the terrestrial broadcasting licences of two independent broadcasters, TV Republlika and wPolsce 24.
Five Polish presidential candidates excluded from debate held on state TV
Poland’s government-controlled television broadcaster TVP has been accused of participating in a presidential debate from which five candidates were excluded,…
Deadlock over Polish TV presidential debate due to exclusion of two broadcasters
The Polish presidential debate between two leading candidates looks to have been scuppered after the government-controlled public television service decided to…
Remains of Polish international player becomes political football
Fans of a Polish football club have launched a campaign to exhume and rebury the remains of Ernest Wilimowski, a Polish international footballer from Silesia who…
Poles first: PiS candidate pledges to ensure they are ‘not treated worse than migrants’
Karol Nawrocki, the presidential candidate of the Polish opposition Conservatives (PiS), has promised to submit legislation guaranteeing that “Poles cannot be…
Polish opposition PiS outraged after killer of staff member is released from jail
Poland’s opposition Conservatives (PiS) have expressed fury with the centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk over the release from prison of Ryszard…
EP sides with Polish PM Tusk over removal of opposition MEPs’ immunity
The European Parliament has voted to remove parliamentary immunity from Conservative (PiS) MEPs Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik so they can face criminal prosecution…
Poland’s right-wing presidential candidate calls for tuition fees and an abortion ban
Sławomir Mentzen, right-wing Confederation party candidate in May’s Polish presidential election and who had been surging in the polls, has come under fire for…
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…
EU backs Poland’s tougher migration policy
The European Commission has given the green light to Poland’s clampdown on asylum applications after recognising that the country is facing a unique set of problems.
Polish Parliament smear? Surge of support for Confederation’s candidate ‘like Romania’
Szymon Hołownia, the speaker of Poland’s parliament, has questioned the financing of the campaign of the right-wing Confederation party’s presidential candidate…
Tusk-controlled Polish election regulator set to cut €6m funding for Confederation party
Poland’s State election regulator (PKW) has refused to accept the right-wing Confederation party’s financial report for the European Parliament elections of…
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…
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…
Polish opposition MP handcuffs himself in parliament as he waives his immunity
Polish MP Dariusz Matecki of the opposition Conservatives (PiS) has handcuffed himself on the podium of Poland’s parliament after he waived his own parliamentary…
‘Poland only has ammunition for three days of war,’ says presidential hopeful
Sławomir Mentzen, the Polish presidential candidate of the right-wing Confederation party, has claimed that if war broke out Poland would only have enough ammunition…
Polish right-wing candidate tops PiS rival in election poll
Poland’s presidential election race took an unexpected twist as a result of an opinion poll putting Sławomir Mentzen from the right-wing Confederation party in…
Polish opposition’s election candidate blames ‘European elites’ for Ukraine war
Karol Nawrocki, the Polish opposition Conservatives' (PiS) presidential election candidate, has blamed “European elites” for the conflict in Ukraine.
Donald copies Donald: Polish PM calls in billionaire to cut red tape
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has drafted in billionaire countryman Rafał Brzoska to head a task force to deregulate the economy as part of the government’s…
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…
Former Polish PM calls for deportation of Ukrainian activist warning of ‘violence’
Former left-wing Polish prime minister Leszek Miller has called on the present government to deport Natalya Panchenko, a Ukrainian activist who, while campaigning…
Polish President ‘fears Brussels interference in elections’
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, an ally of the opposition Conservatives (PiS), has said he was concerned that European Union institutions may interfere in the…
Tusk’s Polish Government pursues Conservative ex-minister: Tell the truth and go to jail?
Poland’s justice minister Adam Bodnar has requested parliamentary immunity be lifted for former defence minister in the last Conservative (PiS) government Mariusz…
Trump effect in Poland? Opposition candidate takes shock poll lead
Karol Nawrocki, the main opposition Conservatives (PiS) candidate in May’s Polish presidential election, has according to the latest opinion poll taken a shock…