Polish election debate: A rattled Donald Tusk trips at first hurdle
The much-anticipated appearance in a debate on Polish public television station TVP by Donald Tusk did not go as he might have wished.
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ANALYSIS: Hung parliament ‘likely result of Poland’s elections’
A hung parliament is the most likely outcome of Poland's October 15 election, indicating a weak minority government or a second vote, analysts have told Brussels…
Who has been interfering in the Polish elections? Germany’s hand is all too apparent
The most obvious international interference so far in next Sunday's Polish general election has been the Ukrainian-Polish grain dispute.
Poland elects: candidates trade barbs ahead of crucial TV debates
Tusk’s move to participate in the TVP broadcast is something of a surprise.
Poland’s economy has been a remarkable and underreported success story over the last 30 years – now both main parties appear ready to squander it
The economy is the big absentee from the Polish election campaign.
Poland: Tusk’s chances buoyed by Confederation fall in polls
Poll ratings for the Polish right-wing Confederation party have slipped to around 10 per cent in most surveys from about 15 per cent in the summer.
Playing geopolitical chess in central Europe: Pawns, knights, and kings in a high-stakes game
The tempo in the Central Eastern European (CEE) region is quickening, fueled by a concatenation of events that seem more like the complex choreography of a ballet…
Polish opposition threatens to purge public TV within 24 hours if elected
The leader of Poland’s largest opposition party, Donald Tusk, has pledged that if he becomes prime minister after the upcoming general elections, he will change…
Poland: Ruling party rejects Tusk claim that a million marched in Warsaw
Donald Tusk, the leader of the main Liberal opposition grouping Civic Coalition (KO), has claimed the opposition "March of a Million Hearts" rally brought more than…
Germany mulls reintroduction of border controls with Poland and Czechia
Just three weeks ahead of Poland’s general election on October 15, both Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz and its interior minister Nancy Faeser have signalled…
Pro-migrant film ‘demonising’ Polish Border Guards takes centre stage in election campaign
Green Border, a prize-winning movie by Polish film director Agnieszka Holland about events on the Polish-Belarusian border, has been condemned by the country’s…
Poland calls visa scandal an exaggerated ‘media fact’ to discredit government
Poland's government has written to the European Union's security commissioner alleging that a cash-for-visas scandal is an exaggerated "media fact" timed to discredit…
Poland no longer arming Ukraine, says PM
Poland is no longer arming Ukraine as it is focusing on building up its own stocks of weapons, the prime minister said on Wednesday, as Warsaw's stance towards Kyiv…
Big spender Tusk vows to prosecute his foes in election manifesto
Tusk's Civic Platform party-led alliance has accused a number of ruling Polish officials of engaging in criminal activity, up to and including violating the country's…
Hungarian opposition oligarch Varga buys shares in key Polish paper from Soros
Pluralis, a media investment company controlled by an arm of US-based Soros Fund Management, has sold shares it recently purchased when taking control of Poland’s…
Polish opposition assembles army of monitors ahead of national elections
Poland’s main opposition block led by Donald Tusk said it will have in place more than 50,000 observers monitoring the general elections set to take place in the…
Polish election ‘may be challenged by EU’
Jacek Czaputowicz, the former Polish foreign affairs minister, says the upcoming Polish general election process and its results may be challenged at international…
EC silent on Tusk’s claim he can unblock Brussels funds for Poland
Tusk pledged he would fix the problem: “I make a solemn promise here: the day after the elections, the day after victory, I will go and unlock the money,” he…
Polish rail traffic disrupted by rogue radio signal with Russian national anthem played
A series of incidents on Poland's railways have raised security concerns after a number of trains were halted by unofficial "stop" radio-signals.
Polish dog-meat lovers won’t have a candidate to champion them
A Polish election candidate for the Right’s Confederation party said that the European Union ban on the slaughter of dogs for meat and trade in dogmeat was wrong…
Soros-backed company takes control of premier Polish daily newspaper
A George Soros-backed company has taken a majority shareholding in the daily Rzeczpospolita, one of the most influential newspapers in Poland, just weeks before…
Zelenskyy lobbies EC President von der Leyen to lift grain embargo
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for her efforts aimed at ending the grain embargo in five…
Row over deepfake of Polish PM in opposition-party broadcast
Poland’s main opposition party, the PO led by Donald Tusk, has published an election broadcast that contains a deepfake of the voice of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz…
In Depth: The Polish election is a Kaczyński v. Tusk ‘Punch and Judy show’ with Confederation the new kid on the block
The Polish parliamentary election, which will determine whether the ruling conservative PiS gets an unprecedented third parliamentary majority to extend its eight-year…
Poland says EU pandemic funds ‘will be unblocked after general election’
The Polish Government’s spokesman has suggested that Poland will be able to access billions of euros in European Union post-COVID pandemic recovery funds after…
Poland’s PiS targets ‘German influence’ but is coy on Russia
Poland’s ruling PiS has forced a resolution through parliament over what is fears would have been foreign interference in the upcoming elections.
Opposition parties unite to field joint candidates for Poland’s ‘forgotten’ election
The Polish opposition parties of the Centre and Left who failed to unite to fight the election for control of Poland’s Lower Chamber of Parliament have managed…
Tusk forges alliance with militant farmers’ leader ahead of Polish elections
Polish politician Donald Tusk’s liberal opposition has decided to forge an alliance with agrarian populists led by Michał Kołodziejczak in a bid for votes in…
Poland’s ruling party to make Belarus border situation a referendum question
The ruling Conservative PiS government in Poland will ask voters whether they want the recently constructed wall on the border with Belarus dismantled as one of…
Poland’s ruling PiS targets Tusk with series of election-day referendum questions
Poland’s Conservative ruling PiS party leader has decided to table more than one question at a referendum on October 15, the date of the Polish general election,…