Polish Government says it will only publish court rulings it approves of
The Polish Government has adopted a resolution to address what it claimed was a rule-of-law crisis affecting judicial institutions.
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Polish Government asks Interpol to find and detain opposition MP
Polish prosecutors have requested that Interpol issue a "Red Notice" for the arrest of opposition Conservative (PiS) MP and former deputy justice minister Marcin…
Poland’s election under threat as election regulator refuses recognition of top court
Poland’s presidential election due for May, 2025 has been thrown into doubt as the electoral regulator (PKW) and the centre-left government have refused to recognise…
Polish government aims to spread good cheer with release of butter reserves
As soaring butter prices have become a political hot potato for the Polish government, suffering blame from the public, the Donald Tusk-led administration has announced…
Polish PM Tusk launches probe into alleged Russian hackers in last election
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced a state probe into alleged Russian interference in last year’s parliamentary elections.
Polish opposition Conservatives win court battle over their state funding
Poland’s opposition Conservatives (PiS) won a Supreme Court battle against the country's election regulatory body which reinstates the party's state funding.
Polish PM Tusk’s government ‘led unprecedented assault on rule of law’, claim Brussels think-tank
The Brussels think-tank MCC, linked to the Hungarian Mathias Corvinus Collegium education forum, has published a report alleging the Polish Government led by Prime…
PM Tusk moves to stop Hungarian purchase of Polish commercial TV
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced he will place the commercial television networks TVN and Polsat on a list of "strategic companies", giving his…
Polish PM Tusk’s majority removes immunity for leader of opposition PiS
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s parliamentary majority has voted to strip the leader of the opposition Conservatives (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński of his legal…
Volhynia massacre: Polish opposition PiS wants law to ban propaganda for Bandera
Poland’s main opposition force, the Conservatives (PiS), has submitted draft legislation to parliament that would ban the propagation of “Banderism”, meaning…
Polish Government approves criminalisation of anti-LGBT hate speech
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government has approved legislative drafts adding sexual orientation, gender, age and disability to the categories covered…
Polish parliament Speaker Hołownia embroiled in ‘fake diplomas’ scandal
Szymon Hołownia, Speaker of Poland’s parliament and presidential candidate for Poland 2050, the centrist party he leads, has been accused of seeking a masters…
Polish Government aims to force ex-minister with cancer to testify in parliament
Poland’s justice minister Adam Bodnar has asked parliament to lift the immunity of former Conservative (PiS) justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro MP, who is currently…
Polish PM Tusk’s Liberals choose Warsaw mayor for presidential candidate, PiS opts for ‘independent’
Poland’s ruling Civic Coalition (KO) has chosen the mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski in a primary election to represent the party in next year’s presidential…
Polish TV stations raided by anti-corruption agency
The offices of Polish commercial TV network Polsat and the headquarters of state-owned station TVP have been raided by officers from the Central Anti-corruption…
Trump victory energises Polish Conservatives, puts Tusk’s Liberals on defensive
Poland’s opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party has expressed delight at Donald Trump’s US presidential election win while Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Liberals…
Polish commission urges ‘treason’ charge for ex-defence minister
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government-appointed commission investigating Russian influence has produced a report urging prosecutors to charge former…
Polish court grants €75,000 bail to priest imprisoned for six months
Father Michał Olszewski, who since March has been held in detention on corruption charges relating to the actions of the previous Conservative (PiS) government,,…
Warsaw mayor in U-turn on conservative-backed Polish Independence Day March
Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw and likely presidential candidate for Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s liberal Civic Coalition in next year’s elections,…
Polish PM ignores anniversary of priest’s Communist murder, but helps ex-secret police
The Tusk government and his political party stayed silent on the 40th anniversary of the killing of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko by the Communist secret police.
Poland’s Law and Justice party to merge with Eurosceptic ally
Poland's largest opposition party, the Conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, is to merge with the smaller Sovereign Poland party.
Tusk blames beaver for Polish flood management problems
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for removing beavers from levees in the country, saying they damaged flood embankments.
Poland’s state auditor claims 366,000 visas issued illegally
A Polish state audit office (NIK) report, leaked to the liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza, has alleged mass irregularities in the granting of 366,000 visas to Asians,…
Tusk government proposes ‘self-criticism’ for Polish judges facing disciplinary proceedings
Justice minister Adam Bodnar and Prime Minister Donald Tusk have proposed that judges undertake a process of "self-criticism" as part of an assessment as to whether…
Police raid organisers of Polish independence day march in alleged hate-speech case
Polish police have raided the premises of the organisers of the annual independence day march following allegations of hate speech during the 2018 edition of the…
Polish opposition set to lose cash after government-controlled body’s ruling
Poland’s National Electoral Commission (PKW), the majority of whose members were appointed by the present government, has decided that the former ruling Conservatives…
Polish justice minister accused of purging judges to put opposition MP in prison
Adam Bodnar, Poland’s justice minister, has come under fire from the opposition Conservatives (PiS) and the legal think tank Ordo Iuris.
Polish PM Tusk’s attorney wants to strip licence from Catholic radio station
Roman Giertych, an MP from Donald Tusk’s ruling Civic Coalition (KO) and an attorney for the Tusk family has said Catholic radio station Radio Maryja should have…
Polish ex-MEP charged over allegedly fraudulent expenses claims
Ryszard Czarnecki, a former vice-president of the European Parliament and member of Poland’s opposition Law and Justice party, has been charged with fraud allegedly…
Poland’s Tusk pursues former government officials over ‘illegal spending’
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has vowed to pursue former government officials for their alleged "illegal spending" while in office.