NATO ambassador recall sparks infighting in Poland
The removal of Poland's ambassador to NATO has sparked infighting in the country, as the political centre-left and centre-right accuse each other of trying to undermine…
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Tusk to remain as PM, rejects bid for Polish presidency
'I have a lot of work to do here. A few months or even years won't be enough to clean up everything' said Tusk
Hungary blasts EC ‘double standards’ after Poland investigation dropped
Hungary has berated the European Commission for "blatant double standards" after the body dropped its Article 7 investigation into Poland.
Poland, like an ex-colony, will not stand up as sovereign state
In economic theory, the term “middle-income trap” describes a scenario where a country struggles to ascend beyond a certain developmental threshold.
Polish judge ‘seeks asylum in Belarus’
Tomasz Szmydt, a Polish judge with the Regional Administrative Court in Warsaw (WSA), has reportedly sought “protection” with the Belarusian authorities and…
Polish government to ignore President’s right to countersign European commissioner nomination
Poland’s foreign ministry says the government will ignore a law giving President Andrzej Duda the right to countersign the Tusk administration’s nominee for…
Poland ‘ready for treaty changes to bring Ukraine into the EU’
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski says the centre-left Government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk is prepared to consider European Union treaty changes…
Polish Government proposes prison for LGBT defamation
The proposed legislation has been piloted by deputy justice minister Krzysztof Śmiszek of the Left party, which is part of the coalition Government with Prime Minister…
Two thirds of Poles oppose adoption of the euro, poll shows
According to a survey released over the Easter weekend an overwhelming majority of Poles oppose entry into the common-currency Eurozone, preferring to keep the Polish…
Russian Ambassador snubs Polish summons over missile incident on grounds it was ‘immaterial’
Russia’s Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev has defied a summons to a meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw at which he was to receive a diplomatic…
Donald Tusk promised much for his first 100 days – he has achieved little other than administering revenge on Law and Justice
Friday 22 March will mark 100 days of Donald Tusk's government.
Fuzzy picture as Poland cuts funding to pro-Belarusian opposition TV channel
The Polish Government-controlled TVP has fired the head of the TV Belsat channel broadcasting in Russian and Belarusian and reduced funding for it by half in a…
LEAK: Infighting over Poland hits EC ahead of crucial closed-door meeting
The European Commission has become mired in discord ahead of a crucial closed-door meeting on February 27, sources within the body have told Brussels Signal.
As Polish farmers revolt, PiS demands its own EC agriculture chief resign
Polish farmers blocked roads nationwide protesting against European Union climate policies and the influx of cheap food imports from Ukraine.
Polish Government seems to channel hop on public-media takeover
The Polish Government has turned down requests to release legal opinions it claims were issued before its recent takeover of public media.
Don’t think twice: German and Polish TV publish ‘identical news’
Polish Government television’s (TVP) main evening news channel i9.30 and German public TV Deutsche Welle (DW) have broadcast seemingly identical material.
Polish Government ‘blacklists’ cultural bodies and Catholic Church
Polish news portal wpolityce.
Storm over EC President’s post implying Auschwitz ‘was Polish’
Polish officials protested against the use of the phrase: "Auschwitz Camp, Poland" by the European Commission.
Poland witnessing ‘creeping coup’, says opposition leader
The leader of the Polish Conservative (PiS) party, Jarosław Kaczyński, has slammed the actions of the newly-installed justice minister Adam Bodnar whom, he said,…
Polish Government ignores court rebuttal of public-media takeover
A Polish court has ruled that the decision by culture minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz to “liquidate” the country’s public television and radio stations is…
Make no mistake, Germany is attempting to thwart Poland’s sovereignty and future prosperity – and Tusk’s government is playing along
Much of the media broadcasting from Poland want us to believe that the biggest challenge for the new liberal government in Warsaw is judicial reform.
Polish Government hot under the collar over new nuclear-power plant site
The Polish Government and the deputy head of a regional Polish authority in the Baltic Coast region have questioned the location of the country’s first nuclear…
What is happening in Poland is setting a dangerous precedent for the whole of Europe: Autocracy in the name of liberalism is coming to a parliament near you soon
Poland has repeatedly been ahead of its time. Now, Donald Tusk is initiating a trend heralding a new era of liberal autocracy in Europe.
Furniture giant IKEA pulls advertising amid Polish TV ‘takeover’
Conservative Poles have begun boycotting Swedish furniture giant IKEA after its decision to withdraw advertising from a Polish TV station.
Is złoty doomed? Eurozone entry debate kicks off in Poland
Influential Polish daily Rzeczpospolita is leading the charge for the country’s entry into the Eurozone.
Polish TV off-air as PM Tusk and President Duda spar
TVP's news channel TVP Info was on December 20 off-air after its signal was switched off, in what observers say is likely a result of Government action
The murky history of Civic Platform’s Russia policy: Donald Tusk and Radosław Sikorski appeased the Kremlin when they were last in office
Donald Tusk was reinstalled as Poland's Prime Minister this Wednesday. The leader of Civic Platform may be the darling of the European establishment for now.
Blast from the past: Sikorski and other allies return in Tusk’s new Cabinet
Donald Tusk, who is set to officially become Poland’s Prime Minister in a few days, has unveiled the Cabinet that will serve under him.
Poland has remained largely oligarch free. This is the secret of its success
Poland held its parliamentary elections in the middle of October and that poll with its record turnout of 74 per cent proved that reports of the demise of Polish…
Law and Justice could easily have secured a third term in Poland. Here is how
There are a few fictional narratives that need untangling to make sense of Poland’s October elections, understand what is happening now, and know what to expect.