Poland eases abortion access with new guidelines for doctors under a restrictive law
Seeking to Polandโs government is easing access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons, issuing guidelines to doctors that reaffirm the legality of the procedure when based on medical recommendations.
Polish electoral body says former ruling party violated campaign rules, imposes penalty
Polandโs electoral authority says that the former governing nationalist conservative party violated campaign funding rules in the 2023 parliamentary vote.
Tusk says he doesn't have the votes in parliament to liberalize Poland's strict abortion law
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has acknowledged that he does not have the backing in parliament to change the country's abortion law, which is among the most restrictive in Europe.
India's Modi urges efforts to end Ukraine war after talks in Poland
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is urging diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine during a visit to Poland, saying that no conflict can be solved on a battlefield.
India's Modi visits Poland for security and trade talks en route to war-torn Ukraine
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Poland for top-level security and trade talks before heading to neighboring Ukraine, which is at war with Indiaโs strategic partner, Russia.
Polish leader urges Nord Stream patrons to 'keep quiet' as pipeline mystery returns to spotlight
Poland's prime minister has reacted to reports that revived speculation about who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022.
Polish leader Tusk says billions of dollars in illegal spending by predecessors uncovered
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Polandโs previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys or $25 billion as he announced a government effort to try to recover the money.
Leaders in Europe and the US express relief mixed with concern about France's election result
Leaders across Europe and from the United States have reacted with relief mixed with concern to the result of the French legislative election.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy discusses further NATO support with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects the upcoming NATO summit to provide specific steps to strengthen his countryโs air defenses against Russia.
Poland reintroduces restrictions on accessing areas along Belarus border due to migration pressure
Poland has reintroduced restrictions on movement along parts of the border with Belarus because of increased migration pressure that has involved violence against Polish security officials.
AI could supercharge disinformation and disrupt EU elections, experts warn
Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday for the blocโs parliament, in a major democratic exercise thatโs also likely to be overshadowed by online disinformation.
Why Poland says Russia and Belarus are weaponizing migration to benefit Europeโs far-right
Poland says neighboring Belarus and its main supporter and ally Russia are behind a recent surge in migrants from Belarus toward the European Union.
Poland says a fake news report on mobilizing 200,000 men was likely the work of Russia
Officials in Poland say that a fake news report saying that Prime Minister Donald Tusk was mobilizing 200,000 men starting on July 1 was probably the work of Russia-sponsored hackers and was designed to interfere with the upcoming European Parliament election.
Poland rolls out plans for fortifications along its border with Russia and Belarus
Defense officials in NATO member Poland have presented a plan to strengthen surveillance and defense along its eastern border with Russia and Russian ally Belarus.
Russia is waging a shadow war on the West that needs a collective response, Estonian leader says
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says Russia is waging a โshadow warโ against the West.
Poland arrests sabotage suspects and warns of potential hostile acts by Russia
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says three people recently have been arrested on suspicion of links to foreign-sponsored sabotage.
Polish activists criticize Tusk's government for tough border policies and migrant pushbacks
Refugee rights activists are criticizing Polandโs pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus.
Polish farmers march in Warsaw against EU climate policies and the country's pro-EU leader
Polish farmers have marched through downtown Warsaw to protest the European Unionโs climate policies and to oppose the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Poland's Tusk calls secret services meeting to address judge's defection to Belarus
Polandโs Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he is calling a special meeting of the secret services to discuss alleged Russian and Belarusian influence.
Poland lays claim to a leadership role in Europe as Russia's war threatens stability
Polandโs foreign minister has called on NATO to increase its defense preparedness and said his government wants to be at the center of decision-making in the European Union, seeking to reestablish the country as a reliable international partner as the war in Ukraine rages across the border.
Poland's prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people
Polandโs prosecutor general has told the parliament that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during the former government in Poland.
UK puts its defense industry on 'war footing' and gives Ukraine $620 million in new military aid
The U.K. prime minister says the country is putting its defense industry on a โwar footingโ by increasing defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade.
Polish voters choose mayors in hundreds of cities in runoff election
Polish voters have chosen mayors in hundreds of cities and towns where no candidate won outright in the first round of local election voting two weeks ago.
Polish lawmakers vote to move forward with work on lifting a near-total abortion ban
Polish lawmakers have voted to continue work on proposals to lift a near-total ban on abortion, a highly divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country.
Poland has a strict abortion law โ and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation
Poland's parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law.
Exit poll: Conservative opposition leads Prime Minister Tusk's party in Poland's local elections
An exit poll released after Polandโs local and regional elections show Prime Minister Donald Tuskโs pro-EU party slightly trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December.
Security and climate change drive a return to nuclear energy as over 30 nations sign summit pledge
Over 30 nations from around the world have pledged to boost nuclear energy to help achieve a climate-neutral globe while providing countries an added sense of security independence.
In White House visit, Polish president pushes NATO to ramp up spending, calls on US to fund Ukraine
Polish President Andrzej Duda used a joint White House visit with his political rival, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, to call on NATO allies to significantly increase defense spending.
Poland's president calls on NATO allies to raise spending on defense to 3% of GDP
Polandโs president is calling on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their gross domestic product.
Poland's foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is 'not unthinkable'
Polandโs foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces โis not unthinkableโ and that he appreciates the French president for not ruling out that idea.
As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access
France has become the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution and other Europeans wonder whether a rollback of rights like the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision could happen in their countries.
EU moves to end standoff with Poland over anti-EU policies and begins to release billions in funds
The European Union has taken a major step in ending its standoff with member state Poland.
Deep divisions on Russia's war in Ukraine were evident at a meeting of 4 Central European countries
The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia says the four Central European countries are deeply divided over Russia's war against Ukraine and how to resolve the conflict.
Top EU official says decisions coming next week on the release of massive funds for Poland
The head of the European Unionโs powerful Commission says decisions will be taken soon to release billions of euros to Poland, funds frozen by the bloc over the previous Polish governmentโs anti-EU policies.
Ukraine's fate hangs in the balance, Polish premier says as he moves to secure aid transit route
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the border crossings with Ukraine are being added to a list of critical infrastructure to ensure that all military and humanitarian aid can reach Ukraine without any delays.
Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
Polandโs new prime minister says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a โvery longโ list of hacking victims.
Poland, France and Germany vow to make Europe stronger as fears grow over Russia and Trump
The governments of Poland, France and Germany are vowing to make Europe a security and defense power with a greater ability to back Ukraine.
Polish leader says US Republican senators should be ashamed for scuttling Ukrainian aid
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that U.S. Republican senators should be โashamedโ for leaving about $60 billion in wartime aid for Ukraine in limbo in a recent vote.
Viktor Orbรกn's anti-woke resistance has made him the 'splinter under the fingernail' of the EU
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกnโs role as Europeโs perennial spoiler has frequently brought the European Union to a breaking point as he has blocked crucial decisions to leverage concessions and forced EU leaders to find workarounds.
Russian missiles strike Ukrainian cities again, killing at least 7 and wounding dozens
Russian missiles struck three Ukrainian cities, including its two biggest, damaging apartment buildings and killing at least seven people.
Poland's prime minister visits Ukraine in the latest show of support for Kyiv against Russia
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is vowing to keep supporting Ukraine against Russiaโs nearly 2-year-old invasion.
Poland's president plans to pardon 2 politicians as tens of thousands hold anti-government protest
Polandโs president says he has started the process to once again pardon two politicians who were arrested earlier this week.
2 convicted politicians who took refuge for hours at Poland's presidential palace are arrested
Two convicted politicians who took refuge for hours in Poland's presidential palace have been arrested by police.
Polish farmers suspend their blockade at the Ukrainian border after a deal with the government
Poland's state news agency is reporting that Polish farmers who had blockaded a border crossing to Ukraine have ended their protest after reaching an agreement with the government.
Official suggests Polish president check social media security after odd tweet from private account
Polandโs minister of digital affairs has suggested that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social accounts after a bizarre tweet went out that was almost immediately removed.
Companies pull ads from TV station after comments on tattooing and sending migrants to Auschwitz
Commentators who joked on a Polish right-wing television station that migrants should be sent to Auschwitz or be tattooed or microchipped like dogs are facing widespread condemnation.
Poland says 'everything indicates' a Russian missile briefly entered its airspace and left
Polandโs defense forces say an unknown object entered the countryโs airspace Friday morning from the direction of Ukraine and then vanished off radars, and that all indications pointed to it being a Russian missile.
Polish president says he'll veto a spending bill, in a blow to the new government of Donald Tusk
Polandโs president says he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Poland's new Cabinet moves to free state media from previous government's political control
Polandโs new pro-European Union government has begun wrestling control of the countryโs state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power.
Poland's new Prime Minister Donald Tusk takes office, ending 8 years of conservative rule
The new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Cabinet members have taken office after being sworn in by the country's president.
Poland's new prime minister vows to press the West to continue helping neighboring Ukraine
Polandโs newly elected prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed that his government will demand that the West keep helping neighboring Ukraine.
Donald Tusk becomes Poland's prime minister with the mission of improving European Union ties
Polandโs parliament has elected centrist party leader Donald Tusk as prime minister after eight years of stormy conservative rule.
Poland's new parliament brings back state financing for in vitro fertilization
Polandโs new parliament has reinstated government funding for in vitro fertilization, previously banned by the conservative party which lost control of the legislature in the country's recent general election.
Poland's new parliament debates reversing a ban on government funding for in vitro fertilization
Polandโs new parliament has begun debating the reinstatement of government funding for in vitro fertilization.
Polish nationalists hold Independence Day march in Warsaw after voters reject their worldview
Thousands of people have marched through Warsaw in an event organized by nationalist groups as Poland celebrates its Independence Day holiday.
President taps Poland's outgoing prime minister to form new government despite lack of a majority
Polandโs president has tapped the outgoing prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki of the Law and Justice party, to try to form the countryโs next government.
Polish election winner Donald Tusk appeals to president to move quickly to form a new government
The leader of opposition that won Polandโs parliamentary election, Donald Tusk, appealed to the nationโs president Tuesday for โenergetic and fast decisionsโ so that a new government could be formed quickly.
Poland gives support to centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule
Nearly complete results show the majority of voters in Polandโs general election supported opposition parties that promise to reverse democratic backsliding and repair the nationโs relationship with allies.
Polish opposition leader Tusk declares win after exit poll shows ruling conservatives lose majority
Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is declaring the beginning of a new era after three opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sundayโs parliamentary election to oust the governig party.
Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk seeks to boost his election chances with a rally in Warsaw
Polandโs opposition leader Donald Tusk is leading a march in Warsaw on Sunday aimed at energizing supporters and winning new hearts in his against-the-odds battle to unseat the right-wing government in the nationโs upcoming parliamentary election.
Polish democracy champion Lech Walesa turns 80 and comments on his country's upcoming election
Former Polish President Lech Walesa says he is supporting opposition leader Donald Tuskโs effort to oust Polandโs conservative government in the countryโs parliamentary election next month.
A cash-for visas scandal hits Poland's strongly anti-migration government, weeks before elections
Poland's President Andrzej Duda says he is awaiting results of an investigation into allegations that Polish consulates sold a quarter of a million work visas to migrants from Asia and Africa for thousands of dollars.
Poland's political parties reveal campaign programs before the Oct 15 general election
Polandโs conservative governing party and the opposition has showered potential voters with promises as the country's political parties revealed their campaign programs before the Oct. 15 parliamentary election.
Polish government plans referendum asking if voters want 'thousands of illegal immigrants'
Polandโs ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum if they support accepting โthousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africaโ as part of a European Union relocation plan.
Poland's ruling party seeks referendum on privatization as it steps up attacks on opposition leader
Polandโs ruling party leader says voters will be asked in a referendum whether they support the sell-off of state-owned enterprises in a referendum.
Poland's lawmakers approve a divisive law on Russian influence
Poland's lawmakers have voted to approve an amended but divisive law on Russian influences believed to be targeting the opposition and criticized by the U.S. and the European Union.
Everyone's got something to say about Trump -- except world leaders who might have to deal with him
As Trump becomes the first former president to face federal charges that could put him in jail, many Europeans are watching the case closely.
Poland's state media criticized for its coverage of huge anti-government march
An official with Polandโs state broadcasting authority says it has received multiple complaints over the way state media covered a huge anti-government protest.
Hundreds of thousands march in Poland anti-government protests to show support for democracy
Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in an anti-government protest in Polandโs capital.
Poland's president proposes urgent amendments to law on Russian influence
Polish President Andrzej Duda says he is proposing urgent amendments to a law on Russian influence he signed this week that drew U.S. and European Union criticism.
Auschwitz museum criticizes use of death camp in politics after ruling party uses it in political ad
The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Polandโs ruling party that uses the theme of the Nazi German extermination camp to discourage participation in an upcoming anti-government march.
Tusk calls for probe into Russian role in Polish wiretapping
Poland's top opposition leader has called on the countryโs ruling party to fully clarify the facts surrounding an eight-year-old affair involving the illegal recordings of top politicians and coal imports from Russia.
Polish court sees no grounds to arrest prominent lawyer
A prominent Polish lawyer who has represented leading political opposition figures and was treated as a suspect in a politically sensitive case has been cleared by a court.
War in Ukraine is center stage at Hungary's election rallies
Two mass rallies in Hungary's capital were dominated by anxiety over Russiaโs ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine and the future of Hungaryโs position in a changing geopolitical landscape.
Tusk says hacking marks crisis of democracy in Poland
The leader of Polandโs main opposition party is calling for the creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate surveillance after reports that powerful spyware was used against three people associated with the political opposition.
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EU unconvinced by Polish arguments on rule of law changes
Key European Union leaders are unconvinced by Polish arguments that fundamental judicial changes the country has made would not undermine the bloc and said that the withholding of billions in EU recovery funds would likely continue unless Warsaw falls back into line.
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Is it a bluff? Some in Hungary and Poland talk of EU pullout
An uptick in anti-European Union rhetoric in Hungary and Poland has some observers worried the countries' right-wing governments might be planning to pull out of the 27-nation trade bloc.
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Poles protest bill that would silence US-owned TV network
Poles have demonstrated against a bill widely viewed as a effort by the countryโs nationalist ruling party to silence an independent, U.S.-owned broadcaster that is critical of the government.
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Allies hope to bond, look beyond virus at G-7 summit in UK
Leaders of some of the worldโs richest nations will be meeting at the English seaside for a three-day Group of Seven summit in a world that has changed hugely since their last gathering two years ago.
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Lawmakers censure Dutch PM Rutte over coalition talks
Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutteโs political future is in doubt after lawmakers passed a motion of censure against him that was filed by two parties in his own outgoing coalition.
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Timeline of events in Britain's exit from the European Union
July 13: Following a Conservative Party leadership contest, Home Secretary Theresa May becomes prime minister. June 8: A general election called by May to bolster her partyโs representation in Parliament to help with the Brexit negotiations backfires. Her Conservative Party loses its majority and continues in a weakened state as a minority government. Jan. 15, 2019: The Brexit deal comes back to Parliament, where it is overwhelmingly defeated on a 432-202 vote. Sept. 3: Rebel Conservative Party lawmakers vote against the government in protest of Johnsonโs strategy.
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Polish leader vows to veto EU budget in face of 'blackmail'
โThere will be a veto. If the threats and blackmail are maintained then we will firmly defend Polandโs vital interest,โ Kaczynski was quoted as saying in an interview with Gazeta Polska, a pro-government daily. Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister and former EU president, said Kaczynski's threat was harmful to his country on more than one level. โDeputy Prime Minister Kaczynski announces that he is ready to block EU aid for Poland so that he can continue to violate the rule of law with impunity. Poland has also come under major criticism from European partners recently for anti-LGBT rhetoric by its conservative president and other top figures from the ruling party.
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Sunday election in Poland a test for president and populism
President Donald Trump meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, in Washington. Last weekend, Serbia's autocratic right-wing president, Aleksandar Vucic, strengthened his hold on power there in a parliamentary election that was boycotted by opposition parties. The Polish election is widely seen as an important test for democracy, in this case in the fifth most populous country in the 27-member European Union. Trzaskowski entered the race late after an election originally scheduled for May 10 was scrapped due to the pandemic. The people of Poland think the world of him, Trump said Wednesday at a joint news conference with Duda.