Thousands of people protested across Poland on Saturday waving rainbow flags a day after a gay rights activist was taken into custody for two months of pretrial detention. About 50 demonstrators were also detained by police on Friday as the activist, who identifies as a ...
Nationalist makeover extended as Polish President Andrzej Duda wins election
Poland’s ruling party beat back the biggest threat to its nationalist transformation, with incumbent Andrzej Duda poised to emerge the winner of Sunday’s presidential election. In near-record turnout, Duda won 51.2 percent, an unassailable lead with more than 99 percent of precincts reporting, the state ...
EU rogue's nationalist tilt tested as Poland faces runoff vote
Polish voters denied President Andrzej Duda’s bid for quick re-election, forcing him into a runoff that risks halting a nationalist makeover of the European country.
Poland moves to hold Europe’s only national vote in lockdown
Poland’s ruling party is pressing forward with conducting Europe’s only national election during the COVID-19 crisis. The Law and Justice party muscled its measure to hold the May 10 presidential election only via mail-in ballots through the lower house of parliament late Monday. Poland’s human ...
151 Japanese nationals to return on plane chartered by Poland
A total of 151 Japanese nationals will return home from Poland on a flight chartered by the Polish government, the Polish Embassy in Japan said Wednesday. The flight will carry back Polish nationals who have been unable to leave Japan because direct flights between the ...
Soviet spy hailed by Russia for 'saving Krakow' from Nazis dies at 103
Russia on Thursday announced the death at 103 of veteran Soviet spy Alexei Botyan, whom it hailed as a hero for "saving" the Polish city of Krakow from the Nazis, although Poland disputes Moscow's version of events. Russia's SVR military intelligence agency said Botyan, who ...
Poland's parliament on Thursday approved a controversial draft law aimed at disciplining judges who question government judicial reforms that the European Union says are out of step with the rule of law. The EU member country's lower house, where lawmakers from the governing right-wing Law ...
Japan and Poland agreed Tuesday to deepen cooperation in promoting low-carbon energy during a summit aimed at strengthening their strategic partnership. After holding talks with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan would step up cooperation on hydrogen and nuclear power ...
Bird flu found on turkey farms in Poland, Europe's largest poultry producer
Bird flu has been detected in turkeys in eastern Poland, authorities said on Wednesday, and local media reported that the outbreak could require up to 40,000 birds to be slaughtered. Poland, Europe's largest poultry producer, according to data from Eurostat, has not had an outbreak ...
Putin accuses Poland of colluding with Hitler, being anti-Semitic
President Vladimir Putin upped the ante in a war of words with Europe on Tuesday, accusing Poland of colluding with Hitler and of anti-Semitism. Tensions are running high between Moscow and Warsaw, with NATO and EU member Poland fearing what it has described as Russian ...
The European Union left Poland out of a 2050 climate neutrality agreement Friday after hours of summit haggling with three poorer eastern member states that demanded more funds for economic transition and support for nuclear power. The Czech Republic and Hungary eventually dropped their resistance ...
Poland museum slams Amazon for Auschwitz Christmas ornaments
A Polish museum on Sunday slammed U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon for selling Christmas ornaments with images of the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, calling them inappropriate. The museum at the site of the former camp in southern Poland tweeted screenshots of the items showing train ...
