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Poland's PM and President Clash Over Vote Recount

A tally of votes from Poland’s June 1 presidential run-off has turned up errors in seven polling stations that originally cast conservative victor Karol Nawrocki in their favor. While the recount has revealed that new votes are for RafaÅ‚ Trzaskowski, his rival candidate, tension has been brewing between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Andrzej Duda about the legitimacy of the results.

Przez Oskar Malec
UK, France, Germany Urge Iran to Avoid Escalation

The leaders of Britain, France, and Germany have called for Iran not to take any measures that would dwarf regional stability after overnight US strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

Przez Oskar Malec
Poland's Presidential Debate Doesn't Shift Frontrunners' Positions

Poland's Final Debate Shows No Major Changes Ahead of Election The final presidential debate in Poland, held on Monday evening, didn't change the dynamics of the race. With the first-round vote scheduled for next Sunday, the debate reinforced the current standings among the frontrunners.

Przez Oskar Malec

Poland Names SzÅ‚apka as New Government Spokesman

The Polish government has named Adam SzÅ‚apka as its new spokesman, as part of a bid to concentrate and tighten communication in the wake of the ruling coalition's loss in the presidential election. The prime minister, Donald Tusk, made the move official on Friday, declaring that the current minister for European Affairs and leader of the Modern (Nowoczesna) party, SzÅ‚apka, will officially take over the post as of July 1 but has already started handling communication.

Przez Nikodem Baran | 23,Jun,2025

Nawrocki's Energy Stand Sparks Political Clash

When President-elect Karol Nawrocki chose to debut at the National Security Council (RBN) meeting, he didn't mince words–sponsor Poland's power independence with coal, nuclear power and, as he put it, "common sense"–or the EU wizards of the Green Deal unrealistic for the country.

Przez Iwo Mazur | 19,Jun,2025

PiS MPs Slam Giertych Tapes, Raise Tusk Concerns

After the most recent "Giertych tapes" were published, politicians from the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party loudly declared Roman Giertych11 and Civic Platform leaders were in cahoots with left-liberal journalists, and together were manipulating voters, and even that they had been playing games with national security. Over the years recorded conversations of Giertych with leading journalists and politicians (Wojciech Maziarski, Tomasz Lis, StanisÅ‚aw GawÅ‚owski, MichaÅ‚ KamiÅ„ski), were aired by Telewizja Republika.

Przez Iwo Mazur | 19,Jun,2025

Czarnek Slams Divorce Bill, Cites Constitutional Risk

The ruling coalition's new proposals have come under fire from former Education Minister PrzemysÅ‚aw Czarnek, who tells us that "there is chaos everywhere." He was referring to Deputy Prime Minister WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Kosiniak-Kamysz and Deputy Speaker of the Senate Magdalena Biernat, with whom he had a disagreement about a controversial proposal that would allow out-of-court divorces.

Przez Iwo Mazur | 19,Jun,2025

Latvian ex-MP detained over Russian collaboration claims

Aleksejs RosÄ¼ikovs, the leader of Latvia's ethnic Russian political party For Stability!, on charge of trying to blackmail a company from a NATO country, according to the country's State Security Service (VDD). In terms of his release, RosÄ¼ikovs is suspected of cooperation with Russia, and of preparing to engage in activities against the State, as well as inciting national hatred and discord. Criminal charges have now been filed, and Angel could receive 20 years in prison if convicted.

Przez Oskar Malec | 17,Jun,2025

Poland's Democracy Tested After Tight Election

One week after Poland's closest presidential election in decades, public institutions are under mounting pressure to address a string of vote-counting errors that have fueled protests and rising political tension. Conservative Karol Nawrocki won the presidency with 50.89% of the vote—only 369,591 votes more than liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski. This narrow margin has magnified the significance of even minor mistakes in local polling station reports.

Przez Kamil Wrona | 12,Jun,2025

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Poland's PM and President Clash Over Vote Recount

UK, France, Germany Urge Iran to Avoid Escalation

Poland's Presidential Debate Doesn't Shift Frontrunners' Positions

Poland Names SzÅ‚apka as New Government Spokesman

Nawrocki's Energy Stand Sparks Political Clash

PiS MPs Slam Giertych Tapes, Raise Tusk Concerns

Czarnek Slams Divorce Bill, Cites Constitutional Risk

Latvian ex-MP detained over Russian collaboration claims

Poland's Democracy Tested After Tight Election

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