politics
Polish farm minister says will resign on Wednesday
Poland’s agricultural minister Marek Sawicki said he will resign on Wednesday over alleged irregularities in the ministry’s agency responsible for disbursing European Union farm subsidies. Continue reading
Poland opposition party expels 3 outspoken members
Poland’s main opposition party, Law and Justice, has expelled three prominent members who had called for more openness from leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski — a critical split for a party that has not won an election in six years.
The three include Zbigniew Ziobro, the party’s vice chairman and a former justice minister long considered a rising star in the party. Continue reading
Key political risks to watch in Poland
Poland’s centrist, pro-business ruling party Civic Platform (PO) is trying to avoid or at least defer painful economic reforms in the hope of increasing its parliamentary majority in an election scheduled for next autumn. Continue reading
Polish Ruling Party Tests Coalition Breakup
On Thursday, Poland’s acting president and Civic Platform presidential candidate Bronislaw Komorowski surprised markets and his party’s junior coalition partner by proposing Marek Belka as the candidate for the central bank head. Continue reading
Tories send senior gay MP to Poland
The most senior gay member of the shadow Cabinet will visit the Tories’ European partners to push for homosexual equality.
Shadow environment secretary Nick Herbert will attend a gay rights march in Warsaw in July and also talk to politicians… Continue reading
Poland’s ruling party picks presidential candidate
Poland’s center-right governing party has chosen Parliament Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski as its candidate for president.
The pro-EU Civic Platform chose Komorowski over Foreign Minister Radek… Continue reading
Polish Left Gets Transfusion of Young Blood
On a recent Saturday night at Brave New World, an expansive, smoke-filled bar and leftist club that has become one of the capital’s hippest venues, clutches of stylishly dressed young people expounded on the virtues of Karl Marx and social… Continue reading
Polish president Kaczynski wins party backing to run for 2nd term
Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s conservative Law and Justice party says it wants him to run for a second term this autumn.
The party gave the president its backing at a convention Sunday, saying in a resolution that the mission he… Continue reading
America Is Not Yet Lost
We’ve always known that America’s reign as the world’s greatest nation would eventually end. But most of us imagined that our downfall, when it came, would be something grand and tragic.
What we’re getting instead is less a tragedy than… Continue reading
Poland’s 1st post-communist foreign minister dies
Poland’s government says Krzysztof Skubiszewski, a legal expert who became Poland’s first foreign minister after communism’s collapse and helped the country chart a pro-Western course, has died. He was 83.
The Foreign Ministry made the announcement Monday but did not… Continue reading
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How I Write My Historical Novels
Canadian-Polish author Eva Stachniak is revealing how she worked on her bestselling novel "The Winter Palace". Więcej
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Johanna Kern’s fantasy world (LISTEN to our interview with Johanna Kern)
Johanna Kern, a Canadian of Polish descent, first began her career as a professional actress in Europe, and moved to…
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Newsfeed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
We are pleased to offer an official newsfeed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland: Ministry of…
