Poland

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Six killed and more than a dozen injured in shooting in Kraków

The suspect, a 25-year-old Polish citizen, was fascinated with far-right ideologies and held “very radical" and “ultra-nationalistic" views, Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said.

7 November 2026

EU News

Europe needs Cold War-like deterrence for AI warfare, Poland says

The rise in AI-powered cyberattacks requires Europe to build a deterrence system similar to the one that prevented mutual destruction during the Cold War, Polish Deputy Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski has said.

7 November 2026

Europe News

Trio suspected of attempting to smuggle 3,000 tarantulas into Germany

In November 2023, Interpol said the black market for illegal wildlife products was worth up to $20 billion a year.

6 November 2026

EU News

Poland warns: Don't negotiate with Russia over Eastern Europe's head

Poland has warned that Eastern Europe's security interests must not be sidelined in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, as it pushes back against efforts to resume Russian gas imports.

6 November 2026

Europe News

Poland arrests six suspected of espionage and arms smuggling to Russia

The charges against the group of six also include violations of regulations governing the international trade in goods and technologies of strategic importance for national defence and international security.

5 November 2026

Europe News

Poland's PM seeks meeting with president to ease top court crisis

Donald Tusk said he is ready for a one-to-one meeting with President Karol Nawrocki this week, to ease political tensions over the Constitutional Tribunal.

4 November 2026

Europe Today

Current judicial crisis is 'weakening Poland', says Jourová

Věra Jourová, former European Commissioner for Justice, believes this "judicial schism" is "very unpleasant" and "decreasing" the trust of Polish people in their justice and the independent judiciary system.

4 November 2026

Europe Today

Democrats win Senate in rebuke of Trump as Poland’s crisis drags on

A blue wave has swept the US in the midterm elections, with Democrats winning the Senate and heading for a big House majority as votes are still being counted on the West Coast. We bring live analysis from Philadelphia and Brussels, plus Poland’s crisis, Ukraine talks and the EU enlargement race.

4 November 2026

Europe News

Hoax bomb threats target four European flights

One of Warsaw’s airports was shut and a Ryanair jet landed in Spain under an emergency protocol, the third straight day that threats have disrupted passenger planes in Europe.

3 November 2026

Europe News

European troops to rehearse post-war Ukraine deployment in Poland

The force, which was set up in 2025 and already has an operational headquarters in Paris, is not a NATO operation and has little US involvement.

3 November 2026

Europe Today

Poland's president has 'no competence' to appoint judges, says EPP MEP

Michał Wawrykiewicz. European People's Party MEP, said that Poland's President Karol Nawrocki is "trying to block the restoration of Rule of Law" in his country after tensions over the Poland's Constitutional Tribunal escalated on Friday.

2 November 2026

Europe Today

'No legal basis' for scenes in top court, says Polish secretary

Polish Secretary of State Marcin Przydacz speaks to Euronews on the ongoing constitutional crisis in Poland. On Friday, Polish police were dispatched to the tribunal court to defend Prime Minister Tusk's changes to the judiciary.

2 November 2026

Europe Today

Tusk v Nawrocki: Poland's Constitutional Tribunal crisis explodes

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki entered the Constitutional Tribunal to demand the return of its suspended conservative chief judge, as Donald Tusk's government seated new judges and riot police clashed with protesters. We hear both sides, plus the escalating Ebola crisis in Africa.

2 November 2026

Europe News

France's Le Pen condemns Poland's Constitutional Tribunal crisis

The dispute over the composition of Poland's top court has fuelled an open confrontation with President Karol Nawrocki, who attempted to enter the building on Friday night.

2 November 2026

Poland

EU Commission: Polish Parliament has right to appoint new judges

The statement comes after a confrontation outside the Constitutional Tribunal building on Friday night, broadcast live on television, that has pushed a decade-old dispute into the wider European political debate.

1 November 2026

Europe News

Poland’s Tusk strikes defiant tone over court clash, vows rule of law

Tusk addressed the nation as tensions over Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal escalated, accusing PiS and President Nawrocki of undermining the rule of law and pledging support for the newly elected judges and the court’s work.

31 October 2026