Poland

Poland

Poles go to the polls in presidential run-off

Poland goes to the polls to select a new president in a run-off vote. The first ballot on May 10 saw incumbant Bronislaw Komorowski put under

24/05/2015

Poland

Komorowski threatened by right-wing rival Duda in Poland's presidential run-off

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski is running neck-and-neck with his right-wing challenger ahead of Sunday’s election run-off. The presidency is

23/05/2015

Poland

Incumbent Polish president admits he needs to listen to the voters

A day after appearing to come second in the first round of Poland’s presidential election, the incumbent has admitted he needs to listen to the

11/05/2015

Poland

Poland is set for a presidential run-off

Conservative challenger Andrzej Duda has surprised many by coming top in Sunday’s presidential election in Poland. According to exit polls he

11/05/2015

Poland

First round voting underway in Polish presidential election

Poland is voting in the first round of presidental elections. Opinion polls suggest the result will send incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski into a

10/05/2015

Poland

Poland's President Komorowski set for re-election while radicals make gains

Pre-election polls in Poland give current President Bronislaw Komorowski the lead ahead of this Sunday’s vote. The moderate candidate is expected to

09/05/2015

Poland

Investigation opened after Poland football match ends in tragedy

A double investigation has been opened in Poland following the death of a football supporter on Saturday. The 27-year-old man, Dawid, died after

03/05/2015

Poland

How World War II shaped modern Poland

03/05/2015

Poland

Nationalist Russian bikers visit Auschwitz

After being barred from riding into Poland members of the Russian Night Wolves bike club arrived by car to visit Auschwitz on Wednesday. They were

29/04/2015

Poland

Poland to beef up military with US missiles and French helicopters

The United States has welcomed an announcement from NATO ally Poland that it plans to buy US patriot missiles. Poland will enter into exclusive talks

22/04/2015

Culture news

Another side of Marilyn on show in new Wroclaw exhibition

Poland opens its Milton Greene fashion photo archive to reveal a fresh and personal new look at the Hollywood icon and many of her friends and colleagues of the period in over 3000 shots

21/04/2015

Poland

Poland remembers Smolensk air crash five years on

Poland is commemorating the fifth anniversary of its worst national tragedy since World War II – the plane crash in Russia that killed the president

10/04/2015

Poland

Polish court delays Polanski extradition decision

A Polish court has delayed making a decision over whether to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the US over a 1977 child sex crime conviction.

09/04/2015

Poland

EU funds observation towers along Poland's border with Kaliningrad

06/04/2015

Culture news

Polish artist transforms Easter eggs decoration into delicate art form

Taking the Polish folk tradition of decorating Easter eggs to a whole new level – Mariusz Dubiel has never attended art school, but his copies of

03/04/2015

Poland

All you need to know about the presidential election in Poland

23/03/2015

Poland

Polish city Slupsk uses bicycles for official duties

Save time by cycling to work. That’s the message from Mayor Robert Biedron of Polish city Slupsk to its civil servants. Biedron says the healthy

21/03/2015

Poland

Frenchman tries to smuggle Russian wife into EU in suitcase

A Frenchman has tried to smuggle his Russian wife across Poland’s border in a suitcase. The couple was travelling in a train from Moscow to Nice with

16/03/2015

Poland

Smuggled shipment of cigarettes stopped at Polish border

WATCH: Customs officers in Poland have intercepted a huge illegal shipment of cigarettes. Over 185 thousand packs where found hidden in a slab of

02/03/2015

Poland

Filmmaker Roman Polanski testifies in child sex extradition case

Filmmaker Roman Polanski has testified at a hearing in Poland about a US extradition request over a child sex crime conviction. The court said it

25/02/2015

Poland

Protesting Polish farmers call for minister to be dismissed

Several thousand farmers held a demonstration in Warsaw to demand financial help to counter the effect of the Russian embargo on Polish food. The

19/02/2015

Poland

Poland to comply with EU court ruling over CIA secret prison

Poland has agreed to pay some 230,000 euros in compensation to two men held in a CIA jail on its soil. It comes after the European Court of Human

18/02/2015

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Warsaw's Łazienkowski bridge goes up in flames

16/02/2015

Poland

Protesting farmers block main roads in Poland

Farming organisations are demanding compensation for crop losses

05/02/2015

Poland

Poland names the date for presidential poll

Poland has announced the date of the country’s presidential election. The ballot is scheduled for May 10. The choice of the day has caused a few

04/02/2015

Europe News

Poland cool on Ukraine military aid

The EU should hold back from sending military lethal aid to Ukraine, Polish Europe Minister Rafal Trzaskowski told euronews on Wednesday, amid calls

04/02/2015