Andrzej Duda

Europe News

Polish president asks NATO leaders to increase military spending

“There is no strong Europe without the USA and NATO, just as there is no strong NATO without a committed Europe,” Andrzej Duda wrote in a letter sent to all heads of government and countries of NATO members on Wednesday.

12/03/2025

Europe News

European leaders visit Trump following revised Ukraine commitments

Polish President Andrzej Duda will meet with Donald Trump on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron will be in DC on Monday, while UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to be in the US on Thursday.

22/02/2025

Europe News

US Defence Secretary praises Poland as 'model NATO ally'

US Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has lauded Poland as a "model NATO ally” in his first visit to Warsaw on Friday, where he met with President Andrzej Duda and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

15/02/2025

Europe News

Poland says Netanyahu won't be arrested if he attends Auschwitz event

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu will not be detained despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant.

10/01/2025

Europe News

Poland's Duda says Netanyahu should be free to attend Auschwitz event

The Polish president has asked the government to not arrest Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu under an ICC warrant if he enters the country.

09/01/2025

Europe News

Polish PiS party selects historian Karol Nawrocki as presidential pick

The decision caps a weekend during which the country's two largest parties announced their candidates for an election that will decide the successor to incumbent President Andrzej Duda, whose second and final term ends in August 2025.

24/11/2024

Europe News

Donald Tusk's party chooses Warsaw mayor as presidential candidate

Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski has been chosen by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition as its candidate for next year's presidential election, defeating Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski.

23/11/2024

South Korea

Polish and South Korean presidents meet as Pyongyang backs Russia

Andrzej Duda's visit to South Korea focused on defence cooperation as North Korea sent troops to Russia.

24/10/2024

USA

‘He’s my friend’: Trump welcomes Poland president in US

Polish president Andrzej Duda has been welcomed to Trump Tower, the latest in a string of get-togethers between the aspirant US president and populist European leaders.

18/04/2024

Poland

Poland extends Ukrainian refugees right to stay until 30 June

Amid concern about reduced aid budgets, humanitarian organisations have joined forces to appeal for continued assistance.

27/02/2024

Europe News

Sending Western troops to Ukraine 'not ruled out', Macron says

The meeting of allies in Paris was held just two days after Ukraine marked two years since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.

27/02/2024

Poland

Poland to investigate alleged use of spyware by last government

Poland's Pegasus and Illegal Surveillance Committee will convene on Monday, amid allegations the previous government spied on political opponents.

16/02/2024

Europe News

Brussels will 'act' if Polish standoff breaches EU law, says Jourová

The European Commission is "very closely" following the political crisis in Poland and will "have to act" if the situation worsens and leads to violations of EU law, Věra Jourová warned on Wednesday.

17/01/2024

Poland

Polish opposition party demand the release of two imprisoned members

The two politicians were arrested last week after being sentenced by a Warsaw court to two years behind bars for abuse of power.

16/01/2024

Poland

Poland's president to pardon former politicians arrested on Tuesday

Duda already pardoned them in 2015, though legal experts argued these pardons were illegal at the time.

11/01/2024

World News

One of two politicians arrested in Poland goes on hunger strike

Polish police on Tuesday arrested two politicians convicted of abuse of power in a dramatic escalation of a stand-off between the new and previous governments.

10/01/2024

Poland

New Polish government sacks governing bodies of public media

The changes will affect television, radio, and news agencies.

21/12/2023

Poland

Poland's president to swear in 14-day government

The tactical move will allow the Law and Justice party to hang on to power for a little longer and make more appointments to state bodies.

27/11/2023

Belarus

Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt, others aren't so lucky

Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against the Russian military - and walked free. Others who merely voiced criticism against the Kremlin weren't so lucky.

28/06/2023

Europe News

Brussels launches action against Poland over 'Russian influence' law

Brussels worries the new law could be used to target opposition politicians in the run-up to Poland's general election later this year.

07/06/2023