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Russia seemingly denies its missile entered Polish airspace

Warsaw said on Friday 'everything indicates' a Russian missile briefly entered its airspace from the direction of Ukraine.

Poland

Polish president tangles with new government in state media battle

Disagreements over funding are proving to be a headache for newly-elected Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

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New high-speed train line to link major cities in Poland

The ambitious scheme will also see the construction of a ‘mega-airport’.

World News

Poland and Ukraine aim to ease tensions amid Kyiv's 'titanic struggle'

Sikorski's trip comes against a backdrop of crumbling Western support for Kyiv both in Europe and the US — a trend welcomed by the Kremlin.

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'Evil is eating away at Western democracies': Hungary's Orban

The Hungarian leader criticised Colorado's recent decision to remove Trump from their ballot, as well as a Polish state TV channel being taken off air.

Poland

New Polish government sacks governing bodies of public media

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

Poland

Poland's new government moves to free state media

Poland’s new pro-European Union government has begun to wrestle control of the country’s state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during their eight years in power.

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Polish populist nationalists occupy state television premises

The sit-in comes as Prime Minister Donald Tusk continues his mission to reform state television and radio in the country.

Poland

Fourteen people in Poland convicted of spying for Moscow

Poland found 14 members of a dismantled spy network guilty of conspiring to benefit Moscow.

Poland

Migrants trying to cross Belarus-Poland border risk life this winter

Médecins Sans Frontières, which has been treating migrants crossing into Poland since late 2022, said that many suffer hypothermia, dehydration, exhaustion and physical violence while making the perilous journey.

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State of the Union: Hungary drama overshadows EU leaders' summit

Poland’s new prime minister Donald Tusk was sworn in this week as he pledged to respect the law and to obey the constitution, something the outgoing Law & Justice Party has been accused of not doing.

Europe News

'We take rule of law seriously': Tusk seeks access to frozen EU funds

Donald Tusk, the newly elected prime minister of Poland, pledged on Friday to treat the rule of law "very seriously" and spend European funds in a "proper manner," an overture designed to turn the page on eight years of confrontation between Warsaw and Brussels.

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Poland’s new government must restore artist freedoms, NGO says

Poland’s nationalist government dismantled artistic freedoms over eight years but Donald Tusk’s coalition can and should undo the damage, according to the Artistic Freedom Initiative.

Poland

Poland's new PM Donald Tusk sworn in, completing transition of power

President Andrzej Duda, an ally of the previous administration, swore in the government after delaying the power transition as long as he could.

World News

Far-right lawmaker extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament

A far-right lawmaker in the Polish parliament on Tuesday extinguished candles on a menorah that were lit for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, creating disruption and scandal as a new pro-EU government was beginning its work.

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WATCH: Far-right Polish MP expelled from parliament for extinguishing Hanukkah candles

All major political forces quickly denounced the incident carried out by Grzegorz Braun, and said there would be no tolerance for anti-semitic and xenophobic behaviour in the Sejm, the Polish parliament.

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Poland's parliament elects centrist party leader Donald Tusk as PM

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s government lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, ending the rule of his national conservative party after eight years in power.

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Chaos at the Polish-Ukraine border as row over transport permits continues

The blockade against Ukrainian trucks has created lengthy queues, causing significant disruption, worsened by winter conditions.

Europe Decoded

Explained: Why truckers are blockading the EU's border with Ukraine

Polish truck drivers have spent nearly a month blockading different crossing points along the border with Ukraine. Last Friday, Slovak drivers joined the protest, turning the dispute into an all-out European crisis.

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Brussels threatens Poland with lawsuit over blockade at Ukraine border

The European Commission has harshly denounced the blockade at the Ukrainian border instigated by Polish truckers and farmers, threatening legal action against the government in Warsaw.