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Poland’s local elections test Tusk’s new government after 4 months in power

April 7, 2024 admin

Campaigners with flyers walk past posters of candidates in the local elections in Kazun Polski near Warsaw, Poland. File | Photo Credit: AP Voters across Poland are casting ballots in local elections on April 7 in the first electoral test for the coalition government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk nearly four months since it took…

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Uncertainty piles up with unsold grains in Poland as Ukraine war rages on

March 21, 2024 admin

Heaping crisis: Polish farmer Piotr Korycki stands in a warehouse filled with grain on his farm in Cywiny Wojskie | Photo Credit: AP Piotr Korycki picks up a handful of wheat and watches as the yellow grains run through his fingers. All around him, grain is piled high in a warehouse on his farm north of…

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Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is ‘not unthinkable’

March 9, 2024 admin

A file photo of Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski | Photo Credit: AP Poland’s Foreign Minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and that he appreciates the French President for not ruling out that idea. Radek Sikorski made the observation during a discussion marking the 25th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO…

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Poland’s pro-EU opposition tipped to win election with record turnout

October 16, 2023 admin

Poland’s liberal opposition on October 16 appeared on track to win a parliamentary majority, exit polls showed, a day after a national election which saw the highest turnout since the fall of Communism. The surprise result would end eight years of rule by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, during which relations with the…

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Poland’s opposition leader Tusk says three parties have enough votes to unseat the Law and Justice party

October 15, 2023 admin

Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister addresses supporters at his party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, on October 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk said that three opposition parties had sufficient votes to win the general election on Sunday after an exit poll projected that they had enough combined support…

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Poland votes in a high-stakes election that will determine whether right-wing party stays in power

October 15, 2023 admin

Poland is holding a high-stakes election on October 15 that has energized many voters, with the ruling conservative nationalist party pitted against opposition groups that accuse it of eroding the foundations of the democratic system. The ruling party, Law and Justice, has a devoted base of supporters in the Central European nation of 38 million…

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