Poland lays claim to a leadership role in Europe as Russia's war threatens stability
Polandโs foreign minister has called on NATO to increase its defense preparedness and said his government wants to be at the center of decision-making in the European Union, seeking to reestablish the country as a reliable international partner as the war in Ukraine rages across the border.
Polish opponents of abortion march against recent steps to liberalize strict law
Thousands of Polish opponents of abortion are marching in Warsaw to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the predominantly Catholic nation's strict laws and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week.
Conservative opposition leads Prime Minister Tusk's party in Poland's local races, exit poll says
An exit poll released after Polandโs local and regional elections show Prime Minister Donald Tuskโs pro-EU party slightly trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December.
Top EU official says decisions coming next week on the release of massive funds for Poland
The head of the European Unionโs powerful Commission says decisions will be taken soon to release billions of euros to Poland, funds frozen by the bloc over the previous Polish governmentโs anti-EU policies.
Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
Polandโs new prime minister says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a โvery longโ list of hacking victims.
Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland protest over European Union policies and competition
Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland are demonstrating as part of ongoing protests against European Union farming policies and to demand measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced profits and unfair competition from non-EU countries.
Poland's new government asks Germany to think creatively about compensation for World War II losses
The foreign minister in Polandโs new pro-European Union government says he would like Germanyโs leaders to think in a โcreativeโ way about compensating Poland for the huge losses it suffered at German hands during World War II.
Court takes new look at whether Musk post illegally threatened workers with loss of stock options
A group of federal appeals court judges in New Orleans is mulling whether a 2018 social media post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened Tesla employees with the loss of stock options if they decided to be represented by a union.
Germany wins United Cup title after thrilling final tie against Poland
Reigning Olympic champion Alexander Zverev saved two match points in a remarkable comeback to win his singles tie in an epic three-setter and then helped clinch the United Cup final for Germany in the deciding mixed doubles match on Sunday.
Russia wants evidence before giving explanations about an object that entered Poland's airspace
Russiaโs top diplomat in Poland says Moscow won't provide any explanations about an unidentified object that briefly entered Polandโs airspace until it receives evidence that shows the object was a Russian missile.
Poland says 'everything indicates' a Russian missile briefly entered its airspace and left
Polandโs defense forces say an unknown object entered the countryโs airspace Friday morning from the direction of Ukraine and then vanished off radars, and that all indications pointed to it being a Russian missile.
Belarus leader says Russian nuclear weapons shipments are completed, raising concern in the region
The president of Belarus says Russia has completed its shipments of short-range, tactical nuclear weapons to his country, an initiative that has raised strong concerns in neighboring Poland and elsewhere in the region.
Polish president says he'll veto a spending bill, in a blow to the new government of Donald Tusk
Polandโs president says he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Poland's new Cabinet moves to free state media from previous government's political control
Polandโs new pro-European Union government has begun wrestling control of the countryโs state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power.
Polish generals named to replace top military commanders who resigned in spat with defense minister
Poland's President Andrzej Duda has appointed two senior military officers after predecessors resigned over an apparent spat with the defense minister just days before the country holds a general election.
Grain spat drags Ukraine's ties with ally Poland to lowest point since start of Russian invasion
A dispute about whether Ukrainian grain should be allowed to enter the domestic markets of Poland and other European Union countries has pushed the tight relationship between Kyiv and Warsaw to its lowest point since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.
Germany seeks answers from Poland in a visa fraud scandal involving migrants from Asia and Africa
German government officials have held talks with their Polish counterparts asking them to clarify how many visas were issued in an illegal program in which some Polish consulates issued visas in Africa and Asia in exchange for bribes.
A cash-for visas scandal hits Poland's strongly anti-migration government, weeks before elections
Poland's President Andrzej Duda says he is awaiting results of an investigation into allegations that Polish consulates sold a quarter of a million work visas to migrants from Asia and Africa for thousands of dollars.
Legionnaires' disease outbreak in southeast Poland on decline with only 1 new case reported
Just one new case of Legionnairesโ disease has been reported in southeast Poland in an area close to the Ukraine border, an indication the spread of the disease has been curbed following chlorine disinfection of the water system.
Greenpeace protests mass logging of old-growth forests in Carpathian Mountains
Greenpeace activists are calling on the Polish prime minister to take action to protect Polandโs forests, asking in particular that this government limit the harvesting of timber in the old-growth vast forest of the Carpathian Mountains.