Just a couple of short months ago, Poland’s presidential election was seemingly routine, with the incumbent Andrzej Duda set to face a mixed bag of opposition candidates...
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Grzegorz Schetyna, leader of the Civic Platform (PO), Poland’s largest opposition party, has criticised the candidates put forward by the ruling Law and Justice party...
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, the Polish opposition’s candidate for prime minister in the country’s recent parliamentary election, has said that she is willing...
The outgoing president of the European Council, Donald Tusk has been nominated for the leadership of the European People’s Party (EPP), the continent’s leading political...
Poland’s government has approved the country’s first balanced budget in 30 years, projecting both spending and revenue at 429.5 billion zloty. The country’s...
The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issue has been one of the main sources of political controversy in Poland over the summer months, and is potentially...
After a two-day forum concluded last week, the largest opposition party in Poland, Civic Platform, has launched a policy programme in preparation for parliamentary...
Poland’s most powerful politician, Jarosław Kaczyński, may be the country’s next prime minister if his Law and Justice party (PiS) wins the upcoming parliamentary...
An unexpectedly decisive European Parliament election victory gave Poland’s right-wing ruling party a major boost ahead of the more significant autumn...
We are afraid of the Church. And I am not talking about the Catholic sinners who are embarrassed by the fear of their pastor or the confessional. I am talking about us...
While Poles appear to be increasingly tolerant of LGBT lifestyles, beyond the larger towns and cities the country remains culturally conservative and acceptance declines...
A new opinion poll suggests that Poland’s newly-formed European Coalition (KE) is on course to defeat the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) in May’s...
