Poland’s governing coalition parties have agreed to postpone Sunday’s presidential election because of the coronavirus outbreak. The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party had wanted the vote to go ahead to get the incumbent, Andrzej Duda, re...
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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...
As western democracies scramble to contain the coronavirus crisis, authoritarian and populist leaders see the pandemic as a political opportunity. In Russia, Vladimir...
As incredible as it may seem in the current climate, with most of Europe on lockdown and national elections cancelled in Serbia and North Macedonia, Poland appears...
Emerging Europe was set for an eventful political season this spring. A number of elections were scheduled for April and May, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced...
He’s not a bad man. Just a sad man. Living alone, with his cat. Once a charming man, so they say. The death of his twin brother in a 2010 plane crash was the turning...
After 2019’s pivotal elections for the Polish parliament, the Sejm, in which the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) kept its hold on power, albeit slightly...
Emerging Europe is currently facing an existential crisis – depopulation. According to UN population projections for 2020-2050, 15 of the 20 countries which will...
Clichés about Central and Eastern Europe are probably as common in the press as jokes in Boris Johnson’s speeches. And although their repertoire might look repetitive to...
Grzegorz Schetyna (pictured above), leader of the Civic Platform (PO), Poland’s largest opposition party, has criticised the candidates put forward by the ruling Law and...
Final results in Poland’s parliamentary election have confirmed that the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has won an overall majority in the lower house of the...
With more than two thirds of votes counted, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) looks set for a clear victory in a parliamentary election, taking around 46...
