Now that Poland’s divisive presidential election is over, with the incumbent Andrzej Duda, supported by the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), safely back in...
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The European Commission has given the all clear for Polish state-owned oil refiner and petrol retailer PKN Orlen to take a majority stake in fellow Polish refiner and...
Incumbent Andrzej Duda (pictured above) won the most votes in Poland’s presidential election on June 28, but fell short of the 50 per cent needed to win without a...
Poland will finally hold a presidential election this coming Sunday, June 28, having postponed the original vote, scheduled for May 10, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In...
Just two weeks before Poland votes in a crucial presidential election on June 28, the subject of LGBT rights has become the most hotly debated subject on the campaign...
Poland’s governing coalition parties have agreed to postpone Sunday’s presidential election because of the coronavirus outbreak. The nationalist Law and Justice...
The Polish government has been heavily criticised by the country’s opposition, some international institutions and much of the Western opinion-forming media for pushing...
European Commission launches new infringement procedure against Poland while election row rumbles on
The European Commission has launched new infringement procedures against Poland over what it sees as the continued erosion of the rule of law in the country...
Women’s rights activists have launched an online protest against an abortion bill set to be debated this evening in the Polish Sejm (parliament), which seeks to further...
Emerging Europe’s editor Craig Turp speaks to Michał Rusinek, the co-author of a new book, Good Change, Or How to Govern the World With Words, which examines how...
We started the year with a bang, proclaiming Romania, then led by prime minister Viorica Dancila, unready to take on the presidency of the Council of the European Union...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on November 19 that it is up to Poland’s Supreme Court to decide if a newly-created disciplinary chamber is independent...
