The 65-year-old head of Poland’s Supreme Court, Chief Justice Małgorzata Gersdof, turned up for work on July 4, defying new judicial reforms in the country which will...
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Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has altered the leadership of several state-controlled companies, damaging share prices. So far this year, the CEOs of nine...
Former Polish President Lech Walesa (pictured above, right) and several other former leaders have asked the European Union to defend the rule of law in their country. In...
Bad news for Poland’s Law and Justice Party (PiS), and for the country itself. The European Commissioner for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Gender Equality Věra Jourova...
The Polish government has announced a set of planned economic changes, reducing some taxes and increasing social spending. This move came immediately after a serious...
Voters in both Hungary and Poland go to the polls this year: a parliamentary election will be held in Hungary in April, local elections in Poland later in the year. In...
Freedom of the press has proven, time and time again, to be an unpredictable and tumultuous factor in south, east and central Europe. Journalists are obstructed in their...
Israel, as an enemy, has been chosen perfectly. It is ruled by right-wing populists, so it has been possible to accurately predict the mirror mechanism of sharp...
The success of the FPO party in the Austrian parliamentary elections, coupled with billionaire upstart Andrej Babiš in the Czech Republic becoming prime minister in the...
Amidst fierce criticism from abroad and protests at home, Poland’s newly appointed Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki published an English-language opinion editorial in...
Faced with heavy criticism from the business community and even the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS; which would have been the main beneficiary), Poland’s government...
Poland’s government has made no secret over the past 12 months of its plans to change media rules in a such way that could force some foreign owners out of the country...