Poland’s President Andrzej Duda this week claimed that for the first time since what he dubbed ‘the dark days of totalitarian rule’, Poland has political prisoners. It...
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Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter. Russia’s war on Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of...
It’s not quite Oscar Wilde, but an ongoing Twitter spat throws a fascinating light onto the concerns of Poland’s business and political elites. Who has the biggest car...
Wounded by infighting, Poland’s ruling coalition, led by the Law and Justice party, has been on the verge of collapse for months. Divisions within the main...
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...
Poland has finally set a date for its presidential election, June 28. The announcement of the date – made by Elżbieta Witek, the speaker of the Sejm, the Polish...
Poland’s 2020 presidential election has so far been nothing short of a roller coaster. Here’s a quick recap: Just four days before the election was due to take...
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...