The first official results from Sunday’s local elections have been announced.
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Poland’s local elections: exit poll shows PiS winning most votes but Tusk’s KO top in most provinces
Tusk admitted that his group had “failed in the east and the countryside”, where PiS remains dominant.
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Polish exports to Kyrgyzstan up 1700% amid Ukraine war as firms evade sanctions on Russia
Other Western countries have also seen growing exports to Kyrgyzstan, but one economist notes that Poland and Germany’s figures are the largest.
Prosecutors investigate prosecutor general’s decision to remove national prosecutor
Meanwhile, the prosecutor general announced that he does not recognise as legitimate an order by the constitutional court to suspend the move.
Polish president pardons jailed former government ministers
Andrzej Duda called for the pair to be immediately released from prison.
First ever female Polish Protestant bishop ordained
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Poland and Lithuania to hold joint military exercises around Suwałki Gap
The plans were announced during a visit by Polish President Andrzej Duda to his Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas Nausėda.
Polish state TV confirms high earnings of ex-CEO’s wife but she threatens to sue over “lies”
She disputes claims she earned over 1.5 million zloty (€342,000) for a little over a year’s work.
Imprisoned Polish opposition politician on hunger strike taken to hospital
Former interior minister Mariusz Kamiński claims to be a “political prisoner”.
“Nothing more important than supporting Ukraine,” says Tusk on Kyiv visit
“Anyone in the free world who pretends to be neutral deserves the darkest place in political hell,” said Tusk.
Man charged for insulting prime minister with anti-Tusk graffiti at historic Protestant church
Insulting a public official or a constitutional body is a crime in Poland that carries a potential prison sentence of up to two years.
Court rejects Polish government’s move to put public radio into liquidation
The decision marks a further legal blow to the new government’s efforts to regain control of public media from the former ruling party.
Boss of Poland’s planned “mega-airport” fired as new government launches audit
The former ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party envisioned the airport becoming one of the biggest in Europe.
Roman-era “barbarian weapons” found in Polish forest
The find, described by a local museum as “sensational”, includes spearheads and axes.