The decision marks a further legal blow to the new government’s efforts to regain control of public media from the former ruling party.
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Former ruling PiS party holds anti-government protest in Warsaw
PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński warned that “German imperialism is returning” through a “European plan” to “liquidate Poland as a state”.
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