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Poland’s eastern Maginot Line raises nature worries
BIAŁOWIEŻA FOREST, Poland — Three hours by train from Warsaw lies one of Europe’s last primeval forests. The swamps and woodlands are home to endangered species ranging from beetles to bisons — and...
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Priests, patronage and power: Poland’s Tusk goes after his political enemies
WARSAW — Poland’s once all-powerful Law and Justice (PiS) party is under siege. Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his ministers are pressing their campaign to hold PiS accountable for what they claim...
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Poland’s Tusk hits a wall on legalizing abortion
WARSAW — Donald Tusk is facing his most severe political setback since becoming Polish prime minister as he hits a brick wall on one of his biggest campaign promises: Increasing access to abortion....
View ArticleBombshell ruling knocks Poland’s PiS for improper election spending
WARSAW — Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) could lose millions in state financing after the country’s top election body on Thursday rejected the party’s annual financial report for 2023. The National...
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Scooters, bikes, cars and trucks: Polish ex-MEP faces charges over fraudulent...
WARSAW — Ryszard Czarnecki, a former vice president of the European Parliament, really liked to travel to work — so much so that he used cars, scooters, a motorbike and even a semi-trailer truck to...
View ArticleDeath toll climbs as rain, flooding batter Central Europe
At least eight people were confirmed dead in devastating floods in Czechia, Poland and Romania on Sunday, while authorities downstream on the Danube River ordered evacuations in anticipation of...
View ArticlePoland’s PiS picks the pockets of its MPs to make up for cash shortfall
WARSAW — There’s a political platitude that people getting into politics do so to serve and not to make money. In the case of Poland’s opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, that’s actually the...
View ArticlePoland vows changes to alcohol laws after kids’ mousse vodka fiasco
WARSAW — The Polish government said Wednesday it will amend the country’s regulations concerning promotion and sales of alcoholic drinks after a company introduced vodka that was packaged in colorful...
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Poland and Ukraine’s bloody past overshadows their anti-Russia alliance
WARSAW — Poland and Ukraine are close allies when it comes to defeating their common enemy Russia, but their own bloodstained history is now straining Kyiv-Warsaw relations. During World War II a...
View ArticleEU faces migration rebellion as Poland vows to block asylum-seekers
Poland’s government aims to temporarily suspend the right of arrivals to claim asylum even though that clashes with both international law and European Union rules — but Prime Minister Donald Tusk...
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