Tag: Polands
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Poland’s opposition victory is hailed in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus
[ad_1] Let me start with the good news. Over the last few days I’ve received a lot of congratulatory messages from my Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian friends, following the opposition victory in Poland. My friends in Eastern Europe – especially the Russians and Belarusians – are in awe of the citizen mobilisation, and of the…
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Poland’s Tusk visits Brussels, seeking initiative in repairing ties with EU and unlocking funds
[ad_1] BRUSSELS (AP) — Donald Tusk, the opposition candidate who may become Poland’s next prime minister, sought to repair Warsaw’s ties with the European Union during a series of meetings in Brussels that also centered on unlocking billions of euros in funds that were frozen due to democratic backsliding under the outgoing nationalist government. Tusk…
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Poland’s great democratic moment is good news for all of Europe
[ad_1] To be in Warsaw on Sunday night was to experience a rare moment of political joy. Young voters queued until the early hours to see off the xenophobic nationalist populists who have been dragging their country backwards, prove that even an unfair election can be won against the odds, and turn Poland towards a…
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The Human Toll of Poland’s Strict Abortion Laws
[ad_1] This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center Krzysztof Sowinski has cried every day since his wife Marta, who was five months pregnant, died of sepsis in 2022; he believes doctors put Marta’s life in danger by not giving them the option to terminate the pregnancy while the fetus’ heart was still beating. Janusz…
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Poland’s Ruling Party Uses Germany as Boogeyman as Tough Election Looms
[ad_1] Amid rising alarm this summer in Poland and the Baltic States over a possible military attack from the east, the Polish Embassy in Lithuania requested an urgent meeting with the head of Germany’s diplomatic mission. Polish embassies in other European countries made similar requests. What the Polish diplomats wanted to talk about, however, was…
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Poland’s culture of fear after three years of abortion ‘ban’
[ad_1] Earlier this year, a Polish woman called Joanna ordered abortion pills online to terminate her pregnancy. She took the pills but was not feeling good afterwards, so she decided to check with a doctor. One placard read: ‘The Right Of The Child To Be Wanted Without Impositions’ (Photo: Paula Soler) In the hospital, instead…
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Poland’s opposition puts a million people on the streets – POLITICO
[ad_1] WARSAW — Poland’s opposition held an enormous rally in Warsaw and other cities on Sunday — claiming more than a million people took part — but the mood two weeks ahead of the election is grim rather than triumphant. That’s because the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has been holding on to a…
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Visas-for-bribes scandal rocks Poland’s anti-immigrant government before election – POLITICO
[ad_1] WARSAW — Exactly a month before a pivotal general election, Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party is scrambling to contain a snowballing scandal, in which officials have been fired and others arrested and charged over an alleged bribery scheme to hand out Polish visas. Poland’s government prides itself on its tough-on-migration credentials…
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Poland’s democracy is so eroded, it needs full election monitors
[ad_1] Poland faces a barrage of internal threats to its 15 October parliamentary elections. As a result, the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Europe (OSCE) should re-consider its call for a limited election observation mission (LEOM), and instead carry out a full-scale election observation mission (EOM) of Poland’s parliamentary elections. Poland may be an…