Poland’s lower house of parliament, the Sejm, on Friday failed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki's veto of legislation aimed at overhauling the country’s criminal procedure law. Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the Polish President's Office, addresses lawmakers in Warsaw on Friday, March 27, 2026.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański A motion to override the veto received 244 votes in favour, with 180
Poland will cut VAT and excise taxes on fuel to curb price increases driven by the conflict in the Middle East, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. Polish Prime Minister Donald TuskPhoto: PAP/Radek Pietruszka Tusk told reporters that reducing the VAT rate on fuels from 23 percent to 8 percent and lowering excise tax to the minimum allowed under
The number of foreign nationals suspected of involvement in organised crime in Poland has risen by nearly half over the past year, with most coming from former Soviet states, according to a report cited by the daily Rzeczpospolita on Wednesday. Photo:Polish Border Guard/twitter.com/Straz_Graniczna Data from Poland’s Central Bureau of Police Investigation (CBŚP) show that 265 foreign suspects linked to
Poland could theoretically build nuclear weapons, but politics, especially Washington’s stance, make that unrealistic for now, an analyst has said. Analyst Albert Świdziński poses with his book "Our Bomb: Does Poland Need a Nuclear Strategy?"Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak Poland has the industrial and technological potential to build a nuclear weapon on its own, but the main barriers are political,
Polish President Karol Nawrocki said on Monday that Poland’s friendship with Hungary remains strong despite political differences, adding that Poles "love Hungarians" but "hate" Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he described as a war criminal. Polish President Karol Nawrocki (right) speaks at a joint news conference with his Hungarian counterpart Tamas Sulyok in Przemyśl, southeastern Poland, on
Polish President Karol Nawrocki will travel to the United States on March 27 to take part in the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, held in the state of Texas, a presidential aide said. FILE PHOTO: Polish President Karol Nawrocki speaks during a National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kuba
Poland has no plans to join the war in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has said, adding that Warsaw’s focus remains on security threats closer to home, especially Russia. Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak “There are no such plans,” Sikorski said in an interview published on Thursday by the Rzeczpospolita daily, when asked whether
Polish prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspected human trafficking in Poland and other countries between 2009 and 2019 in connection with Polish threads in the Jeffrey Epstein case, the National Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Jeffrey Epstein, seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December
Poland’s unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent in February, from 6 percent in January, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy said on Tuesday. The Warsaw headquarters of the Polish Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.Photo: Marcin Dławichowski/Polish Radio There were around 956,200 people without jobs across the nation at the end of February, up by 22,100 from a month
Thousands of Iranians took to the streets across Europe and the United States over the weekend to show support for democracy in their homeland. A gathering in support of the new Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran on Monday, March 9, 2026.Photo: EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH Participants, including diaspora groups and ethnic minorities such as Kurds, urged
