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Trump will meet with Polish President Duda as NATO leaders call for additional support for Ukraine
NEW YORK (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, a staunch supporter of Ukraine who once proposed naming a military base in his country “Fort Trump." The planned dinner meeting,...
EU releases blocked funds of $6.7 billion to Poland as part of its post-pandemic recovery package
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union disbursed 6.3 billion euros (about $6.7 billion) to Poland as a part of the 27-nation bloc's post-pandemic recovery fund, the biggest single transfer ever to the country, a government minister said Monday. Poland's former national...
Polish opponents of abortion march against recent steps to liberalize strict law
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Polish opponents of abortion marched in Warsaw on Sunday to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the predominantly Catholic nation’s strict laws and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week. Many...
Polish lawmakers vote to move forward with work on lifting a near-total abortion ban
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers voted Friday to move forward with proposals to lift a near-total ban on abortion, a divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe. Members of the lower house of parliament, the...
Poland calls aid worker's killing in Gaza a murder, wants further investigation
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government on Friday called the killing of a Polish aid worker by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza a murder, and demanded Israel's support for a Polish investigation into the case. Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski told lawmakers in...
Poland’s lawmakers vote to move forward with work on lifting a near-total abortion ban
Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament held a long-awaited debate Thursday on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe, but many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. ...
Poland's kids rejoice over new rules against homework. Teachers and parents aren't so sure
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ola Kozak is celebrating. The 11-year-old, who loves music and drawing, expects to have more free time for her hobbies after Poland’s government ordered strict limits on the amount of homework in the lower grades. “I am happy,” said the fifth grader, who...
Tusk fails to win decisive victory in local elections, complicating his efforts to remake Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's local and regional elections over the weekend failed to give Prime Minister Donald Tusk the sweeping victory he had hoped for in his efforts to reverse eight years of rule by a populist party that was accused by the European Union of eroding democratic norms. ...
Conservative opposition leads Prime Minister Tusk's party in Poland's local races, exit poll says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll released after Poland's local and regional elections Sunday showed Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-EU party trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December. But the socially liberal mayor of Warsaw, a Tusk ally,...