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Poland: Far-right party chooses presidential candidate
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's far-right Confederation party on Saturday chose a lawmaker who previously led an ultra-nationalist youth organization as its candidate in the country's spring presidential election. Krzysztof Bosak, one of the 11 Confederation members elected to Poland's 460-seat parliament...
Poland's Senate rejects allowing politicians to fire judges
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's senators have rejected a much-criticized bill that would give politicians the right to fire or fine judges. The Senate's vote on Friday can extend work on the legislation but not stop it from becoming law. The vote in the upper house of parliament came a day after European...
Poland rejects European legal experts' opinion as 'parody'
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Pending legislation in Poland that gives politicians the authority to fire or fine judges would further undermine judicial independence in the country and violates European Union principles, European legal experts said Thursday. Members of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission...
Poland, Lithuania vow to resist Russian historical offensive
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Poland and Lithuania are working together to defend themselves against a Russian historical offensive that seeks to minimize Soviet responsibility for the outbreak of World War II, their foreign ministers said Thursday. Linas Linkevicius of Lithuania and Jacek Czaputowicz of...
Austria against use of EU funding to support nuclear energy
PRAGUE (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told his counterparts from four central European countries on Thursday that Austria is not ready to accept European Union funding of their nuclear energy projects. After meeting the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia in...
London pledges contribution to Auschwitz-Birkenau foundation
LONDON (AP) — London Mayor Sadiq Khan pledged 300,000 pounds ($390,000) to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation in Poland on Monday, arguing that the institution plays a vital role in educating Londoners visiting the site on the horrors of the Holocaust. London joins Paris and dozens of nations in giving...
EU comes to aid of Poland over WWII row with Russia
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The European Union executive has come to the aid of Poland, which is involved in a bitter dispute with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Poland's role in World War II. EU Commissioner Vera Jourova told the parliament Wednesday that she “rejects any false claim" that...
EU seeks to suspend chamber disciplining Polish judges
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union asked its highest court on Tuesday to order the Polish government to suspend a new chamber to the country's Supreme Court whose job is to discipline judges. Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller said the EU has no power to order the European Court of Justice to...
EU lays out 1 trillion-euro plan to support Green Deal
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union plans to dedicate a quarter of its budget to tackling climate change and to work to shift 1 trillion euros ($1.1 trillion) in investment toward making the EU's economy more environmentally friendly over the next 10 years. Aiming to deliver on European Commission President...
The Latest: Iran says it doesn't want war, but will respond
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions after the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top general (all times local): 2:10 a.m. Iran is informing the United Nations that it took “a measured and proportionate military response” to the U.S. airstrike that killed its top military...
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