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Some exult, others worry: Reactions to Trump's victory are mixed on NATO's eastern flank
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in the Polish parliament exulted at Donald Trump's victory, standing and applauding while they chanted his name. The prospect of a second Trump term has excited people on the populist right across Central Europe who share his...
Poland's commission looking into Russian influences finds ex-defense minister at fault
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of a special commission investigating Russian and Belarusian influences in Poland said Wednesday that it will refer to prosecutors a former defense minister whose decisions it said impaired Poland’s defenses ahead of Russia’s 2022 war on Ukraine. ...
Hungary's Orbán claims Poland's center-right government was installed by the EU
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suggested on Friday that Poland's government and its prime minister, Donald Tusk, were installed by the European Union as part of a plot to remove the country's previous right-wing populist leadership. Orbán provided...
Poland's president criticizes the planned suspension of the right to asylum as a 'fatal mistake'
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's president on Wednesday condemned the government’s contentious plan to suspend the right to asylum for irregular migrants, calling it a “fatal mistake.” President Andrzej Duda, whose approval is needed for the plan to take effect, argued in...
Poland's leader defends his decision to suspend the right to asylum
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday defended a plan to suspend the right to asylum as human rights and civil society organizations argued that fundamental rights must be respected. Poland has struggled since 2021 with migration pressures on its...
Poland's leader plans to suspend the right to asylum as country faces pressure on Belarus border
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's leader said Saturday that he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration policy, pointing to its alleged abuse by eastern neighbor Belarus and Russia. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that “the state must regain 100%...
Czech Republic and Poland call on EU to do more to tackle irregular migration
PRAGUE (AP) — The prime ministers of Czech Republic and Poland said Wednesday that the European Union has to do more to tackle unauthorized migration and condemned the practice of renewing border checks among the bloc's 27 member states. “We have agreed that it’s necessary to...
Poland's death toll from floods rises to 9 after 2 more bodies found
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The death toll in Poland from recent floods has risen to nine, after two more bodies were found, the national police chief said Saturday. One person is still missing, police chief Marek Boron told a government meeting on the the effects of the floods that hit...
Cities in Central Europe reinforce riverbanks ahead of more flooding
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Soldiers and firefighters used sandbags to reinforce river embankments and delivered food and drinking water to cut-off communities as the worst flooding in years moved Tuesday across a broad swath of Central Europe, taking lives and destroying homes. Heavy...
Central Europe flooding leaves 16 dead in Romania, Poland, Czech Republic and Austria
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exceptionally heavy rainfall pounding Central Europe has prompted deadly flooding in the region, with four new deaths reported Monday in Poland, three in the Czech Republic and one in Romania. The flooding has swamped parts of Austria, the Czech Republic,...
