Protests at Poland’s Constitutional Court continued on Saturday. President Karol Nawrocki’s emergency meeting on the court does not appear to have resolved the deadlock, and the EU is now urging Nawrocki to approve the judges nominated by parliament.
World politicsPolish police have secured the Constitutional Court building in Warsaw after people gathered to protest the suspension of the court’s president. Three people have been arrested for breaking through the court’s fence.
World politicsPoland's parliament voted on Tuesday to pass two bills that would liberalize the country's strict abortion laws.
World politicsA man suspected of planning an attack on Poland’s prime minister and defense minister has been arrested. “The man who threatened an attack has been arrested,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on X, thanking the police.
World politicsRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns Ukraine and its allies that the Russian "military operation" will achieve its goals "regardless of the circumstances."
ConflictsBritish military installations have been subjected to 340 drone incidents in the last twelve months, according to The Independent.
WorldA passenger train en route to Warsaw was hit by a Russian drone in Ukraine. Carl Bildt says he was traveling on a train that was just minutes behind the one that was attacked.
ConflictsA Russian citizen has been arrested in Poland on suspicion of plotting to murder a Ukrainian-American citizen. The Russian is suspected of acting on behalf of Russian security services.
ConflictsA Russian cruise missile flew into Polish airspace overnight, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said. NATO member Poland has not officially confirmed what type of “unidentified object” it was.
ConflictsPoland's conservative President Karol Nawrocki on Friday vetoed a bill to legalize civil partnerships.
World politicsLithuania and Latvia warn that Russia is planning attacks on critical infrastructure in the Baltic states or Poland.
WorldPoland plans to build a memorial in Warsaw to honor Polish victims killed by the Ukrainian nationalist guerrilla UPA during World War II, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Saturday.
ConflictsA person has been arrested in Poland after the murder of Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
WorldThe murder of a Russian artist in Poland appears to have been politically motivated, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
World politicsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has named a military unit after the controversial nationalist guerrilla group the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), accused of the mass murder of Poles during World War II. The move has prompted loud protests in Warsaw.
WorldThe United States has halted 4,000 troops en route to Poland as part of a broader reorganization of American forces in Europe. However, what this means in practice is unclear.
ConflictsPolish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released in a prisoner exchange, the AP reports.
WorldHungary's outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is not attending this week's EU summits in Cyprus. His Polish counterpart does not miss him.
World politicsPéter Magyar's socially conservative Tisza Party has won a two-thirds majority in the Hungarian parliament, according to results after just over 98 percent of the votes were counted.
WorldHungary has been passing sensitive EU talks directly to Russia for years, The Washington Post reports. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he has long suspected as much, but Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó calls the information "fake news."
World politicsPoland is investigating suspected human trafficking linked to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Polish prosecutors say.
WorldAn agreement to end the war with Russia is "ten percent" away, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
WorldRussia's war of aggression against Ukraine could be over within weeks, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.
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