NATO allies backed plans for a major hike in defence spending and reaffirmed their commitment to defending one another at a summit in the Hague, Netherlands, attended by US President Donald Trump, news agencies reported. Photo:EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL In a statement, NATO leaders approved a higher defence spending target of 5 percent of GDP by 2035, from the current goal of 2 percent
Poland’s Justice Minister and Prosecutor General, Adam Bodnar, has said his office is preparing a formal request for a recount in hundreds of electoral commissions following the discovery of statistical anomalies during the second round of the country’s presidential election. Adam Bodnar, Poland's Justice Minister and Prosecutor General, is preparing a formal request for a recount
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, a senator from the ruling Civic Coalition, has called for a full recount of Poland’s presidential run-off, claiming that voting irregularities may have cost pro-European centrist and Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski hundreds of thousands of votes. Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski appeared on Polish Radio 24 on Monday, June 23. The politician is calling for a
EU finance ministers on Friday approved Poland’s plan to shift PLN 26 billion (about €6.1 billion) from its pandemic recovery program into a new Security and Defense Fund, making Poland the bloc’s first member to channel recovery cash into rearmament. Polish soldiers.Photo: PAP/Marcin Obara The decision, taken at an Ecofin meeting in Luxembourg, completes the third revision
Poland and the Baltic states have asked Brussels to bankroll new fortifications along the EU’s eastern frontier, warning that Russia and Belarus are using sabotage and migrant “weaponization” to probe the bloc’s security. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Photo: PAP/Piotr Nowak Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia wrote to European Council and
Israel and Iran launched fresh strikes on Friday as European ministers met Iran’s foreign minister in Geneva, hoping to halt a second-week air war that has killed hundreds and risks dragging in the United States. Israeli Home Front Command team members walk at the site where Iranian ballistic missiles struck residential buildings in Beer Sheva, southern
Israel’s defense minister said on Thursday that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “can no longer be allowed to exist”, sharpening threats against the 86-year-old cleric after Iranian missiles wounded dozens in Beersheba. Iranian state television (IRIB) broadcast a message from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the nation, in Tehran, Iran, 18 June 2025. The
Roman Giertych, a member of Poland’s ruling Civic Coalition and a prominent lawyer, accused local election commissions of ballot tampering during a Wednesday press conference, citing newly obtained recount data. Prime Minister Tusk also addressed the issue today. MP Roman Giertych of the Civic Coalition (KO) and renowned Polish lawyer held a live press conference on Wednesday,
Michał Wawrykiewicz has called for a formal review of Poland’s presidential election results, citing widespread irregularities at the district level in an interview with Polish Radio. Michał WawrykiewiczP. Chmielewski/PR Speaking on air on Monday, Wawrykiewicz emphasized that no one in the ruling Civic Coalition is alleging nationwide fraud, but said evidence suggests irregularities may have occurred in numerous local
Poland’s military is on standby to evacuate its citizens from Israel as regional tensions escalate, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said Monday at the CEE Security Forum in Warsaw. Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport shut down amid Israel-Iran strikesPhoto: ABIR SULTAN/PAP/EPA Speaking just days after Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian targets and came under retaliatory rocket fire,
