Poland's President Karol Nawrocki has said he alone decides his schedule and who he meets, rejecting a report that access to him was being sold at a summit in the United States. Polish President Karol Nawrocki in New York on Monday.PAP/Radek Pietruszka "No one has to pay to meet the president," Nawrocki told reporters in New York,
Poliand's centre-right Unia Centrum party has proposed limiting MPs and senators to three consecutive terms and introducing three income tax brackets, as part of a new political manifesto presented in Warsaw on Sunday. Rafał KasprzykPAP/Paweł Supernak Paulina Hennig-Kloska, the party’s leader and Poland’s Minister of Climate and Environment, announced the new political manifesto “Człowiek w Centrum” (Man at
More than half of the Poles surveyed have a negative view of Donald Tusk’s performance as prime minister. Polish PM Donald Tusk.PAP/Vladyslav Musiienko According to a poll published on Sunday by the Wirtualna Polska news website, 30.7 percent of respondents rated the prime minister’s performance as “definitely negative”, while 23.6 percent said it was “rather negative”. Altogether,
Moody’s decision to downgrade Poland’s credit rating came as little surprise to financial markets, according to Polish economists, who say investors had already been factoring in the country’s deteriorating fiscal position. Moody’s logo on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City.Reuters On Friday evening, Moody’s cut Poland’s rating to A3
President Karol Nawrocki and First Lady Marta Nawrocka will begin a visit to the United States on Saturday, with Poland's head of state scheduled to address the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York next week. Poland's President Karol Nawrocki (right) and First Lady Marta Nawrocka (left).Alicja Stefaniuk/Polish President's Office The visit will open on Saturday morning, New
Poland faces no imminent fuel shortage despite turbulence on international markets caused by the conflict in the Middle East, Energy Minister Miłosz Motyka said. Miłosz MotykaPiotr Podlewski / Polskie Radio Speaking at a meeting of G20 energy ministers in Houston, Texas, Motyka said Polish energy company Orlen had secured fuel supplies "for the coming weeks." He said, however,
Nearly 1.5 million people in Poland were working exclusively under civil-law contracts at the end of March, according to the country’s statistics office. Pixabay LicenseImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The figure was 82,000, or 5.9 percent, higher than in March last year, Statistics Poland (GUS) reported. However, it was 1.4 percent lower than at the end of December,
Poland is strengthening security at its border crossings with Ukraine, including by building observation and guard posts near the border, Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Tuesday. Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-KamyszPAP/Tomasz Waszczuk Kosiniak-Kamysz, who is also a deputy prime minister, announced the measures in a post on X. "We are strengthening the protection
Polish prosecutors are investigating allegations that judicial panels at the Constitutional Tribunal were manipulated to produce politically favorable rulings. Julia Przyłębska Polskie Radio/PR3 The National Public Prosecutor's Office said last week that a special team would examine a complaint filed against Julia Przyłębska, who headed the constitutional court from 2016 to 2024. The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) alleges
Swedish voters head to the polls Sunday in an election too close to call, with Poland watching closely after four years of unusually close cooperation with the outgoing centre-right government. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Polls show the left-wing opposition, led by the Social Democrats, narrowly ahead of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's centre-right coalition. An average
