Opposition-backed challenger Rafał Trzaskowski congratulated incumbent conservative President Andrzej Duda yesterday afternoon after the latter narrowly secured another five-year term in Sunday’s election.
Conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda has won Poland’s presidential runoff election by a narrow margin, according to updated exit polls released early this morning.
Citizens are heading back to the polls today for the second round of voting in this year’s presidential election after no candidate secured an outright majority in the first round of elections June 28. As before, the election will be conducted via a mixed system of postal and traditional in-person voting, per rules approved by the Sejm last
A US armoured battalion will conduct an emergency deployment exercise in north-western Poland, according to the Polish defence ministry. As part of the Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise, run by the US Defense Department, an armoured unit will be deployed to Poland to test the US army’s capacity for a quick military response.
The European Parliament has adopted controversial new road transport rules, despite protests by Poland and other eastern EU states that the move would harm their trucking companies. The rules give truck drivers working abroad the right to return home every three to four weeks.
Poland is on track to become a leading EU producer of offshore wind energy, according to European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans.
Poland’s Ministry of Health is reporting that the first round of Poland’s presidential election did not lead to a visible rise in COVID-19 infections.
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