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Poland’s presidential elections, which were due to take place on May 10th  will now be held at a later date by postal ballot, the heads of two parties in the country’s ruling coalition have agreed . The declaration signalled that...

The UK has overtaken Italy to become the European country with the highest number of coronavirus deaths. Recorded deaths in the country surpassed 30,000 this week, overtaking Italy despite having fewer recorded cases overall.There is some good news though, as...

In a highly-anticipated outcome, the Polish Senate voted yesterday to reject a plan for citizens to elect the country’s president by mail-in ballot. The Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliament, passed a bill last month under which presidential elections would...

Yesterday marked the 229th anniversary of the first Polish Constitution, an event commemorated by representatives of several other countries, including the United States, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Hungary. In a post on Twitter, US Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher wished...

In a major re-election campaign speech, Poland’s president yesterday outlined a plan for more aid to the unemployed, including a special allowance to workers who lose their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis. President Duda said in the televised speech...

The Polish government plans to spend 10 billion PLN (EUR 2.2bn) on water retention measures over the next seven years, a Cabinet minister has said, amid warnings that the country is facing its worst drought for 50 years. The Minister...

Hotels, shopping malls, and cultural centres across Poland will be able to reopen from Monday as part of the second stage of relaxing the lockdown in place to slow the spread of Covid-19. Speaking to a televised press conference yesterday,...

The mayor of the city of Prague has confirmed that he is currently under police protection following reports by local press of an assassination plot.Speaking to reporters from BBC Russian, Mayor Zdenek Hrib did not say exactly why he was...

It was announced over the weekend that the European Commission would not be examining presidential elections in Poland under the EU’s Article 7 procedure. The declaration came shortly after the top justice official for the EU, Didier Reynders, reportedly claimed...