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Polish PM calls Confidence Vote after Nationalist Wins Presidency

This is Beirut, 03/06 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for a parliamentary confidence vote in a bid to demonstrate continuing support for his pro-EU government after nationalist Karol Nawrocki won the presidential election. European far-right leaders welcomed the election of the 42-year-old Nawrocki, a fan of US President Donald Trump who has said he will ...

Nationalist Nawrocki Wins Polish Presidential Election

This is Beirut, 02/06 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki won Poland's presidential election, official results showed on Monday, in a major blow for the country's pro-EU government. The 42-year-old, an admirer of US President Donald Trump, scored 50.89 percent of votes in Sunday's runoff, the national election commission said. His 53-year-old rival Rafal ...

Poland Holds Tight Vote with EU Role at Stake

This is Beirut, 01/06 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Voters in Poland began casting ballots on Sunday in a tight presidential election with major implications for the country's role in Europe and for abortion and LGBTQ rights. Warsaw's pro-EU mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, 53, an ally of the centrist government, was facing off against nationalist historian Rafal Trzaskowski, 42. Opinion polls ...

Pro-EU Mayor Faces Nationalist Historian For Polish Presidential Runoff

This is Beirut, 19/05 10:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Pro-EU Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski is set to face nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki in Poland's presidential runoff on June 1, an exit poll showed after the first round, as the far-right made record advances. An overall victory for Trzaskowski would be a boost for the centrist government led by former European Council chief Donald Tusk, ...

Marcin Patrzałek: Proving His Guitar Genius Is No Trick

This is Beirut, 22/03 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Traditionally, artists take to the stage to connect with their audience. For Marcin Patrzałek, a Polish guitar prodigy, there’s an added drive: to prove that his jaw-dropping technique, which has garnered tens of millions of views on Instagram, is no trick. “It bothers me a bit that people think it’s fake (...) but it’s good that it gets ...

Germany Offers to Deploy Patriot Air Defense Systems to Poland

This is Beirut, 2024-11-28 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Germany said on Thursday it had offered NATO to deploy Patriot air defense systems to Poland from January to help protect weapons supply lines to Ukraine in its war against Russia. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said this would help protect a logistics hub and "secure the supply of vehicles, weapons and ammunition that Ukraine urgently needs to ...

85 Years Since WWII: Poland Remembers

Rayan Chami, 2024-09-01 15:17 - Reading : less than a minute

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Poland marked the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of WWII with ceremonies in Wieluń and Westerplatte, the first towns bombed by the Nazis. Leaders called for national defense and European unity, hoping Poland would never again face aggression alone.

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