The Latest Breaking News from Poland

Breaking EU ranks, Polish leader in Beijing diplomacy push

Alone among his fellow European Union leaders, Poland’s president is in Beijing for the Winter Olympics opening in what his office said was a bid to maintain good ties with China and lobby for an easing of Russia-Ukraine tensions

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022

Poland receives US army equipment in effort to bolster eastern flank against Russia

WARSAW - U.S. military equipment has begun to arrive in Poland, the Polish defence ministry said on Friday, to reinforce NATO's eastern flank as the West and Russia wrangle over Russia's military presence near the Ukrainian border.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

The war on gender: An unholy east-west crusade

Global web of ultraconservative groups is identified in EU and its fringe working to weaken democracy and human rights.

Al Jazeera · Feb 4, 2022

France, Germany and Turkey reach out to Putin as troops remain on Ukraine border

Mediation offers come as Russia accuses US of increasing tensions by sending soldiers to Romania and Poland

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

Czech, Polish leaders reach deal to end Turow mine dispute

The leaders of the Czech Republic and Poland agreed a deal on Thursday to end a long-running dispute over the Turow open-pit coal mine on the Polish side of the border, a row that had reached the European Union's top court.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

First Thing: Russia calls increased US deployments a ‘destructive step’

The US decision to deploy more than 3,000 US troops in Germany, Poland and Romania will make it harder to reach a compromise over Ukraine, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

Poland to lobby for permanent rotational U.S. troop increase

Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will lobby the United States for a proposed U.S. troop increase to remain in the country permanently on a rotational basis, a Polish official said on Thursday ahead of Rau's visit to Washington this week.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Kremlin accuses U.S. of stoking tension with troop deployments

Russia accused the United States on Thursday of ramping up tensions and ignoring Moscow's calls to ease a standoff over Ukraine, a day after Washington announced it would deploy nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Rights court points to 'systemic dysfunction' in Polish judges' appointments

The European Court of Human Rights pointed on Thursday to a "systemic dysfunction in judicial appointments procedure in Poland", ruling that a company had been denied its right to a proper hearing due to how judges were appointed.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Poland, Czech governments close to deal on lignite mine

The Czech government says it has reached a draft agreement with Poland to end months of costly stalemate over a Polish lignite mine that Prague says is harmful to the border area

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022