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Donald Tusk, the opposition’s candidate for prime minister, said that the group is ‘ready to take responsibility’.

In 1931, when the Polish poet Czesław Miłosz was 20 years old, he spent a summer travelling across Europe with friends. At the French border, as he later wrote in Native Realm, they saw a sign that “Prohibited Gypsies, Poles, Rumanians and Bulgarians from entering the country”.

The success of centre-left parties follows the collapse in devotion. Like Ireland, we are loosening the church’s grip on the state, says Polish journalist and author Wojciech Orliński

Law and Justice party won most votes in last month’s election but all other parties have ruled out working with them

Poland's Azs Buboslavia won Team of Four Gold at 20th HCL Int'l Bridge Championship, beating Formidables 112.5-96. Team of Four Silver won by India's Standard Plus. Prize pool of ₹1.72 crore for 16th spot. Open MP Pairs Gold & Silver & IMP Pairs also awarded.

In this debate we focus on the recent election results in Poland and Slovakia, and discuss what they mean for Europe. Liberals across the continent are cheering after Polish opposition parties won enough seats to form a majority, potentially ending eight years of rule by the conservative Law and Justice…

The former ruling party targeted and scapegoated Poland’s queer communities. Now it’s out of power, equality is within reach, says academic Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz

Community looks tentatively to future as party that sought to demonise them is unlikely to retain power

Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians who fled repression in their homeland face the prospect of having invalid documents after authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree halting passport renewals abroad

The results of Poland’s parliamentary elections held on Oct. 15, 2023, have been lauded as a blow against populism – and they may also hold important lessons for reversing democracy’s decline.

Poland’s opposition also won the election, even though it is taking a long time to change the government. But that change, when it finally happens, will be a change for the better, writes Dr Oliver Hartwich