Well, well, well. What have we here? The election was on the first of June and has already been certified. The winning candidate from the Conservative Party PiS), Karol Nawrocki, has received his official congratulations for being the victor. Of course, all the poo-head European Union backing losers associated with Prime Minister Donald Tusk boycotted...
Adam Easton Warsaw correspondent Getty Images Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has called for a vote of confidence in his pro-EU government after his political camp narrowly lost the recent presidential election. Wednesday’s vote should be a formality because Tusk’s coalition has a 12-seat majority in the lower house, the Sejm, and only a simple...
Warsaw’s liberal Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski has claimed victory in Poland’s presidential election but his winning margin in an exit poll is well within the margin of error. An exit poll, with a margin of error of 3% broadcast immediately after voting ended, indicates Trzaskowski winning on 50.3%, marginally ahead of his rival, conservative historian Karol...
Adam Easton BBC Warsaw correspondent Reuters Rafal Trzaskowski (L) has a narrow lead in the polls over national conservative historian Karol Nawrocki (R) Poles will vote for a new president on Sunday in a tight election that will have major consequences for the future of the country’s pro-EU government. Opinion polls say Warsaw’s liberal mayor...
Adam Easton BBC Warsaw correspondent WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP There are two front-runners among the 13 candidates: Rafal Trzaskowski (R) and Karol Nawrocki When Poles vote for a new president on Sunday, they are expected to set up a second round run-off between Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and national-conservative historian Karol Nawrocki. If opinion polls are...
A woman has been killed and a man has been severely injured in an axe attack at the University of Warsaw on Wednesday, according to Polish police. A 22-year-old Polish man has been arrested in connection with the attack which the university has called a “huge tragedy”. Both victims worked at the university. In a...
A leading Polish doctor has told the BBC she fears for her patients’ safety after being targeted by anti-abortion activists. Gizela Jagielska says she has received thousands of death threats in relation to her work administering legal abortions in a hospital in the town of Olesnica in southwestern Poland. The facility specialises in complicated pregnancies....
They say writers are their own worst critics – but for the man who could become the next President of Poland, nothing could be further from the truth. Karol Nawrocki has been widely ridiculed after it emerged that several years ago, he donned a disguise to praise his own book on TV. Written by a...