Why US tariffs only compound the EU steel industryโs existential woes
Also in this newsletter: Polandโs very own deregulation supremo
Also in this newsletter: Polandโs very own deregulation supremo
The Polish prime minister’s apparent threats to defy EU migration rules aren’t as audacious as they appear.
Intentionally or not, concerned businesses, the ascendant far right and traditional conservatives are coming together to rewrite green rules.
Repayment of the EU’s โฌ300 billion joint borrowing hangs like a cloud over the European Commission’s budget brainstorm.
The European Commission will not commit to launching legal action against Poland after Donald Tusk openly threatened to disregard the Migration Pact.
The new proposal, hailed as โpromisingโ by an EU diplomat, marks a complete U-turn by the Polish government.
The move would allow governments with overstretched budgets more flexibility under the bloc’s debt and deficit rules.
The Baltic states connected to electricity supplied via Finland, Sweden and Poland after disconnecting from Russia, which had supplied them electricity for decades.
โOur friend Trump, the Trump tornado, has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,โ Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn tells far-right rally in Madrid.
Officials hope the exhumations will improve Polish-Ukrainian relations which have been clouded by disagreement over the history of the Volhynia massacres.
Disconnecting from the Soviet-era grid faced an intimidation campaign โ but it’s Moscow that could be left in a precarious position.
Donald Tusk has once again criticised the Pact on Migration and Asylum and doubled down on his refusal to comply with the legislation.
A draft law, seen by Euractiv, that was due to be presented next week is now delayed.
Swedish MEP Jessica Polfjรคrd believes Poland has softened its position. She believes the Polish presidency wants to find a good compromise and get the legislation sealed.
“There is a new idea which I like: a rearmament bank,” said Radosลaw Sikorski, Poland’s minister of foreign affairs.
EU officials still hope to avert a trade war with the United States.
“Russians do not differentiate between us, they treat us as a whole,” says Secretary of State for Defence Paweล Zalewski.
E-cigarette sales in Poland soared by a staggering 208% in 2023 compared to the previous year.
Fine related to controversial Polish judicial reforms by previously ruling PiS party.
Defense Minister Wลadysลaw Kosiniak-Kamysz warns that Europe must spend more “to retain the presence of the Americans in Europe.”
The move would offer national capitals more room to increase defense spending.
Poland says it is under attack from its eastern neighbour, and its razor-wire fence reflects EUโs harsher migration stanceThe fence is five and a half metres high and bristles with jagged rolls of razor wire. Armed soldiers stand guard, surveying the s…
As Poland’s textile collection mandate takes effect under an EU directive, many Poles legally bypass it by using mixed waste bins.
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And Greece and Luxembourg join the wave of worry over DeepSeek.
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With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europeโs fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutionsEuropeans who witnessed democracy crumble before their eyes have some words of advice for Americ…
Around 700 dogs and more than 100 mushers are sledding through the Eagle Mountain range near the Czech border with Poland. Mushers from ten different countries are taking part in the four-day stage dog sled race, which is in its 27th year. The race inc…
PRAGUE – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose country holds the EU Councilโs rotating presidency, sees no immediate reason to fear potential U.S. tariffs on EU goods. While acknowledging the issue as a concern, he emphasized that Poland is prepared…
DeepSeek mapped, missed AI Act deadlines, and Poland makes slow progress on a DSC.
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Andrzej Duda says allies must bolster Ukrainian security to prevent โexplosionโ of crime spilling into Poland
European Commission says the bloc “regrets” new U.S. tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.
Some EU member states, including Poland, want to give Laura Codruศa Kรถvesi powers to prosecute those who evade sanctions on Russia.
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Zbigniew Ziobro evaded officers and spoke of โpolitical theatrics.โ
Zbigniew Ziobro accuses Tusk government of โcriminalโ action
Exclusive: Officials admitted in 2023 there were โno current border checksโ, as salmonella and other illnesses surgedUK health bosses privately admitted that a lack of border inspections in the wake of Brexit had left British consumers exposed to disea…
A city associated with sausage and herring is now a haven for plant-based foods โ and Polandโs rightwing politicians arenโt happy I want to tell you about a relatively typical neighbourhood in my city. There are two vegan sushi restaurants, three vega…
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland proposing new resources for the EU bloc, including an entry fee for joining, Romania condemning Georgescu over calls to reclaim Ukraine land after a Russian victory, and so much more.
The p…
Piotr Serafin, the Polish Commissioner responsible for the EU budget, is overseeing discussions on potential funding mechanisms.
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Moscow has used a variety of tricks to evade sanctions and divert goods and money to Russia.
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The aim is to accelerate spending to boost strategic investments across the bloc.
Poland welcomes first birth since IVF policy change
Poland accuses Russia of election interference via the dark web, and the European Commission seems to be slow-announcing a space regulation.
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The first meeting with the Commission is set for Thursday.
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From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.
Once the largest in Europe, Poland’s Jewish community was decimated by the Holocaust and was long a victim of the anti-Semitism of the communist authorities. Recovering from these traumas, the community is now reborn, particularly in major cities such …
The European Parliamentโs budget committee has green-lit the plan.
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Poland accuses Russia of election interference via the dark web, and the European Commission seems to be slow-announcing a space regulation.
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The proposal will not include a blanket prohibition of LNG imports, as scores of EU hawks have been urging.
The plans do not need unanimous support for approval, but Poland wants to bring France in from the cold in ongoing talks.
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The need to counter Russia is shifting the attitudes of rich northern countries on budget discipline.
“Acknowledgement of the dark past of the country” is vital, says the chair of Israel’s Holocaust remembrance center.
Elderly former inmates gather for perhaps final time and urge vigilance against resurgent European far rightOn a day of startling blue skies, Auschwitz survivors stood before princes and presidents on Monday to remind the world, perhaps for the final t…
Some 50 former inmates of the largest of the Nazi death camps at Auschwitz-Birkinau making the trip to Poland for the 80th anniversary. How to process the collective folly of the industrial-scale mass extermination of one million Jews along with 100-t…
Eighty years on from the day Soviet troops arrived at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, survivors, international heads of state and dignitaries gathered at the site in Poland where more than 1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. Intern…
Some of the few remaining survivors of Auschwitz returned to the notorious Nazi death camp on Monday as the world marked the 80th anniversary of its liberation. How much recognition is there in Poland about what happened on Polish soil during WWII? FR…
Bucharest will send a “firm message” to the Dutch authorities, PM says.
As the grandchild of a survivor, Iโm proud to keep his testimony alive, in the hope that people never forget the horrors humanity is capable ofYesterday, I watched A Real Pain in the cinema. The film is a beautiful representation of two cousins, united…
In moving speech, Marian Turski warns that current conditions are similar to those which led to the HolocaustโI waved at my mother and she waved back. That was the last time we saw herโ: three Auschwitz survivors tell their storiesUS president Donald T…
Andrzej Duda says even if a peace deal with Ukraine is struck, pipelines to Europe should stay shut.
Eighty years ago on January 27, 1945, soldiers from Russia’s Red Army entered the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and were the first to discover the horrors of the concentration camp where more than a million people, most of them Jews, had been …
Slovakiaโs right-wing government is spearheading a push to strengthen EU rules on unfair trading practices, saying the current reforms donโt go far enough.
Former inmates of Nazi concentration camp in Poland will speak at ceremony marking 80 years since its liberationKings and queens, presidents, prime ministers and dignitaries from 54 countries will assemble at Auschwitz on Monday to mark the 80th annive…
From driving licence to local air quality, app offers myriad of features and has been rolled out to little oppositionMuch is being said about Polandโs economy potentially overtaking Britain by 2030, but in some areas Poles are already ahead.They can pr…
The EU is facing a torrid year ahead from enemies both within and without. But it is still far from a lost causeEurope is in trouble. Multiple, long-simmering external and internal challenges are coming to the boil. Taken together, they comprise the mo…
The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland was liberated by Soviet forces on January 27, 1945. Eighty years later, only a few of its survivors remain. At nearly 100 years old, Ginette Kolinka tirelessly shares her testimony in a frank manner,…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a directive Friday to rejoin a global anti-abortion pact.
Mainstream EU leaders have breathed a sigh of relief. After a Hungarian presidency marked by what they saw as damaging freelance diplomacy, the torch has now passed to Poland, which holds the reins for six months at a particularly turbulent time. Ther…
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Bulgaria not asking for asking for final clearance to join the eurozone, Argentine President Javier Milei taking aim at Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez, and so much more.ย ย
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While support for Ukraine is not in question, welfare paid in Poland is.
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Poland has acquired a ‘rare’ unpublished manuscript by Frรฉdรฉric Chopin after lengthy negotiations
At the Poland-Belarus border, security and migration merge into one
A Comission’s idea to merge regional and agricultural budget leads to unusual alliances, and conflicts in Germany.
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Donald Tusk outlined to MEPs on Wednesday his goals for Polandโs leadership of the EU Council and the focus on Europeโs security strategy. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Serbia offering to host Trump-Putin talks, Poland’s Tusk vowing to protect Poles from Trump’s crackdown on illegal migration, and so much more.ย
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“There it is, the new Iron Curtain,” said a Polish colonel.
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The French president warned Europe should prepare for a U.S. withdrawal from Europe.
Globally, rightwing populists seem to be walking in his footsteps โ but the UK is proof that thatโs not inevitableThe snow lay in drifts over the railway lines at Auschwitz, when Keir Starmer went to pay his respects last week. His wife, Victoria, the …
Hungary PM says new US leader will bolster Europeโs rightwing forces as nationalist politicians attend inaugurationDonald Trump inauguration โ live updatesWhat time is Trumpโs inauguration? How to watch the eventsDonald Trumpโs presidency will boost ri…
Poland focuses on border security at start of EU presidency
Stรฉphane Sรฉjournรฉ said Europe needs to invest more in defense but that it would be impossible to do so amid a trade war.
Can Poland compensate for a lack of leadership in Berlin and Paris?
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Dissidents despair at the Russian presidentโs influence ahead of this monthโs rigged election.ย
In a new book, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dรถpfner urges the U.S. and Europe to join together in a โFreedom Trade Allianceโ against China, Russia and other autocracies.
PM stressed shared โunbreakable commitment to Nato and Ukraineโ with Poland in meeting with Donald Tusk Keir Starmer has urged world leaders to โdouble downโ in their efforts to support Ukraine during a visit to Poland, days before Donald Trumpโs retur…
European Commission president is in Berlin for her first public appearance since she was admitted to hospital.
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Polish patients wait an average of 4.2 months for guaranteed medical care. Angiologists report the longest average wait time at 13.9 months, followed by endocrinologists at 12.1 months and vascular surgeons at 11.6 months.
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Mateusz Morawiecki insists that efforts to charge him for improperly organizing a presidential election in 2020 are politically motivated.
UK PM is heading for the Polish capital as part of efforts to ramp up coordination with European allies on defense.
UK prime minister โ on trip to Kyiv โ says his country will ‘play our part’ in supporting peace when it comes.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Tusk reach agreement on massacre of up to 100,000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalistsRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesPoland has hailed a breakthrough in a painful historical dispute with Ukraine, after it said its nei…
Krzysztof Gawkowski says Russian hacking attempts and disinformation campaigns spiked ahead of May vote
“Europe without the Ukrainian army will not cope with the Russian army,” the Ukrainian president warns.
While itโs not usual to invite foreign dignitaries, Trump is laying down a clear ideological marker with his invitees from across the world.
Mike Johnson removes his fellow Republican as chair of powerful intelligence committee; Poland says Europe must take care of itself. What we know on day 1,058Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, on Wednesday removed his fellow …
Donald Tusk claims Warsaw has been involved in countering โacts of sabotageโ, referencing incendiary parcel attacks in Poland and the UKRussia planned to conduct โacts of terrorism in the airโ, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, by pl…
Ukraine and Poland heal their own relationship in face of Russian aggression.
Poland’s Tusk accuses Russia of plotting ‘acts of terror’ against airlines
The Polish prime minister did not further elaborate on his accusations.
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The historical dispute has repeatedly been raised by Poland as a key obstacle to Kyiv’s progress toward EU accession.
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Polish PM makes bombshell accusation against Moscow.