Poland honors Solidarity with new culture center
GDANSK, Poland (AP) — Poland's new European Solidarity Center should help raise future generations with an appreciation of freedom and democracy, President Bronislaw Komorowski said as the center opened on Sunday. Komorowski and Lech Walesa, the ...
Poland Loses a Premier, but Gains a Voice in Europe
WARSAW — The election of Donald Tusk, the veteran Polish prime minister with deft political skills, a shaky command of the English language and no French, as president of the European Council is both an acknowledgment of Poland’s rising profile and yet ...
Poland's Wlodarczyk sets women's hammer world record
BERLIN (Reuters) - Poland's European hammer champion Anita Wlodarczyk set a world record of 79.58 metres at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin's Olympic stadium on Sunday. The London 2012 Olympics silver medallist improved the world record by 16 centimetres from ...
Donald Tusk's rise to European Council president is a big moment for Poland
The elevation of Donald Tusk to one of the top jobs in Europe marks a coming of age for his native Poland. Ten years after joining the EU, Poland has secured the presidency of the European Council and its prime minister has become the fixer for and ...
Tusk's close ally Ewa Kopacz seen as favourite for Poland's new PM
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish ruling party's second-in-command, Ewa Kopacz, has emerged as clear favourite to be the next prime minister after incumbent Donald Tusk's departure to Brussels, where he is to take over as president of the European Council.
Poland cheers Tusk’s departure to Europe’s top table
Pride and relief mixed on the streets of Warsaw the morning after Polish prime minister Donald Tusk’s election to the top of Europe’s political hierarchy, after seven years leading a country that is unsure of whether he would have remained in charge.
Poland's Donald Tusk, Italy's Mogherini get top EU jobs
European leaders have named Polish Premier Donald Tusk the next EU president and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini to head its diplomatic service as the bloc faces a series of challenges topped by Ukraine. Tusk, who speaks only halting English ...
Poland on edge 75 years after Hitler and Stalin carved it up
WARSAW (AFP) — Poland marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II Monday with one eye on Russia, which invaded it during the war and is now throwing its weight around in neighboring Ukraine. From the very first German shells fired at a ...
