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• August 21, 2025
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Let’s Find Out. Let’s Help Poland Defend Herself. by John Czop At the July 9-11, 2024 Washington  NATO Summit, Poland’s delegation announced that 4% of  Poland’s GDP will be spent on modernizing Poland’s armed forces in the present context of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine.  Poland’s procurement of expensive American made defense equipment will benefit the American economy.  In late …

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• June 11, 2025
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent Conservative Karol Nawrocki is Poland’ new president Conservative Karol Nawrocki won the second and final round of the Polish presidential election on 1 June, becoming the next president of the Republic of Poland. According to Poland’s State Electoral Commission, Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a very tight race. His rival was Warsaw Mayor …

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• March 16, 2025
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Poland needs half-million-strong army, Europe’s largest NATO force Our old, ancestral homeland is arming apace and eager to go nuclear By Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent WARSAW – Poland recently made worldwide headlines after its Prime Minister, Donald Tusk. told parliament that all the country’s adult males would soon be obliged to report for compulsory military training. That is part of …

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• February 12, 2025
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent No secure Europe without US military commitment – Duda In his final New Year’s address to the nation, President Andrzej Duda stressed the importance of US military and financial involvement in NATO. “Our first priority during the (rotating, six-month) Polish Presidency of the EU Council is to strengthen EU-US cooperation,” he explained. Duda, whose …

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• January 11, 2025
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Ex-justice official flees Poland, receives asylum in Hungary Marcin Romanowski, a former Polish deputy Justice minister, has recently fled the country and received political asylum in Hungary. He had been wanted by the Tusk government for alleged involvement in a corruption scheme under the previous Law & Justice administration. Poland obtained a European Arrest Warrant for Romanowski who had managed to request and receive political asylum in Hungary. Hungarian PM Viktor …

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• November 7, 2024
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By Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent WARSAW–Almost to the very end, the tight race to the White House of Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump was a toss-up.     When the dust had settled and it became official that Trump had won, the Polish political class sent out congratulatory messages in line with diplomatic protocol. Already during the election …

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• October 21, 2024
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(Updated 21 October 2024) Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent EU leaders support Tusk’s suspension of asylum rights Polish PM Donald Tusk has announced that Poland would suspend accepting asylum applications to protect national security. The decision has sparked intense debate both domestically and across Europe, but the European Union’s leadership has expressed support for the move. Tusk has defended …

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• September 23, 2024
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent PolAm votes ensure continued US support for Poland – Andrzej Duda During his recent visit to the American Częstochowa, a PolAm Catholic Shrine in Doylestown, PA, Polish President Andrzej Duda urged Polish Americans to vote in this year’s US presidential election. He emphasized that by making their voice heard, they can ensure continued US …

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• August 8, 2024
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent (Updated 7 July 2024) Court keeps former PM Morawiecki’s conviction in force Poland’s top administrative court has rejected an appeal by former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki against his conviction for ordering mail-in elections during the pandemic in 2020.  A lower court found that he had done so in “gross violation of the law”. Morawiecki …

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• March 18, 2024
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By Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent March 17, 2024 NATO chief praises Poland’s contribution to the alliance Speaking during a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda at NATO headquarters in Brussels, the alliance’s Danish Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Poland had become a key ally and security provider since joining NATO 25 years ago. “You are building one of the biggest …

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• March 10, 2024
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Poland’s Sikorski set the record straight By Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent WARSAW–Poland’s top diplomat has responded to a hostile tirade by Russia’s envoy to the UN, successfully debunking his litany of anti-Ukrainian, anti-Polish and anti-Western lies and distortions. In response to Vasily Nebenzya’s allegation that “Ukraine is ruled by the criminal Kyiv regime,” Radosław Sikorski told the UN Security Council …

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• February 11, 2024
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By Lucja Swiatkowski Cannon When the progressive coalition won the election in Poland on Oct. 15, there was an expectation that there would be major changes in the public sphere. However, when the new government was formed on Dec. 13 under leadership of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, it immediately started to attack its predecessors with police tactics and make threats …

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• January 21, 2024
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18 stycznia 2024 Excellencies, Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am glad that we are meeting this year, once again, in the Three Seas Hub, to discuss major security challenges facing NATO’s Eastern flank. The Vilnius Summit is over, and soon we will attend another, anniversary one, in Washington D.C. It is a good moment to reflect on how NATO should …

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• January 10, 2024
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Police nab two L&J lawmakers after PM Tusk threatens Polish president By Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent In Poland’s latest legal wrangle, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (in photo) went on national TV to accuse President Andrzej Duda of “obstructing justice” by “hiding” convicted criminals and could face up to five years in prison. Law & Justice (L&J) lawmakers, former chief …

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• December 23, 2023
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By Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent Warsaw–On 20 December 2023, a few minutes past 11 AM, people across Poland watching public TV’s main main news channel saw their screens go blank. The new, tough government chief Donald Tusk had ordered his takeover task force to switch off the station’s power. Simultaneously. his hand-picked replacements, backed by police, entered the offices of …

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• December 11, 2023
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Compiled by Robert Strybel, Warsaw Correspondent (Updated December 2023) Polish PM designate struggles to win Sejm support, opposition enraged President Andrzej Duda has ignored the protests of Tusk’s enraged three-party coalition which accused him of deliberately delaying the start of their rule by entrusting he formation of a new government to outgoing Law and Justice (L&J) PM Morawiecki. But Duda …

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• November 15, 2023
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Will the Polish-Polish war continue until May 2025? By Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent WARSAW–The unprecedented results of October’s presidential election have led to a longer than usual incubation period for a new government. The incumbent Law&Justice (L&J) party won the election by capturing more seats in the 460-member Sejm than any other grouping, but lost its majority after three rival …

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• November 10, 2023
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Political tug-o-war continues over Poland’s new government Weeks after Poland’s national election, a new government still had not emerged. The hitherto ruling Law & Justice (L&J) party had won the election but lacked 37 seats to constitute a majority of at least 231 seats in the 460-member Sejm (lower house).   President Andrzej Duda, stuck to constitutional practice by first …

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• October 26, 2023
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent On 17 October 2023, the Polish State Electoral Commission announced the official results of Poland’s 15 October general election and referendum. The winner was the incumbent Law and Justice party which garnered 35.4% of the vote, giving it 196 seats in the 460-member Sejm, lower house of parliament. The largest opposition party, Civic Coalition, …

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• September 28, 2023
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Most Polish voters favor “4 x Times No” referendum — survey On election day (15 October), Poles will also be able to answer four key questions, with the government calling for a “4 × No” vote in a national referendum. To be binding, over 50% of eligible voters must take part, and as of now 55% of respondents said they …

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• August 20, 2023
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent Poland warns against Belarus-based Russian mercenaries Poland fears that  Russian mercenaries, exiled by Putin to Belarus, may try to to destabilize the region by waging hybrid warfare against neighboring Poland. PM Mateusz Morawiecki warned that the mercenaries could pose as migrants or Belarusian border guards to enter Poland. The 18-foot metal barrier, topped with …

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• July 29, 2023
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July 24, 2023 Sejm of the Republic of Poland Warsaw The statement of Polish American organizations on the changes in the Polish Geological and Mining Law voted by the Sejm on June 16, 2023 (Sejm document No. 3238) In response to the rejection by the Senate of the Republic of Poland of the Geological and Mining Law adopted by Sejm …

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• July 10, 2023
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10.07.2023 Poland is poised to outspend all other NATO members on defence this year, according to estimates published recently by the transatlantic security alliance. Photo:PAP/Tomasz Waszczuk The decision to boost defence expenditure, taken against the background of Russia’s war in Ukraine, would see the country spend even more as a proportion of its economy than the United States. The projections …

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• June 28, 2023
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Text/Photos: Richard P. Poremski Port Wilkasy, Poland – “The Green Lungs of Poland.”  — The greater northeastern geographic area of Poland, centering on the regions of Warmia and Mazury, has officially been awarded the sobriquet of The Green Lungs of Poland (TGLP), and is a registered and controlled legal trade mark. The TGLP is a very dynamic environmental green-concept conceived …

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• June 23, 2023
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent (Updated 21 June 2023) Poland calls mine-closure ruling a threat to energy security “We will definitely not allow the Turów mine to be shut down. We will do everything to ensure that it functions normally until 2044 when the (lignite) deposits are exhausted,” PM Mateusz Morawiecki said in response to a ruling by the …

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• June 7, 2023
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent (Updated 7 June April 2023) Russia accused of blowing up dam, endangering thousands Putin’s dictatorial regime has been accused of blowing up a Ukrainian hydroelectric dam on the River Dnipro near the southeastern city  of Kherson. A video circulating on social media showed a missing central section of the dam and water violently surging …

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• October 25, 2022
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent Kremlin implicates Poland in alleged pipeline sabotage Russian propagandists initially pointed at Poland, the US and Ukraine in connection with gas leaks in the Russian-owned Nord Stream gas pipelines which displayed massive bubbling at the water’s surface. The leaks appeared off Danish-owned Bornholm Island some 180 miles from Poland’s Baltic coast. Russia was widely …

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• October 10, 2022
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent EU chief admits: “We should have listened to Poland” In this year’s annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament,  the head of the European Commission, Urusla von der Leyen, praised the EU for backing Ukraine from the very start of Putin’s aggression. “One lesson from this war is that we should …

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• September 7, 2022
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Germany tries to get out of paying with flimsy ”puppet state” excuses; Poland’s pro-German opposition backs Berlin By Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent WARSAW—On the 83rd anniversary of the start of World War II, Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of Poland’s governing, conservative Law and Justice party, presented Germany with a detailed bill for $1.3 trillion to cover the damages it had …