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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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• April 4, 2024
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Compiled by Robert Strybel Warsaw Correspondent Poland scrambles aircraft in response to Putin’s Holy Week attacks Although Holy Week is a sacred period for Christians worldwide, including in Eastern Orthodox Russia, dictator Putin had no compunction about unleashing destructive aerial attacks on Ukraine on Good Friday and Easter. Since some struck close to the Polish border, Poland and its allies …

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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 …