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Polish incumbent wins first round of presidential vote - exit poll
Jun 29, 2020 07:05Incumbent Andrzej Duda won the most votes in the first round of the Polish presidential election on Sunday (June 28), an exit poll showed, setting the stage for a tight run-off vote that may shape Poland's relations with the European Union for years to come.
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Poland: One dead, 20 hurt in Warsaw bus crash
Jun 25, 2020 15:39One person was killed and five seriously injured in Poland’s capital, Warsaw on Thursday when a city bus crashed down several metres from a flyover, officials said.
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Countries move to evacuate, restrict citizens after Iran’s missile attacks on US bases in Iraq
Jan 08, 2020 09:54Countries have been warning their citizens to prepare for evacuation from and avoid traveling to Iraq, following retaliatory missile attacks by Iran against two US military bases in the Arab country.
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Poland summons Russian ambassador over Putin WWII remarks
Dec 28, 2019 09:13Poland has summoned the Russian ambassador to express its "strong objection" over remarks made by President Vladimir Putin, who blamed the country for the outbreak of World War II.
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Iran’s Zarif meets polish FM, Iraqi top security official in Doha
Dec 15, 2019 08:30Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with his Polish counterpart, Jacek Czaputowicz, and Iraqi National Security Adviser Falih Al Fayyadh in the Qatari capital of Doha.
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Poland, Hungary break EU laws by refusing to host migrants: Court adviser
Oct 31, 2019 20:13Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic broke the EU law by refusing to take in asylum seekers coming to the European Union during the chaotic summer of 2015, an advisory body to the bloc's highest court said on Thursday.
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Poland’s ruling party wins absolute majority in lower house of parliament
Oct 14, 2019 10:31Poland’s ruling ultra-conservative party has won the country’s general elections, securing an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament four another four years, partial results show.
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Poles voting in polarized parliamentary polls
Oct 13, 2019 13:58People in Poland have begun voting in general elections in a polarized contest between the right-wing ruling party and its main centrist rival.
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Austrian Handke, Poland's Tokarczuk win Noble literature prizes
Oct 11, 2019 08:28Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday and the 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.
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Pence says US military to expand presence in Poland; NATO allies yet to hit spending goals
Sep 03, 2019 13:19The United States is planning to expand its military presence in Poland, Vice President Mike Pence says, praising the NATO ally for being among the few members of the Western military alliance who are trying to meet Washington’s spending requirements.