Donald Tusk
Prime Minister of Poland (2007–2014; since 2023)
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- 13h ago
Court remands 66-year-old accused of plotting attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk
A Warsaw court ordered two months of pretrial detention for a 66-year-old man charged with nine offences. Searching his flat, officers found around a dozen improvised explosive devices.
- 16h ago
Polish ministry opens 90-day review of Paramount Skydance's takeover of TVN
The Ministry of State Assets received the notice on the evening of 13 October and opened the procedure the next morning. The review runs for 90 days and could end with an order to sell TVN shares.
- 17h ago
Germany's 2027 budget draft omits aid for surviving Polish victims of Nazi occupation
The 2027 draft budget in Berlin contains no funds for Polish survivors of Nazi occupation, and even supportive Bundestag members consider changes before adoption unlikely.
- 18h ago
Bulgaria confirms fire at Starlink site near Sofia, probe into possible sabotage
Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed a fire at a Starlink facility near Sofia on Wednesday, 14 October, and declined to give details while the investigation runs. The incident follows an arson attack on a Starlink ground station near Warsaw on 23 September.
- 2d ago
Poland charges 46-year-old man with inciting murder of PM Donald Tusk
Police detained the 46-year-old in Oborniki on Monday, 12 October, and prosecutors charged him on Tuesday, 13 October, with inciting murder and insulting senior officials, days after a separate arrest over a plot against Tusk.
- 2d ago
Wadephul says Russia targets all of Europe as Tusk urges tougher sanctions
German foreign minister Johann Wadephul told the Warsaw Security Forum that Europe must tighten cooperation after a drone attack plot at Leipzig airport. Donald Tusk, after meeting Lithuania's prime minister, argued that the EU should strengthen Russia sanctions rather than weaken them.
- 2d ago
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka ends briefing after clash with TV Republika reporter
Adam Szłapka, the government spokesman, told TV Republika journalists they could apologize and leave instead of asking questions at a Warsaw briefing on Tuesday, 13 October, held after that day's government meeting.
- 2d ago
Maciej Berek takes disputed oath to Constitutional Tribunal as protesters clash with police
Police detained three people outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw on 14 October as protesters tried to block the entrance. Tribunal president Bogdan Święczkowski says Berek cannot adjudicate until the president rules on his oath.
- 3d ago
Germany holds two Turkish suspects over arson at Polish Starlink station, more arrests follow
A court in Nürtingen ordered two Turkish nationals held in pretrial custody on 13 October 2026 while Poland seeks their extradition over a 23 September fire at a Starlink station in Masovia.
- 3d ago
NBP resubmits board appointment requests to Nawrocki as November deadline nears
The National Bank of Poland said on Monday, 12 October 2026, that it had again submitted appointment motions to President Karol Nawrocki. Radio ZET reports that NBP president Adam Glapiński has not filed new nominations, and deputy president Adam Lipiński's term ends in November.
- 3d ago
Government spokesman says Braun must be taken seriously as a threat, not as a politician
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka said on Tuesday, 13 October, that Grzegorz Braun should be treated as a serious threat to Polish interests, responding to President Karol Nawrocki's Rzeczpospolita interview on a right-wing Senate pact.
- 3d ago
Police check over 108,000 Polish schools after knife attacks, 167 detained
Police recorded 415 incidents with suspected criminal offences and detained 167 people as of 6 am on Tuesday, 13 October. The nationwide operation follows a week of knife attacks in schools, one of which killed a 37-year-old woman caretaker.
- 3d ago
Poland and Norway sign strategic partnership declaration in Warsaw
Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere signed a declaration on strategic partnership in Warsaw on Monday, 12 October 2026, during Norway's prime ministerial visit to Poland. Tusk said the two governments hold an identical view on the key matters of security and Ukraine.
- 3d ago
Prosecutors charge 66-year-old Krzysztof N. with nine counts over alleged attack plot on Tusk
Warsaw prosecutors charged Krzysztof N. with nine offences on Tuesday, 13 October, and asked a court to order temporary arrest. Investigators say they found improvised explosive devices at his home in Wrocław, where he lives.
- 4d ago
Łukasz Gibała wins Kraków mayoral runoff with 62.12% against KO's Piątkowska
The former PO member won the early runoff on Sunday, 11 October, with turnout at 44.27%. The vote followed the May recall of Aleksander Miszalski, and Donald Tusk said the result must be respected.
- 6d ago
Czarnek praises Nowacka's school phone ban amid knife attacks in Polish schools
PiS vice-president Przemysław Czarnek backed limits on children's social media use and praised the education ministry's school phone ban. His comments came days after knife attacks at schools in Ostrołęka and Leszczydół-Nowiny in Mazovia.
- 6d ago
US ambassador praises Kosiniak-Kamysz as Poland and Lithuania push for permanent US troops
Ambassador Tom Rose praised Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on social media, while PiS MP Marcin Ociepa questioned why plans for a permanent US base in Poland have not moved since last year.
- 6d ago
Sejm committee backs sending NBP governor Glapiński before State Tribunal
The Sejm's Constitutional Responsibility Committee adopted a report on Friday recommending that NBP president Adam Glapiński be brought before the State Tribunal. The full Sejm must still vote, and the resolution needs at least 230 MPs present and voting in its favour.
- 6d ago
Poland opens review of Paramount Skydance takeover affecting TVN owner
The state assets ministry will assess whether the Warner Bros. Discovery takeover threatens public order in Poland, through a 90-day procedure that could end in an order to sell TVN shares.
- 6d ago
Opinia24 poll: KO leads with 33.1%, PiS 17.3%, Konfederacja 13.8%, Razem and PSL below threshold
Koalicja Obywatelska would win an election held next Sunday with 33.1% support, ahead of Prawo i Sprawiedliwość at 17.3%, according to an Opinia24 survey of 1,001 adult Poles conducted 5-7 October.
