- 11h ago
Poland's cabinet okays stripped-back short-term rental bill, cutting local Airbnb bans and triggering coalition rift
The Council of Ministers adopted a short-term rental bill on 15 July 2026, but removed provisions that would have let municipalities create zones free of short-term lets, sparking a public feud between deputy prime ministers.
- 17h ago
Donald Tusk holds three-hour motivational meeting with Civic Coalition MPs ahead of election year
Prime Minister Donald Tusk met with the Civic Coalition parliamentary club in Warsaw for a nearly three-hour session focused on motivation and preparation for the election year.
- 2d ago
Czarnek calls for halt to EU Ukraine funding; PiS dismisses rift as media spin
Warsaw’s ruling Civic Coalition and the Left slammed PiS vice-president Przemysław Czarnek after he urged the EU to stop funding Ukraine’s arms and reconstruction. Party leaders said the row is resolved and Czarnek remains their candidate for prime minister.
- 2d ago
Coalition of the willing to hold first military exercise in Poland this September, without Germany
French and British troops will train alongside Polish forces in September 2026 as the coalition of the willing prepares to deploy to Ukraine after a ceasefire. Germany will sit out the exercise.
- 3d ago
Hungary's parliament votes to remove president as Magyar pushes through 17th constitutional amendment
The Hungarian parliament adopted a constitutional amendment on 13 July 2026 that terminates the mandate of President Tamás Sulyok, a Fidesz appointee, and gives him five days to sign it or face impeachment.
- 3d ago
Nine European nations and Ukraine form coalition to build integrated ballistic missile shield
Meeting at a summit of Kyiv's allies in Paris, ten nations announced a coalition to pool industrial and operational resources for a shared European defence against ballistic missiles, citing Moscow's intensifying strikes.
- 3d ago
Macron's final Bastille Day parade showcases 500 coalition troops, 35 nations in a display of European rearmament
Some 6,500 to 6,800 soldiers, including 500 from the Coalition of the Willing and 25 Ukrainians, marched down the Champs-Élysées as President Macron used his final national day parade to signal Europe's strategic awakening and readiness to defend itself.
- 3d ago
ESA picks Warsaw for first centre beyond founding members, Poland doubles space spending
The European Space Agency will open its first facility outside the 1975 founding nations in Warsaw, with a focus on dual-use tech and crisis response, as Poland commits 500 million PLN to its space industry.
- 5d ago
Poland's PM and president clash over credit for Volhynia exhumations on anniversary of massacre
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he personally led the push to resume exhumations of Polish massacre victims in Ukraine, but President Karol Nawrocki's spokesman called the assertion 'insolence', crediting a December 2025 presidential meeting instead. Tusk also announced a Wall of Remembrance in Warsaw.
- 5d ago
PiS candidate Czarnek demands Poland block Ukraine's EU path until Kyiv renounces 'Nazi ideology'
At 83rd-anniversary commemorations of the Volhynia massacre, Law and Justice candidate for prime minister Przemysław Czarnek announced a Sejm resolution opposing Ukraine's EU membership, citing the alleged glorification of UPA perpetrators by the Zelensky government.
- 5d ago
PiS politicians accuse Ukraine of ‘Soviet-style diplomacy’ as Wołyń anniversary sparks diplomatic row
President Zelensky announced exhumations in two villages while Poland's charge d'affaires sparked outrage for mentioning ‘Ukrainian victims of the Polish state’ at an 83rd anniversary ceremony; PiS lawmakers decried his statement and Zelensky's text as ‘Soviet-style diplomacy’.
- 5d ago
Poland to build Warsaw memorial wall for Volhynia victims as historical dispute with Ukraine deepens
Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared on Saturday that a Wall of Remembrance with an eternal flame and the names of identified victims will be erected in Warsaw, one day before the anniversary of the 1943 'Bloody Sunday' in Volhynia.
- 6d ago
Far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun erects cross with antisemitic plaque at Jedwabne pogrom memorial on 85th anniversary
On the 85th anniversary of the Jedwabne pogrom, far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun and his supporters placed a cross metres from the mass grave, bearing a plaque blaming "Russian-Jewish Sovietism" alongside German Nazism. Official state commemorations proceeded separately under police protection.
- 6d ago
Poland’s first offshore wind farm delivers power: 54 turbines installed, 530 mln PLN substation goes live
Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the first power from the Baltic Power wind farm a technological victory as the Choczewo substation in northern Poland received inaugural electricity from the 1.2 GW project.
- Jul 9
Ex-Orlen CEO Obajtek scuffles with Solino boss during hunger strike visit
MEP and former Orlen chief Daniel Obajtek tried to join a hunger strike at the IKS Solino salt mine but was met with force by the company's CEO, triggering a police complaint and a political storm over the planned sale of a key brine customer to German investors.
- Jul 8
Polish far-right gains as ruling coalition wobbles after hospital scandal, poll shows
A new IBRiS poll shows Civic Coalition still ahead but losing ground, while two far-right parties surge. The ruling coalition's junior partners would fail to enter parliament.
- Jul 5
Kaczyński and Czarnek vow to oust 'thieves' from power at PiS rally in Kłodzko
Jarosław Kaczyński and Przemysław Czarnek used a party convention in Kłodzko to accuse the government of corruption and incompetence, promising to 'settle accounts' with officials if PiS returns to power.
- Jul 5
Poland's Patriot missile transfer to Ukraine sparks clash between government and president
Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed that Poland transferred PAC-3 MSE missiles to Ukraine at NATO's request, triggering accusations from opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński and a public dispute with President Karol Nawrocki over who knew what and when.
- Jul 5
PiS candidate Czarnek calls Tusk 'impudent type' at Warsaw convention, signs conservative values declaration
At a PiS convention in Warsaw, candidate for prime minister Przemysław Czarnek called Donald Tusk an 'impudent type' and Rafał Trzaskowski a 'political ladies' boxer', while signing a declaration of conservative values.
- Jul 4
Ukraine warns Poland of Russian forgery operation on Volhynia massacre, set for July 5
Ukraine's disinformation agency says the FSB will release fake WWII documents tomorrow to deepen the Polish-Ukrainian rift, amid a diplomatic crisis over historical memory.
