Sławomir Cenckiewicz
Polish historian
Photo: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Oct 1
Lech Wałęsa clashes with reporter over communist-era secret police files at Warsaw birthday event
Former Polish president Lech Wałęsa reacted with vulgar remarks and ordered a television reporter removed from his 83rd birthday conference in Warsaw after being shown secret police archival files.
- Sep 24
Polish prosecutors drop false testimony case against former president Lech Wałęsa over Kiszczak files
The District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw dismissed an investigation into whether former Polish president Lech Wałęsa gave false testimony in 2016 regarding secret police documents.
- Jun 3
Poland threatens to strip Zelensky of top honour after Ukraine names unit after UPA partisans
President Karol Nawrocki has asked the Chapter of the Order of the White Eagle to consider revoking the honour from Volodymyr Zelensky, after the Ukrainian leader named a special forces unit after the UPA, whose wartime record includes the massacre of Poles.
- May 27
Poland's false alarm crisis: Two arrested, 'Bomber' detained as investigation widens after police raid president's family home
Polish authorities have arrested two men and detained a third, known as 'Bomber', in connection with a wave of false emergency alarms targeting politicians, journalists, and the family home of President Karol Nawrocki.
- May 26
Poland's Supreme Court in Turmoil: Presidential Appointment of Kapiński Sparks Legal and Political Firestorm
President Karol Nawrocki's appointment of Zbigniew Kapiński as First President of the Supreme Court has triggered a constitutional crisis, with the court's Lay Judges' Council declaring him a 'usurper' and a bitter dispute erupting within Poland's right-wing coalition.
- May 26
Wave of swatting attacks hits Polish politicians and media figures; two suspects face arrest
A coordinated series of false emergency calls has targeted the homes of Poland's president's mother, opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński, and several conservative journalists, triggering forced entries by police and firefighters.
