Tag: Polands

Poland’s Tusk Sets Up Latest Standoff With Pegasus Spying Probe

(Bloomberg) — Poland’s parliament will investigate the alleged use of Pegasus spyware by former ruling nationalists, opening a new front in a clash between the country’s main political factions. Most Read from Bloomberg Lawmakers on Friday approved the selection of members of the commission, the latest probe into the activities of the Law & Justice-led […]

Poland’s new PM Tusk criticizes neutrality in Russia’s war on Ukraine

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed support for Ukraine and condemned those who choose to remain neutral in the Russian-Ukrainian war in a statement during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Jan. 22. “You are not alone; not least in the sense that this fight is happening in every […]

Polish PM names Poland’s commissioner for Ukraine’s recovery

During a visit to Kyiv on Monday (22 January), Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the appointment of Polish lawmaker Pawel Kowal as the Polish government’s commissioner for Ukraine’s recovery. Source: European Pravda, citing Polish news outlet Onet Quote: “My delegation also includes Mr Pawel Kowal, whom the government will appoint as the commissioner for […]

Poland’s Tusk in Kiev to mobilize more Western aid for Ukraine

The new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose pro-European government took office in December, arrived in Kiev for surprise talks on Monday aimed at rallying Western support for Ukraine. Tusk arrived in the Ukrainian capital by train on Monday morning – without prior public announcement for security reasons. Tusk said he wants to work with […]

Poland’s Duda calls top brass to emergency session to evaluate threat after cross-border incursion

Polish President Andrzej Duda is convening an urgent meeting because of an “unknown object” that was spotted in the country’s airspace during Russia’s massive missile attack on Ukraine on Dec. 29, the President’s Office press team reported. The head of state will meet with the defense minister, chief of the general staff, and other military officers. The meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. local time […]

Zelenskyy and Poland’s new PM conduct first phone conversation

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and Donald Tusk, the new Prime Minister of Poland, have held their first telephone conversation. Source: Zelenskyy on Twitter (X), cited by European Pravda Details: Zelenskyy stated that the conversation took place while he was on a visit in Norway. While in Oslo, I had a call with Poland’s Prime […]

Poland’s former President Lech Walesa, 80, hospitalized with COVID-19

FILE – Lech Walesa former President of Poland, speaks after being awarded withthe “Golden Medal for services to reconciliation and understanding among peoples” in Berlin, Monday Sept. 26, 2022. Poland’s former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, 80-year-old Lech Walesa has been hospitalized with a bad case of COVID-19, an aide said Tuesday, Dec. 5, […]