Poland fights for coal, but Russia may benefit
WARSAW — When he was Poland’s prime minister, European Council President Donald Tusk called coal “the strategic foundation” of his country’s energy security, and Polish diplomats have acquired a...
View ArticleA desperate Pole
WARSAW — President Bronisław Komorowski’s unexpected defeat in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections has sent his team scrambling for new ideas and dramatic proposals ahead of the runoff a...
View ArticleKomorowski debates his way back into presidential race
WARSAW — A wounded Bronisław Komorowski kept his candidacy for the Polish presidency alive after a decent performance in the first debate debate against his rival Andrzej Duda on Sunday night. A...
View ArticlePolish establishment rallies around Komorowski
WARSAW — Locked in a dead heat against an unexpectedly strong challenger, incumbent Polish President Bronisław Komorowski is warning voters that if they choose Andrzej Duda over him on Sunday then...
View ArticleThe Duda in Poland
WARSAW — Capping a surprisingly resilient insurgent campaign for Polish president, Andrzej Duda ousted incumbent Bronisław Komorowski in a runoff Sunday, and signaled a shift in Poland’s domestic and...
View ArticleNow Greece says it will pay up
Greece will make its €301 million payment to the International Monetary Fund next Friday, according to Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, cutting the growing speculation that Athens would fall...
View ArticleDuda rises over Brussels
The surprise victory of Andrzej Duda in Poland’s presidential runoff was greeted with shock in Brussels, and raised pressing questions about the future of Warsaw’s policies toward as well as influence...
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Poland’s past marks its present
WARSAW — Andrzej Duda’s victory over Bronisław Komorowski in Poland’s presidential election split the country along some old lines. A glance at the results of last week’s vote in the map above shows...
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A Polish ‘Game of Tapes’
Poland’s Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz upended her government on Wednesday night, looking to seize the political initiative after her party lost the country’s presidency last month and headed into a...
View ArticleAnother turn for the worse in Greek crisis
If there is no deal to rescue Greece from bankruptcy then the country faces an “uncontrollable crisis” of default and ejection from the Eurozone, the Greek central bank warned on Wednesday. “Failure to...
View ArticleTsipras makes last-minute proposals for summit
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented last-minute adjustments Sunday to Athens’ so-far unconvincing proposals on how to avoid default and ejection from the eurozone, in a flurry of phone calls with...
View ArticleTerror attacks rock France, Tunisia and Kuwait
Three terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait killed more than 50 people and left many more injured on Friday, in a spate of assault that appeared linked with Islamic radicals. The bloodiest...
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What happened at midnight
Greece owed the International Monetary Fund about €1.6 billion by 6 p.m. Washington time today, and when the deadline passed, the government did not send the cash, as expected. So what happens once...
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Berlin isn’t the only roadblock for Greece
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras celebrated his referendum success as a “victory of democracy,” but in other European democracies which have tightened their belts, showing any further generosity to...
View ArticleGlimmer of hope at Greek summit
Athens and eurozone leaders appeared to have found a possible way forward in their attempts to keep Greece in the eurozone at a summit Tuesday, the first positive signal in weeks of deadlock. Diplomats...
View ArticleEurope gives Greece final ultimatum
European leaders gave Greece until the end of the week to propose an acceptable rescue plan, warning that the alternative was a “black scenario” of bankruptcy, the collapse of its financial system and...
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How a Grexit would work
With only a day left for Greece to produce a financial rescue proposal, a Greek exit from the eurozone has never been more likely, prompting the European Commission and economists to game out what...
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The world according to Duda
SZCZECIN, Poland — Barely a week into his term, Poland’s new president is moving to realize a hallmark campaign promise: To pivot central Europe’s most important country to closer security ties with...
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Świat Dudy
SZCZECIN — Po pierwszym tygodniu swojej prezydentury Andrzej Duda rozpoczyna już istotne zmiany w polityce zagranicznej, nawiązujące do koncepcji swojego poprzednika i politycznego idola Lecha...
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