Vaccine chaos erupts in Poland
WARSAW – Poland’s government-run coronavirus vaccination system spiraled into disarray Thursday as it unexpectedly opened jab registrations for everyone over 40 before a minister rushed out to say it...
View ArticlePoland’s top court hobbles human rights advocate
WARSAW — Poland’s human rights ombudsman — one of the few remaining independent institutions in the country — will have to vacate his post in three months under a ruling issued Thursday by the...
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The 5 looming crises in Polish politics
WARSAW — Most countries are capable of handling only one or two political emergencies at a time — Poland has at least five, and that’s not counting coronavirus. As with the rest of the world, COVID...
View ArticleWhy Europe’s electricity is so expensive
Electricity prices are hitting record highs across Europe, slamming people with higher power bills and putting politicians on the spot. The numbers are shocking. In Spain and Portugal, average...
View ArticlePoland’s government digs in on legal showdown with the EU
WARSAW — The Polish government on Tuesday published last week’s verdict by the country’s Constitutional Tribunal finding that the Polish constitution has primacy over some EU law, meaning that the...
View ArticlePutin promises gas to a Europe struggling with soaring prices
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday promised that his country is ready to boost natural gas shipments to Europe at a time when the Continent is battling the political and economic impacts of...
View ArticlePolish PM warns of ‘dangerous’ EU effort to control members
Poland’s leaders have a message for the EU ahead of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s address to the European Parliament on Tuesday — “We’re not giving in to any blackmail.” Those are the words of...
View ArticleThe politics behind Poland’s border crisis
WARSAW — Never let a good crisis go to waste. There’s no doubt Poland faces a legitimate emergency. Thousands of migrants aiming to come across the border with Belarus have set up camp in the damp...
View ArticlePolish opposition politician accuses government of phone hack
WARSAW — The leader of the Polish opposition Civic Platform party’s 2019 election campaign says his phone was hacked 33 times by Israeli spyware tool Pegasus and used by the government to...
View ArticleThe not-so-fantastic 4: Central Europe’s divided Visegrad alliance
The Visegrad Group of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic is known as the V4, but it’s turning into more of a V 2+2. That’s because of the growing divergence between Poland and Hungary —...
View ArticlePoland takes half step back to cool legal conflicts with EU
WARSAW — Poland’s nationalist government is trying to beat a retreat on some of the conflicts that have soured its relations with the European Commission and with neighboring countries. Last week,...
View ArticlePoland goes from zero to hero in EU thanks to Ukraine effort
WARSAW — Poland has gone straight from being the EU’s bad boy to star pupil thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. For the first time in years, Poland is getting some positive press. Huge numbers of...
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Sorry Zelenskyy, Germany’s hooked on that Russian oil and gas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants Germany to do something about its addiction to Russian energy that’s funnelling billions to the Kremlin while it bombards his cities. Zelenskyy appealed...
View ArticleUkraine war turns Poland into America’s ‘indispensable’ ally
WARSAW — When Polish President Andrzej Duda met his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden last June, it was a rushed elbow-rub during a NATO summit in Brussels. That was when the nationalist Polish government’s...
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In EU’s Russian oil ban, the pain is in the fine print
The fine print often conceals the sting — and that’s the case with the European Union’s plan for oil sanctions announced on Wednesday. The headline was provided by Commission President Ursula von der...
View ArticleFinland faces Russia electricity cutoff
Russia will halt electricity deliveries to Finland as of 1 a.m. on Saturday, Finland’s grid operator said on Friday. “Further direct or bilateral sales of electricity imported from Russia will be...
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Poland digs in over EU rule-of-law pressure
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party is losing traction in opinion polls, but it isn’t giving any further ground in its rule-of-law dispute with the European Commission. And there’s no sign...
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Poland warns it will turn cannons on the EU in rule of law dispute
Poland’s de facto leader Jarosław Kaczyński is vowing that his government will take no further steps to meet the European Commission’s rule of law demands to unlock €35 billion in grants and loans...
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Poland’s central bank chief warns of German designs on Polish territory
WARSAW — Poland is heading toward a recession, its currency is losing value and inflation is among the highest in the EU, but the head of the country’s central bank has other concerns. The danger for...
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Russia’s energy blackmail runs out of gas — for now
Russia shut off the undersea Nord Stream pipeline to Germany for three days starting Wednesday and … gas prices actually fell. The price of gas on the benchmark Dutch TTF hub was trading at €239.10...
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