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Ukraine strikes debt deal
Ukraine has struck a deal with bondholders that reduces its commercial debt, the country’s finance minister said Thursday, though the politically sensitive issue of whether $3 billion in Russian debt...
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Orbán and Juncker to face off on migration
In one corner: Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president who slams the “short-sightedness of those who would like to see a Europe that is divided by anti-migrant walls.” In the other:...
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Poland to aid refugees, not economic migrants
WARSAW — Poland is ready to help alleviate the migration crisis, but opposes quotas set by Brussels and insists that Europe do a better job of separating true asylum seekers from those moving for...
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Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn resigns
Martin Winterkorn, the embattled CEO of Volkswagen, resigned Wednesday just days after the German carmaker was accused by U.S. authorities of rigging its diesel cars to cheat on emissions tests. “I am...
View ArticleRussia plays the Polish history card
WARSAW — It’s usually not difficult for a Russian to cause outrage in Poland by taking a poke at that proud but prickly country’s history — and that seems to be what Moscow’s ambassador in Warsaw may...
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The Corbynization of Polish politics
WARSAW — Poland has never been wealthier, income inequality is falling and local businesses are robust — but dissatisfied voters are still preparing to kick out the party that has governed the country...
View ArticleMigrants carry ‘parasites and protozoa,’ warns Polish opposition leader
Warning that migrants carry “very dangerous diseases long absent from Europe,” the leader of the right-wing party that looks likely to win Poland’s October 25 parliamentary elections sought this week...
View ArticleNew tech helps Poland’s old guard
WARSAW — Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice party built its core support among older, poorer people far from the largest cities; its leader Jarosław Kaczyński didn’t even have a bank account and a...
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Polish right sweeps parliamentary elections
WARSAW — A right-wing wave on Sunday swept out Poland’s ruling Civic Platform party after eight years in office, according to exit polls released immediately after voting ended at 9 pm. The polls...
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5 takeaways from Poland’s election
WARSAW — Poland’s parliamentary election on Sunday upended one of Europe’s most stable political scenes and ousted one of the EU’s longest-serving governments. Voters had enough of eight years of the...
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‘The king of Poland’
WARSAW — Sunday’s parliamentary election wasn’t the first crucial political test faced by Beata Szydło, who is slated to become Poland’s next prime minister. Her real trial came in 2011 when Jarosław...
View ArticleNew emissions troubles hit Volkswagen
In another blow for already reeling Volkswagen, the German carmaker said Tuesday that as many as 800,000 of its cars could be showing incorrect levels of carbon dioxide emissions. The problem was found...
View ArticleGame of names as Poland forms new government
WARSAW — Beata Szydło was the moderate face of Poland’s Law and Justice party and the promise she would become prime minister helped propel the party to a historic victory in recent parliamentary...
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Poland could have ‘empty chair’ at migration summit
WARSAW — Poland may not make an appearance at next week’s informal EU summit in Malta on dealing with the migration crisis because it is in the midst of a post-election government transition. The...
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Blasts from past in Poland’s new government
Poland’s newly elected Law and Justice party government named some of its more controversial figures to senior ministerial posts on Monday. Beata Szydło, Law and Justice’s nominee to be prime minister,...
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EU capitals extend Cameron wary olive branch
PARIS — European capitals gave a wary welcome Tuesday to David Cameron’s demands for reforming the U.K.’s relationship with the EU — but warned again that migration could be a divisive red line. The...
View ArticlePutin wants to turn page from Ukraine to Syria
When it comes to relations with Russia, the Kremlin wants the West to choose between sticking by its diplomatic guns on Ukraine or working arm-in-arm in Syria. So far, the EU and U.S. are resisting a...
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More guidance for Labour from Mao
U.K. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell created a stir among his comrades in the British Parliament Wednesday by reciting a passage from “Quotations from Chairman Mao,” better known as Mao’s Little Red...
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Poland takes a tough line ahead of COP21
WARSAW — Poland’s new conservative government is no longer threatening to torpedo the COP21 summit, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be an easy negotiating partner as it seeks to defend Polish...
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A new broom follows Poland’s clean sweep
WARSAW — Poland’s transition from the long-ruling Civic Platform to its conservative rivals from the Law and Justice party was always going to bring change. Few predicted how swift and deep that...
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