Donald Tusk
Prime Minister of Poland (2007–2014; since 2023)
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/people/45198836@N04, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- 9h ago
EU summit refuses Poland's ETS2 delay but requires Commission reassessment
The Brussels summit ended without the postponement to 2030 that Poland, Italy and the Visegrad Group sought. Instead, the final document requires the Commission to reassess ETS2's design and safeguard mechanisms.
- 9h ago
Former BBN chief Jacek Siewiera warns Russian hybrid escalation will peak this winter
Jacek Siewiera tells Radio ZET that the essential phase of Russia's hybrid war will come this winter, while Radosław Sikorski accuses President Karol Nawrocki of downplaying the threat.
- 12h ago
Poland summons Google, Meta, TikTok and X over violent content after school attacks
Poland's digital minister summoned Google, Meta, TikTok, Discord and Telegram on Friday, 16 October, after knife attacks at schools. X did not attend, and only 30 of 89 flagged posts were removed.
- 18h ago
Two firefighters die fighting a warehouse fire in Nisko, southeastern Poland
The fire cut off the escape route of firefighters at a warehouse and shop selling tractor parts in Nisko. The cause is not yet known and the blaze was still burning when reports were filed.
- yesterday
Tusk rules out softer EU sanctions on Russia as Zelensky thanks Poland
Donald Tusk used his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, 15 October 2026, to rule out any easing of EU sanctions on Russia. The talks had been planned for 15:30 but were pushed back because the EU summit ran long.
- 2d ago
Prosecutors seek Daniel Obajtek's immunity waiver and arrest over 2023 fuel prices
Waldemar Żurek has asked the European Parliament to lift the immunity of MEP Daniel Obajtek and approve his detention and temporary arrest over fuel price cuts at Orlen in 2023. Obajtek denies the accusations.
- 2d ago
Beata Szydło takes over PiS delegation in European Parliament ahead of Kraków convention
Former prime minister Beata Szydło replaced Adam Bielan as chair of the PiS delegation in the European Parliament after Mateusz Morawiecki lost the ECR chairmanship. She is due to speak at the party's Kraków convention on Thursday, 15 October.
- 2d ago
Court remands 66-year-old accused of plotting attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk
A Warsaw court ordered two months of pretrial detention for a 66-year-old man charged with nine offences. Searching his flat, officers found around a dozen improvised explosive devices.
- 2d ago
Polish ministry opens 90-day review of Paramount Skydance's takeover of TVN
The Ministry of State Assets received the notice on the evening of 13 October and opened the procedure the next morning. The review runs for 90 days and could end with an order to sell TVN shares.
- 3d ago
Germany's 2027 budget draft omits aid for surviving Polish victims of Nazi occupation
The 2027 draft budget in Berlin contains no funds for Polish survivors of Nazi occupation, and even supportive Bundestag members consider changes before adoption unlikely.
- 3d ago
Bulgaria confirms fire at Starlink site near Sofia, probe into possible sabotage
Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed a fire at a Starlink facility near Sofia on Wednesday, 14 October, and declined to give details while the investigation runs. The incident follows an arson attack on a Starlink ground station near Warsaw on 23 September.
- 3d ago
Poland charges 46-year-old man with inciting murder of PM Donald Tusk
Police detained the 46-year-old in Oborniki on Monday, 12 October, and prosecutors charged him on Tuesday, 13 October, with inciting murder and insulting senior officials, days after a separate arrest over a plot against Tusk.
- 3d ago
Wadephul says Russia targets all of Europe as Tusk urges tougher sanctions
German foreign minister Johann Wadephul told the Warsaw Security Forum that Europe must tighten cooperation after a drone attack plot at Leipzig airport. Donald Tusk, after meeting Lithuania's prime minister, argued that the EU should strengthen Russia sanctions rather than weaken them.
- 3d ago
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka ends briefing after clash with TV Republika reporter
Adam Szłapka, the government spokesman, told TV Republika journalists they could apologize and leave instead of asking questions at a Warsaw briefing on Tuesday, 13 October, held after that day's government meeting.
- 4d ago
Police say knife-carrying man attacked policewoman near Constitutional Tribunal; PiS calls it a raid
Warsaw police say a man with a knife injured a policewoman on Marszałkowska Street on Friday, 16 October. Jarosław Kaczyński and TV Republika describe the same operation as a raid on an activist's office.
- 4d ago
Germany holds two Turkish suspects over arson at Polish Starlink station, more arrests follow
A court in Nürtingen ordered two Turkish nationals held in pretrial custody on 13 October 2026 while Poland seeks their extradition over a 23 September fire at a Starlink station in Masovia.
- 4d ago
NBP resubmits board appointment requests to Nawrocki as November deadline nears
The National Bank of Poland said on Monday, 12 October 2026, that it had again submitted appointment motions to President Karol Nawrocki. Radio ZET reports that NBP president Adam Glapiński has not filed new nominations, and deputy president Adam Lipiński's term ends in November.
- 4d ago
Government spokesman says Braun must be taken seriously as a threat, not as a politician
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka said on Tuesday, 13 October, that Grzegorz Braun should be treated as a serious threat to Polish interests, responding to President Karol Nawrocki's Rzeczpospolita interview on a right-wing Senate pact.
- 5d ago
Police check over 108,000 Polish schools after knife attacks, 167 detained
Police recorded 415 incidents with suspected criminal offences and detained 167 people as of 6 am on Tuesday, 13 October. The nationwide operation follows a week of knife attacks in schools, one of which killed a 37-year-old woman caretaker.
- 5d ago
KO leads CBOS poll at 28.6%, PiS up 3.2 points; four parties clear 5% threshold
Koalicja Obywatelska stands at 28.6% in the CBOS poll conducted from 5 to 8 October 2026, ahead of PiS at 18.2%. Only four parties would enter the Sejm, while Razem, Rozwój Plus and Nowa Lewica fall short of the 5% threshold.
