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Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski

Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski

Polish politician

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Photo: Ja Fryta from Strzegom, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

  • Sep 30

    Warsaw court grants safe conduct to fugitive lawmaker Marcin Romanowski over 280 million zloty fund case

    The Warsaw District Court has issued a non-final safe conduct order for Law and Justice MP Marcin Romanowski, who fled Poland in December 2024 amid charges of misallocating over 280 million zlotys from the Justice Fund.

  • Jul 9

    Ex-Orlen CEO Obajtek scuffles with Solino boss during hunger strike visit

    MEP and former Orlen chief Daniel Obajtek tried to join a hunger strike at the IKS Solino salt mine but was met with force by the company's CEO, triggering a police complaint and a political storm over the planned sale of a key brine customer to German investors.

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