Poland

Czech military helicopters deployed to rescue people from homes as evacuations take place in multiple cities in several countries

Lower Austria, the state surrounding Vienna, declared a disaster area with some 20,000 rescue crew members at work

Similar weather expected in southern Germany and parts of Austria, Poland, and Slovakia over coming days

Prime minister Donald Tusk says lessons of the past, and present Russian aggression, underline importance of strong defence

PiS accused of plundering state coffers to fund failed 2023 campaign

Calls for historical commemoration projects and more compensation for wartime survivors from Germany for suffering it inflicted

Democracy requires people to see the need to vote. France, Iran and Poland show the way

Draft law highlighted deep divisions in Donald Tusk’s ruling coalition

Modernised and expanded mobilisation system aims to stamp out corruption and draft dodging

As Poland’s second city, beautiful Krakow emerged from the second World War relatively unscathed in architectural terms, but not in matters of life and death

Agnieszka Holland’s powerful depiction of border-crossing has angered Polish authorities and refugee agencies in equal measure

Clinic that denied termination to woman whose pregnancy may have endangered her life fined €127,000

America thrives during times of political strife, and it’s not the only one. Maybe we overrate the importance of politics

Shooting has exposed an increasingly febrile and polarised political climate in Slovakia and across Europe, say commentators

Billions of euro in funding had been withheld over concerns about the judiciary

In a sign of the times around Europe, economic benefits of EU membership have yielded to more earnest discussions about security

Twenty years after EU accession, the Polish migrant community is regarded as too different to be fully included in Irish society, but not different enough to merit additional supports

At issue is investment in Polish shopping centre project

Ukrainian farm minister Mykola Solsky praised what he said was ‘constructive work’ by Poland

As the 20th anniversary of Poland joining the EU approaches, Poles reflect on their experiences here

Sikorski says new Donald Tusk government ready to ‘return to the group of countries creating Europe rather than defending themselves against Europe’

Modernity is causing a drop-off in people identifying as Catholic, but the Polish clergy also bears some responsibility

Group presents proposals to permit abortion until the 12th week of pregnancy

Zelenskiy castigates Ukraine’s western allies for ‘turning a blind eye’ following destruction of largest power plant in capital region

Four Bills sent for further study by committee, including two proposing legalising procedure until 12th week of pregnancy

The new justice minister is leading an unprecedented democratic experiment

Surge in Poles buying Tenerife ‘safe havens’ even before last week’s warning from Polish prime minister Donald Tusk that Europe is in a pre-war era

And that’s just one of the big problems Simon Harris will face as taoiseach

Law aimed to remove requirement for people over 15 to have a prescription to buy emergency contraceptive pills

Warsaw investigates ‘personal security clearance’ of Jaroslaw Gromadzinski after his dismissal as commander of Eurocorps

Seven charged as part of investigation into state-financed alleged slush fund

After eight years of illiberal rule, the former president of the European Council has returned to sweep away the vestiges of PiS state capture, reversing course will be difficult

On Thursday leading allies of prime minister Donald Tusk accused Mr Glapiński of pursuing a monetary policy that financed and backed the previous government

Two weeks ago German officials were infuriated when Macron floated in public the idea that sending European troops to Ukraine could not be ruled out

‘Different organisational regime’ on border crossings will provide ‘100% guarantee’ aid will reach Ukraine without delays, says Polish prime minister

Two deeply polarised camps in the country now disagree on what legal authority is legitimate

Polish prime minister says: There is no reason that the European Union cannot become a military power like Russia’

Protests follow similar actions in other EU countries ahead of European Parliament elections

The two ex-politicians are demanding the return of their seats in the Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliament

Polish leader Donald Tusk visits Kyiv to discuss new military aid package and joint arms production