The heads of the five factions of the European Parliament, representing the vast majority of MEPs, wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, "strongly protesting against the unprecedented attack on women's rights and freedoms" in Poland.more
In Ireland, for the first time since August, the average weekly number of coronavirus infections detected has dropped, and the R virus reproduction rate is around 1, meaning the epidemic has stopped spreading, medical authorities said yesterday.more
I have decided to submit to the Sejm a draft amendment to the Act on Family Planning, which, taking into account the indications of the Constitutional Tribunal, provides for the introduction of a new premise to restore the possibility of terminating a pregnancy only in the event of the so-called lethal defects - President Andrzej Duda announced today.more
"As a citizen I look at what is happening with disgust, as a Catholic with sadness," former president of the Constitutional Tribunal, prof. Andrzej Rzepliński.more
The Labor Party has suspended its former leader Jeremy Corbyn. This is the result of a report by the Commission on Equality and Human Rights (EHRC), which highlighted the serious shortcomings of the previous leadership in the fight against anti-Semitism.more
The world's media are writing about what is happening at the moment on the streets of Polish cities. The authors are mainly journalists with familiar-sounding surnames. Poland is described as "staunch Catholic country" and the ruling party "nationalist".more
Britain will do everything it can to avoid ordering a second national COVID-19 lockdown because it believes it will do more harm than good to the country, a minister said on Thursday.more
Fisheries remain the major stumbling block in trade negotiations between Britain and the bloc, as the EU seeks to up its access to British fishing waters at the end of the Brexit transition period. more
More than 50 Tory MPs from "red wall" seats are demanding a "roadmap out of lockdown" from Boris Johnson and a post-COVID economic recovery plan for the north of England.more
More than 60 million pre-election votes have been cast, and 33 states have surpassed their pre-election vote totals from 2016, according to data from CNN, Edison Research and Catalist. more
Thousands of angry Italians took to the streets of Turin, Milan, Naples, Palermo, and Rome on Monday night to protest the early closing of bars and restaurants and the shuttering of gyms and theaters as the country slips further into chaos as it tries to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.more
Boris Johnson has defended his refusal to extend free school meals for children in England over the half-term holiday, saying he was "very proud" of the government's support so far.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterates that if we fail to conclude a free trade agreement with the European Union - modeled on Canada's - the Australian option is a good solution. The Australian option in practice means no deal with EU.more
Prezeska Fundacji "Domy Wspólnoty Chleb Życia", która słynie z opieki nad ludźmi odrzuconymi społecznie, napisała emocjonalny post na swoim profilu na Facebooku. To jej reakcja na wyrok Trybunału Konstytucyjnego, który uznał za niezgodną z prawem aborcję z powodu trwałych i nieodwracalnych wad płodu. more
The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, has tested positive for the coronavirus but is "feeling well." Poland reported it's highest daily new infections as new measures come into force to slow the spread of the virus.more
Four-time Olympic ski jumping champion Simon Ammann has lost in the local elections to the city council in Wildhaus-Alt.St. Johann and will not run again in the second round. The Swiss now wants to focus on sports.more
The UK has announced it will enforce asset freezes and travel bans against two Russian GRU officers and the GRU’s military intelligence unit 26165 – codenamed APT28 and Fancy Bear – which were responsible for the 2015 cyber attacks on Germany’s Parliament.more
Britain has announced details of a new visa for Hong Kong people who hold British National (Overseas) passports and close family members, confirming their right to work or study in the UK for up to five years as a pathway to full citizenship.more
President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden made their final arguments to voters at their second and final presidential debate, squaring off in Nashville, Tennessee, with less than two weeks until the election.more
Poland supports the statements of the US, Canadian and British governments pointing to the responsibility of GRU Russian military intelligence officers for numerous cyber attacks - you can read in the statement of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs published today.more
After promises from the French authorities that they would tackle terrorism and the subversive activities of Islamists, commentators in the country pointed out that the rule of law creates a situation in which "Islamists draw knives against us and we hand them a shield."more
The UK is "ready to welcome the EU team" to continue negotiations over a post-Brexit trade deal, says No 10. The two sides' chief negotiators, Lord David Frost and Michel Barnier, spoke on the phone earlier after talks stalled last week.
Following the conversation, Downing Street said the pair had "jointly agreed a set of principles for handling this intensified phase of talks".more
Younger people have shown lower faith in a democracy compared to any other age group - with millennials all over the world more disillusioned than their predecessors at the same stage in life.more
