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French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Jean Castex — a low-profile, 55-year-old conservative politician — as his new prime minister on Friday, according to the president's office.more

Russian President Vladimir Putin just got what he’s wanted from a recent vote: the veneer of a popular mandate on a plan that allows him to stay in power far beyond his current term limit - and could essentially make him president for life.more

The UK and EU have said serious differences remain over a post-Brexit trade deal, following the latest negotiations in Brussels.more

Boris Johnson's father has been criticised for travelling to Greece during the coronavirus lockdown. Stanley Johnson shared a number of pictures on his Instagram account on Wednesday, showing him arriving in Athens and at an airport in a mask.more

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has resigned, according to the Elysee Palace. His departure paves the way for a government reshuffle.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he would proceed carefully on making a decision on Huawei because the government did not want any critical infrastructure to be controlled by “potentially hostile state vendors”.more

The European Commission has brought cases against the Czech Republic and Poland in the EU Court of Justice regarding violations of EU rules on professional qualifications.more

After the next round of negotiations this week, there are still major discrepancies between London and Brussels regarding future relations after Brexit, said EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.more

Boris Johnson has said the UK will open a pathway to British citizenship for around three million Hong Kong British National (Overseas) passport holders as a result of China's new security law.more

The Queen and US President Donald Trump have spoken on the telephone, ahead of US Independence Day on Saturday.more

There are several times more people registered in the oblasts in Great Britain than in Poland, and the voting by correspondence means that the members of the commission have much more to do - explained Leszek Rowicki, the Consul General in Manchester.more

On 1 July 2020, Germany will take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. During a six-month period, Germany will lead the work of the Council during the recovery from the corona virus crisis, building co-operation and agreement between member states.more

Boris Johnson has said now is the time to be "ambitious" about the UK's future, as he set out a post-coronavirus recovery plan.more

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged China to "step back from the brink" after reports it passed a controversial national security law in Hong Kong.more

We will want to receive clarifications from two Manchester regional committees about the cause of the delay in the transmission of the protocols - said today the head of the National Electoral Office Magdalena Pietrzak.more

Rafał Trzaskowski won the most votes in the presidential election among Poles living in UK.more

Despite the pandemic, record turnout was recorded in the elections of the President of the Republic of Poland abroad. Over 387 thousand citizens enrolled in the voter lists abroad, including over 343 thousand voting by correspondence - the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed.more

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda got the most votes in the first round of the country’s presidential election, final results showed on Tuesday, as the focus turned to what looks set to be a close-fought run-off vote on July 12.more

Poles living in Great Britain almost unanimously supported Rafał Trzaskowski in the election of the President of Poland. Almost every second eligible person voted for the Civic Coalition candidate.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the government should take an active and interventionist approach to the economy, and a program like the US New Deal from the 1930s is needed to overcome the crisis caused by the epidemic.more

Voters in the United Kingdom may notify the consul of their intention to vote by correspondence in the Polish presidential election by 28 June at the latest until 24:00. Voting in the British Isles takes place only by correspondence.more

In Ireland, in the first round of the election of the President of the Republic of Poland, Rafał Trzaskowski won, ahead of Szymon Hołownia and Andrzej Duda - according to reports published by the National Electoral Commission.more

President of Iceland Gudni TH. Johannesson, elected on Saturday for his second term, said he would like to run the state as Juergen Klopp does with Liverpool - strongly but humbly.more

The British press devotes a lot of attention to yesterday's presidential election in Poland, presenting it mostly as a clash of populism represented by Andrzej Duda with the liberalism of Warsaw President Rafał Trzaskowski.more

"The second round of voting, scheduled for July 12, will be a dispute about the future direction of Poland and whether radical reforms supported by PiS will be continued," we read in Politico.more