ČTK Updated 24 minutes ago – In the first round of the presidential election in Poland, the current president Andrzej Duda, an important ally of the ruling national-conservative Party Law and Justice (PiS), won. According to the results, which were published by the Central Election Commission after the sum of about 99.78 percent of the … Read more
In his first speech after the release of estimates, Duda described his victory as absolutely decisive, although he admitted that Trzaskowski had a chance in the second round. He also criticized the previous governments of the Civic Platform, recalling their missteps and problems, says Lukáš Mathé, a Czech correspondent in Poland. In his speech, the … Read more
ČTK Updated 8 minutes ago – As expected, the current head of state, Andrzej Duda, received the most votes in Sunday’s presidential election in Poland. However, he did not win an absolute majority, so the second round will take place in two weeks. In it, Duda will face opposition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski, who finished in … Read more
Countries in Europe are introducing various measures to restart consumption, such as Germany reducing the VAT rate on food. According to the Minister of Finance, however, this would have no effect on the price in shops in the Czech Republic. “I am fundamentally against reducing VAT on food, because if we reduced it, if I … Read more
The mayor of Warsaw is popular and criticized Among the people of Warsaw, the mayor enjoys considerable support, despite the fact that his work in the leadership of the capital is also reaping criticism. Critics accuse him of not fulfilling the vast majority of his pre-election promises or of taking the side of alleged fraudsters … Read more
The automotive group PSA will bring in employees from a Polish factory to strengthen its teams at the Hordain site (North), the unions denouncing Thursday at the end of a CSE a measure which leaves aside the temporary workers. Next week, a “First contingent” of 120 employees of the Gliwice factory in Poland – producing … Read more
Coronavirus changed his life. The charismatic mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski, thought he would see the presidential election of May 10 slip under the nose of his liberal Civic Platform party. Private campaign due to pandemic, the opposition looked pale. Andrzej Duda, outgoing president from the ultra-conservative PiS party, in power since 2015 , was … Read more
“I can’t believe they are taking advantage of the pandemic to iron out these ridiculous laws!” annoys Anna Zaradny, while the Polish Parliament is due to debate this Thursday the total ban on abortion in the event of serious malformations of the embryo. Before the vote on Tuesday, dressed in all black, including mask and … Read more