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FILE - Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski addresses reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024. Polish prosecutors opened an investigation Monday, May 6, after a Polish judge fled to the autocratic state of Belarus and asked for protection there. Sikorski described the judge as a traitor. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland’s Tusk calls secret services meeting to address judge’s defection to Belarus

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he is calling a special meeting of the secret services to discuss alleged Russian and Belarusian influence.
 
FILE - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk reacts during his and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with students in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk is celebrating a victory on Monday April 22, 2024 after a series of candidates supported by his party won weekend races for mayor. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Poland’s prime minister celebrates after his party wins a string of cities in mayoral votes

 
Polish voters take part in a local runoff election in Lomianki, near Warsaw, Poland on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Voters are choosing mayors who did not win outright in the first round of the election two weeks earlier. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish voters choose mayors in hundreds of cities in runoff election

 
Ola Kozak, 11, sits at the table where she used to do her homework at the family home in Warsaw, Poland, Friday April 5, 2024. Ola is happy that Poland's government has ordered strict limits on the amount of homework that teachers can impose on the lower grades, starting in April. Julian enjoyed doing his homework. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s kids rejoice over new rules against homework. Teachers and parents aren’t so sure

 
Dariusz Matecki, a conservative lawmaker in the Polish parliament, displays a poster showing a fetus and the words "10th week after conception," during a debate on liberalizing the abortion law , in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. He also played the sound of a child's heartbeat through a microphone next to his chair. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation

 

Poland implements new rules against school homework

Many children in Poland are rejoicing over strict limits imposed by the government on the amount of homework. However, teachers and parents aren’t so sure.
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In White House visit, Polish leaders push NATO to ramp up spending, call on US to fund Ukraine

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Poland’s prime minister reshuffles Cabinet to release ministers running for European Parliament

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced changes in his Cabinet to replace four ministers running for the European Parliament next month.
 
FILE - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk talks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Joe Biden Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Washington. Poland’s local and regional elections on the weekend failed to give Prime Minister Donald Tusk the sweeping victory he had hoped for. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Tusk fails to win decisive victory in local elections, complicating his efforts to remake Poland

Poland’s local and regional elections on the weekend have failed to give Prime Minister Donald Tusk the sweeping victory he had sought.
 
Conservative Law and Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, right, joins supporters during Poland's local and regional elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday April 7, 2024. The vote is the first test at the ballot box for Prime Minister Donald Tusk four months after he took office. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Conservative opposition leads Prime Minister Tusk’s party in Poland’s local races, exit poll says

An exit poll released after Poland’s local and regional elections show Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-EU party slightly trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December.
 
FILE - Polish President Andrzej Duda, right, and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, second from left, listen as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, second from right, speaks during a meeting with President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Washington. Poland’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, March 13, 2024, that it is cutting short the missions of 50 of the nation’s ambassadors as the new pro-European Union government is aiming to improve the functioning and the professionalism of the missions at a challenging time. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Poland’s pro-EU government to remove 50 ambassadors appointed by the previous administration

Poland’s Foreign Ministry says it’s cutting short the missions of 50 of the nation’s ambassadors as part of efforts by the country’s new pro-European Union government to improve the missions at a challenging time.
 
President Joe Biden meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

In White House visit, Polish president pushes NATO to ramp up spending, calls on US to fund Ukraine

Polish President Andrzej Duda used a joint White House visit with his political rival, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, to call on NATO allies to significantly increase defense spending.
 
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk pauses as he speaks, during a news conference following his meeting with Lithuania's Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte at the government's headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Poland’s prime minister criticizes Hungary and Slovakia foreign ministers for meeting Lavrov

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has sharply criticized the Hungarian and Slovak foreign ministers for meeting with their Russian counterpart during a regional forum in Turkey.
 
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, for talks about progress that Poland's new government has been making in restoring rule-of-law principles as it seeks to have its EU funds unfrozen, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Top EU official says decisions coming next week on the release of massive funds for Poland

The head of the European Union’s powerful Commission says decisions will be taken soon to release billions of euros to Poland, funds frozen by the bloc over the previous Polish government’s anti-EU policies.
 
FILE - A Polish border guard gives instructions as drivers wait to cross the border from Poland into Ukraine in Medyka, Poland, on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 that the border crossings with Ukraine are being added to a list of critical infrastructure to ensure that all military and humanitarian aid can reach Ukraine without delay. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance, Polish premier says as he moves to secure aid transit route

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the border crossings with Ukraine are being added to a list of critical infrastructure to ensure that all military and humanitarian aid can reach Ukraine without any delays.
 
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, and President Andrzej Duda attend a meeting of the Cabinet Council, a consultation format between the president and the government, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2024. Tusk said Tuesday he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and that list of victims" was "very long ". (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Biden to host Polish president and prime minister on March 12, 25 years after Poland joined NATO

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden will host Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk for a meeting in Washington on March 12, the 25th anniversary of Poland’s joining the NATO Alliance, the White House said Thursday.
 
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, and President Andrzej Duda attend a meeting of the Cabinet Council, a consultation format between the president and the government, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2024. Tusk says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and that list of victims was “very long.” (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware

Poland’s new prime minister says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims.
 
FILE -Poland's President Andrzej Duda, center, poses with former deputy interior minister Maciej Wasik, left, and former interior minister Mariusz Kaminski, right, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, January, 9, 2004. Poland’s feud between the new pro-European Union government and conservative opposition has focused on parliament status of two opposition politicians just out of jail, after they were pardoned by their ally, president Andrzej Duda. Thursday’s session of the lower house of parliament opened amid questions whether two senior Law and Justice members. (AP Photo/President Palace/Jakub Szymczuk, File)

Poland’s pro-EU government and opposition disagree on whether 2 pardoned lawmakers can stay on

Poland’s new pro-European Union government and conservative opposition disagree on whether two opposition politicians pardoned this week can still serve as lawmakers.
 
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Poland’s prime minister visits Ukraine in the latest show of support for Kyiv against Russia

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is vowing to keep supporting Ukraine against Russia’s nearly 2-year-old invasion.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, who is allied with the right-wing opposition, and new pro-European Union Prime Minister Donald Tusk shake hands before talks on Poland's security and continuing support for neighbouring Ukraine, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Monday Jan. 15, 2024. Tusk is to travel to Kyiv in the coming days at the invitation of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s crucial local elections will be held in April, newly appointed prime minister says

Poland’s new Prime Minister Donald Tusk said crucial elections to choose city mayors and provincial and county administration leaders would be held April 7, with a runoff April 21.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, who is allied with the right-wing opposition, and new pro-European Union Prime Minister Donald Tusk shake hands before talks on Poland's security and continuing support for neighbouring Ukraine, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Monday Jan. 15, 2024. Tusk is to travel to Kyiv in the coming days at the invitation of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s president and new prime minister remain divided on rule of law despite talks

Poland’s president and new prime minister say they remain divided on the subject of rule of law, despite one-on-one talks in search of common ground.
 
Supporters of right-wing Law and Justice party which lost power in October parliamentary elections are gathering in front of the parliament building in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, to protest the moves by the new pro-European Union government which has taken control of state media, before. Poland’s right-wing opposition is urging supporters to protest against moves by the new pro-European Union government to take control of state broadcasters and the state news agency. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s president plans to pardon 2 politicians as tens of thousands hold anti-government protest

Poland’s president says he has started the process to once again pardon two politicians who were arrested earlier this week.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, center, poses with new adviser Stanislaw Zaryn, far left, former deputy interior minister Maciej Wasik, and to his right former interior minister Mariusz Kaminski, and new adviser Blazej Pobozy in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, January, 9, 2004. Duda on Tuesday welcomed Kaminski and Wasik, who have been convicted and sentenced for abuse of power, and gave them refuge in his palace as police were preparing to arrest them. The legal drama surrounding the two is building into a legal standoff between the new government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Law and Justice, the national conservative party that governed Poland for eight years until last month following its loss of a general election in October. (AP Photo/President Palace/Jakub Szymczuk)

2 convicted politicians who took refuge for hours at Poland’s presidential palace are arrested

Two convicted politicians who took refuge for hours in Poland’s presidential palace have been arrested by police.
 
Poland's new Prime Minister Donald Tusk tells during a news conference that his pro-European Union government is urgently preparing a new spending bill to secure raises for teachers and re-dedicate some 3 billion zlotys ($762 million), originally meant for state media, to children's health, after President Andrzej Duda, allied with the opposition party, vetoed the previous bill that earmarked funds for state media, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish president tangles with new government in battle over control of state media

Poland’s political battle over state media continues. The new pro-European Union government has put state media in a state of liquidation in response to the president’s rejection of funding for them.
 
FILE - Poland President Andrzej Duda speaks at an event in support of tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050 during at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Poland’s president says he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. President Andrzej Duda said Saturday, Dec. 23 he would veto the bill that includes 3 billion zlotys ($762 million) for public media and would propose a bill of his own. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)

Polish president says he’ll veto a spending bill, in a blow to the new government of Donald Tusk

Poland’s president says he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
 
Police arrives at the headquarters of Poland's state-owned TVP broadcaster to observe protests against the steps taken by the new pro-European Union government which is moving to free the media from the previous team's political control and restore their objectivity and fairness, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish state TV relaunches its main newscast as the new government shakes up the media

Viewers in Poland watched a remoulded main evening newscast on TVP state television Thursday after the new, pro-European Union government took control of state media to free it from the control and propaganda of the previous right-wing ruling team.
 
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk talks to journalists as he arrives for an EU-Western Balkans summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. European Union and Western Balkans leaders meet in Brussels Wednesday to discuss political and policy engagement, economic foundations and the impact of Russian aggression against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Poland’s new Cabinet moves to free state media from previous government’s political control

Poland’s new pro-European Union government has begun wrestling control of the country’s state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power.
 
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, waves as he arrives for a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. European Union leaders conclude a second day of meetings in which they will discuss the situation in Gaza. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Poland’s new government appoints new chiefs for intelligence, security and anti-corruption agencies

Poland’s new prime minister, Donald Tusk, says his pro-European Union government has appointed new heads of state security, intelligence and anti-corruption offices.
 
Poland's new Prime Minister Donald Tusk, centre, walks past ministers during the swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Donald Tusk was sworn in by the president in a ceremony where each of his ministers was also taking the oath of office. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Eight years of conservative rule in Poland ends as Donald Tusk becomes prime minister

The new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Cabinet members have taken office after being sworn in by the country’s president.
 
Newly elected Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, center, is congratulated by lawmakers after his government passed a confidence vote at the parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s new prime minister vows to press the West to continue helping neighboring Ukraine

Poland’s newly elected prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed that his government will demand that the West keep helping neighboring Ukraine.
 
The leader of Poland's opposition Donald Tusk, center, reacts after Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki losing confidence vote at the parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Monday Dec. 11, 2023. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's government lost the confidence vote in parliament, ending the rule of his national conservative party after eight years in power. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Donald Tusk becomes Poland’s prime minister with the mission of improving European Union ties

Poland’s parliament has elected centrist party leader Donald Tusk as prime minister after eight years of stormy conservative rule.
 
Szymon Holownia, left, head of the Poland 2050 party, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, head of the Polish People's Party, Donald Tusk, center, head of the Civic Coalition, Wlodzimierz Czarzasty, a co-chairman of the New Left party, and Robert Biedron, the other co-chairman of the New Left, sign a coalition agreement, in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday Nov. 10, 2023. The leaders of Polish opposition parties have signed a coalition agreement that lays out a roadmap for governing the nation over the next four years. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s election winners sign a coalition pact but won’t get to govern just yet

The leaders of the Polish opposition parties that together won the most votes in last month’s election have signed a coalition agreement.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, holds a postelection meeting with Donald Tusk, right, the opposition candidate to be the next prime minister, and other members of a Tusk-led electoral alliance at the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Duda on Tuesday opened two days of consultations with the heads of political groups that won seats in parliament in the national election on Oct. 15. The leaders of the opposition parties that collectively won the most votes in Poland's recent elections announced Tuesday that Donald Tusk, the leader of the largest group, is their candidate to be prime minister. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s president calls for new parliament to hold first session Nov. 13

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he is calling the first session of the country’s newly elected parliament for Nov. 13.
 
Leader of the Polish Civic Coalition Donald Tusk addresses a media conference prior to a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Poland’s Tusk visits Brussels, seeking initiative in repairing ties with EU and unlocking funds

Polish politician Donald Tusk is in Brussels seeking to repair his country’s ties with the European Union.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, holds a postelection meeting with Donald Tusk, right, the opposition candidate to be the next prime minister, and other members of a Tusk-led electoral alliance at the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Duda on Tuesday opened two days of consultations with the heads of political groups that won seats in parliament in the national election on Oct. 15. The leaders of the opposition parties that collectively won the most votes in Poland's recent elections announced Tuesday that Donald Tusk, the leader of the largest group, is their candidate to be prime minister. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish opposition groups say Donald Tusk is their candidate for prime minister

The leaders of opposition parties that collectively won the most votes in Poland’s recent election say Donald Tusk is their candidate to be prime minister.
 
FILE - Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister addresses supporters at his party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland's voters delivered a clear verdict. After eight years of rule by an illiberal government, they have had enough. While the conservative ruling Law and Justice party won more votes than any other single party, it lost its majority in parliament and will not hold enough seats to govern the country. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Polish election winner Donald Tusk appeals to president to move quickly to form a new government

The leader of opposition that won Poland’s parliamentary election, Donald Tusk, appealed to the nation’s president Tuesday for “energetic and fast decisions” so that a new government could be formed quickly.
 
FILE - Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister addresses supporters at his party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland's voters delivered a clear verdict. After eight years of rule by an illiberal government, they have had enough. While the conservative ruling Law and Justice party won more votes than any other single party, it lost its majority in parliament and will not hold enough seats to govern the country. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Polish opposition leader Tusk declares win after exit poll shows ruling conservatives lose majority

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is declaring the beginning of a new era after three opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election to oust the governig party.
 
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