Polish

In a pivotal election, Polish nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki has emerged victorious in the second round of the presidential election, securing 50.89% of the votes, according to the electoral commission. This outcome presents a significant challenge to the reform initiatives of the pro-European government. His contender, Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor of Warsaw and ally of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, garnered 49.11% of the votes. Interestingly, exit polls just yesterday suggested a closely contested…

Recently, a surprising letter surfaced from Polish President Andrzej Duda directed to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. In this correspondence, Duda urged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be afforded "an undisturbed stay" should he choose to attend the upcoming 80th commemoration of Auschwitz’s liberation slated for later this month. According to reports from the Polish newspaper 'Wyborcza,' officials within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were caught off guard by the letter Duda dispatched on Wednesday,…