Protests in Poland sparked by perceived assaults on democracy
Opponents of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party remained in front of Poland’s parliament building Saturday morning hours after
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Opposition lawmakers in Poland block parliament to protest media rules
Opposition lawmakers in Poland sang the national anthem and chanted ‘Free media’ in protest at planned limits on journalists. Work
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Divided Poland marks 35th anniversary of martial law
Poland’s political scene polarization became apparent yet again as the governing camp and the opposition organized separate demonstrations commemorating the
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Poland’s Supreme Court rules against Polanski’s extradiction
Oscar-winning Polish-born filmmaker Roman Polanski will not be extradited if he travels to Poland, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on
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Bulgarian Defence Minister faces criminal charges over MiG-29 deal
Bulgarian prosecutors have lodged criminal charges against Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev in connection with his conduct in concluding a deal
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Bulgaria’s outgoing Defence Minister expects to face charges over MiG-29 engines deal
Nikolai Nenchev, Defence Minister in Boiko Borissov’s outgoing government, said on November 22 that he expected to face criminal charges
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Poland starts to exhume victims of Smolensk plane crash
The bodies of Poland’s former president Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria, who died in a 2010 plane crash in
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Bulgarian, CEE leaders react to Trump election
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov are among leaders in Central and Eastern Europe who have sent
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Nato’s Vershbow on alliance troops in Eastern Europe: ‘We had no choice’
Nato had hoped for cooperation with Russia, but Moscow changed the paradigm by annexing Crimea, the alliance’s Deputy Secretary General,
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