– My resignation has nothing to do with any investigation – assured with a smile the departing Minister of Health Łukasz Szumowski. The day before, his deputy in charge of public procurement resigned from his post. Both were responsible for purchasing medical equipment needed during the pandemic. On the morning of the day of Szumowski’s...
According to new regulations announced by the Ministry of Education, in most cases, the full responsibility for reopening schools amid the epidemic will fall on school principals and local governments. – We’re being forced to join the battle with nothing but our bare hands- says Marek Pleśniar, managing director of the Polish Association of Education...
The health ministry on Tuesday informed about 680 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus infections, as well as of the death of six infected persons. This is the highest daily number of infections recorded in Poland so far, and fourth record-breaking number within the last seven days. Since the start of the pandemic, Poland has reported...
The National Electoral Commission (PKW) on Monday evening announced the official results of the second round of presidential election. Andrzej Duda won 51,03 percent of votes, while Rafał Trzaskowski – 48,97 percent. The turnout was 68,18 percent. „The marathon has come to an end,” said the chairman of the PKW Sylwester Marciniak and announced the...
Polish presidential challenger Rafał Trzaskowski tried to rally supporters of other opposition candidates to his centrist cause on Monday, vowing to hold the nationalist government to account ahead of what looks set to be a knife-edge run-off vote. Incumbent president Andrzej Duda, an ally of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, led the first...
Civic Coalition presidential candidate, mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski, said on Tuesday he was surprised that the ruling PiS party and state-controlled Polish Television (TVP) would use such delicate issue as Jewish property restitution in the election campaign. Polish public television has raised the sensitive issue of Jewish property restitution during the country’s presidential campaign...
There would be less than one percentage point between the incumbent Andrzej Duda and top opposition candidate Rafał Trzaskowski in the second round of presidential election, according to a poll by IBRiS for Wirtualna Polska (wp.pl) news portal. On Sunday (June 14), Wirtualna Polska published a poll conducted by IBRiS pollster regarding the first round...
Poland’s upper house of parliament, the Senate, approved legislation late on Monday allowing a presidential election to be held using a mix of postal and traditional voting, potentially paving the way for the vote to take place in June. Although the final date of the election has not yet been announced, the ruling Law and...
The Ministry of Health informed on Wednesday about 471 new coronavirus infections and 14 deaths. The total number of cases reported in Poland has gone up to 19,739, of which 962 people have died. Furthermore, according to Poland’s finance ministry, the country’s economy may diminish by even up 5 percent in 2020 Poland’s Health Ministry...
Civic Coalition leadership selected the Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski as their new candidate for president of Poland. He has replaced Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska who resigned from running earlier that day. The decision to nominate Rafał Trzaskowski to run in the election instead of Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska was announced at a press conference on Friday afternoon. The...
