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Warsaw to stage first Chopin global competition

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Poland's Fryderyk Chopin Institute (NIFC) on Thursday said it would hold the first international competition where pianists will play the romantic composer's music on period instruments. "The pianos of that era have a mechanism and tone that are very different from those offered by contemporary instruments," said Joanna Bokszczanin, who is organising the event in Warsaw on September 2-14. Participants, who canRead more

Polish PM sacks defence, foreign ministers in reshuffle

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Poland's new right-wing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sacked his defence and foreign ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, as he seeks to mend strained ties with the country's EU partners. Controversial defence minister Antoni Macierewicz and foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski lost their jobs along with environment minister Jan Szyszko, among others, in an announcement at an official ceremony held at theRead more

Polish PM sacks defence, foreign ministers in reshuffle

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Poland's new rightwing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sacked his defence and foreign ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, as he seeks to mend ties with the country's EU partners. Controversial defence minister Antoni Macierewicz and foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski lost their jobs along with environment minister Jan Szyszko, among others, Source: AFP Read more

Polish president signs controversial judicial reforms into law

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Poland's president on Wednesday said he signed into law two controversial judicial reforms that opposition politicians and the EU insist undermine the rule of law and the separation of powers. President Andrzej Duda said he had "decided to sign" reforms to the Supreme Court and the National Council of the Judiciary pushed through parliament this month by the rightwing Law andRead more

Polish regulator defends TV channel's fine

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Poland's broadcasting regulator moved Wednesday to justify its 350,000 euro ($410,000) fine for the American-owned television station TVN24, after the decision drew criticism from the US State Department and a media watchdog. The National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) accused the station, one of the country's two leading private news channels, of giving "a one-sided presentation of events" in coverage of protestsRead more

Polish TV channel fined

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Poland's media regulator fined a private news channel nearly 1.5 million zlotys ($420,000) Monday for what it alleged was unfair reporting during a political crisis last year, but some saw the penalty as an attack on press freedom. The National Broadcasting Council said in a statement that all-news station TVN24's coverage of street protests over three days last December violated Polish lawRead more

Mateusz Morawiecki: an unconventional 'Polish Dreamer'

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Mateusz Morawiecki, the son of an anti-communist dissident who became a successful banker and later Poland's finance minister, made a name for himself by taking on tax evasion and bolstering the welfare state. Those moves have paved his way for his right wing Law and Justice (PiS) party to propose him as prime minister on Thursday, replacing Beata Szydlo asRead more

Polish PM survives no-confidence vote

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The Polish parliament, which is controlled by the governing conservatives, on Thursday rejected a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, but reports swirl that she could still be replaced by the end of the day. Ahead of the motion, Szydlo described it as "a pile of nonsense, lies and slander" before lawmakers voted 239-168, with 17 abstentions, to defeatRead more

Secret Holocaust-era archive on display in Poland

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Eight decades ago, Jewish archivists facing death in the Warsaw Ghetto hid a trove of documents they hoped would bear testimony to the sufferings of the Holocaust. Now part of the unparallelled archive has gone on display in its first permanent exhibition at the Polish capital's Jewish Historical Institute. "This is the greatest Jewish treasure of the war era,Read more