Three former presidents of Poland have criticized the ruling party in an open letter accusing it of violating the constitution. Among the actions of the government attacked by the signatories are changes in procedures in the main legislative courts, abortion and control of state media.
Poland's highest court rejected legislation that would boost the government's influence over court rulings, deepening a constitutional standoff that is worrying the nation's allies.
Legal experts warned that reforms of constitutional tribunal may not just carry out its work in an efficient manner, but it may also threaten the democracy and human rights.
George Friedman’s non-fiction best seller, The Next 100 Years, will be adapted into a movie titled "World War 3". It will be distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by "Spider-Man" trilogy's Sam Raimi.
On Monday, an international human rights commission began two days of meetings with Polish officials. The Venice Commission wants to determine whether recent legal changes to Poland's Constitutional Tribunal are in line with democratic standards.
The European Commission has reportedly started its preliminary review over Poland's new controversial law that purportedly elevates executive power and risks democracy of the nation.
Poland's legislative crisis continues as the nation and its legislative body draws scrutiny from the European Union. The scrutiny is related to the recent amendment that the Polish president has sanctioned.
EU to take legal action against Poland's new laws. Voting rights might be sacrificed. Poland recently passed a media law that stir the European Union's attention.
The European Union's powerful executive announced that it would discuss Poland's new legislation. The EU has said it will start a process against Poland following its adoption of a controversial media law.
Poland's Andrzej Duda has signed a controversial reform of the constitutional court into law despite mass protests against the measure. The president signed the bill into law four days after it was adopted by parliament, which has been dominated by the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party since October elections.
The conservatives ruling party of Poland Government passed recently a law that favors constitutional tribunal changes which, according to critics, will weaken the Tribunal.
Poland said on Saturday it would summon Russia's envoy after he said Warsaw was partly to blame for the outbreak of World War Two, continuing a spat which has seen the Polish ambassador in Moscow summoned twice in just over a week.
A 94-year-old German man who worked as a bookkeeper at Auschwitz was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the murder of 300,000 people at the death camp, in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials.
Russia said on Saturday it was outraged by Poland's destruction of a Soviet war monument, warning Warsaw of the "most negative consequences" after what it said was a flagrant violation of an agreement between the two countries on protecting memorial sites.
Likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "bully" and the United States and its allies in Europe should be resolute in responding to Russian aggression.
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski conceded defeat to conservative challenger Andrzej Duda in Sunday's presidential election, a result that will set alarm bells ringing for the government, which faces its own election race later this year.
Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are preparing an appeal to NATO command for a permanent presence of NATO troops on their territory to counter increased Russian air and naval activity, the Lithuanian army said on Thursday.
A Pakistan military helicopter taking diplomats to inspect development projects crashed on Friday killing seven people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines and the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors, the army said.
Republican Jeb Bush will visit three U.S. allies, Germany, Poland and Estonia, in early June to get a first-hand view of European economic and security challenges as he explores a run for his party's presidential nomination in 2016, a Bush aide said on Monday.
Poland has summoned the United States' ambassador in Warsaw over an article written by a top U.S. intelligence official on Poland's alleged responsibility for the Holocaust during World War Two, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
