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Though parliamentary elections are two years away, a series of recent polls showing the main opposition party Law and Justice ahead of the ruling Civic Platform , have caused much speculation amongst political observers.

Poland is a stalwart American ally in Europe, a bulwark against an increasingly belligerent Russia and, with the recent opening of a major new Warsaw museum, is enjoying a flush of accolades for its belated embrace of its Jewish roots.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed that he is being encouraged to run for the post of President of the European Commission, but has no intention of deciding on the issue at present, Tusk told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday.

The son of a carpenter and a nurse, both of whom were slave labourers during the Nazi German occupation of Poland, Tusk grew up as part of the Kashubian ethnic minority in the port city of GdaA sk , the birthplace of the Solidarity movement.

Poland's shale gas boom is threatened even before it gets started after some wells failed and the government sought to increase taxes on profits.

Poland's governing center-right Civic Platform party, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk saw its voter support fall 2 pps to 23% in May, while the chief opposition conservative Law and Justice party gained 3 ppt to take lead with 26% support, the latest survey from the CBOS institute one of Poland's biggest polling organizations, shows.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk is considering a "serious restructuring" of the government, Civic Platform MEP Jacek Protasiewicz told the Polish Press Agency .

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Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland - a deeply Catholic nation - were the unlikely venues for the Islamic and Jewish slaughter of animals, which in both religions involves a swift cut to the throat of a conscious animal and death by bleeding.

The son of a carpenter and a nurse, both of whom were slave labourers during the Nazi German occupation of Poland, Tusk grew up as part of the Kashubian ethnic minority in the port city of GdaA sk , the birthplace of the Solidarity movement.

When Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced his decision to dismiss Miko3aj Budzanowski from his post as treasury minister, it came as no surprise.

Czech and Polish food inspection authorities will start using similar methods in food quality checks, prime ministers of the two countries, Petr Necas and Donald Tusk, told journalists today.

After Prime Minister Donald Tusk's visit to Nigeria last month, Poland continues to step up efforts to increase business ties with Africa's fast-growing economies Poland's economic cooperation with Africa will be one of the main themes of the upcoming European Economic Congress scheduled to be held in the southern Polish city of Katowice on May ... (more)

News that Talisman Energy Inc. is pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its deposits of the hydrocarbon will soon cut its dependence on Russian supplies and support the weakening economy.

Poland may exceed PLN 5 billion in bank credits issued to SMEs within the state program of credit guarantees 'de minimis', PM Donald Tusk said during a press conference on Tuesday.

Marek Biernacki was officially sworn in as Poland's minister of justice on Monday at a ceremony at the president's chancellery.

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Poland assumes that its public finance sector deficit will decrease to 3.5% of GDP in 2013 in the updated convergence plan adopted by the government on Tuesday, Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski and PM Donald Tusk said at a press conference.

Plus, Europe ups the pressure for a new constitution in Hungary and the Turkmen president leads, and falls, from the front.