By Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw It’s a wild swing at the top of the EU as we enter 2025. Poland has just assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). The EU’s rotation system changes presidencies every six months,

Defenders of democracy will have to stay united, focusing on ensuring that checks and balances remain intact and that crucial democratic watchdog institutions elude capture. Otherwise, America will indeed find itself sleepwalking into autocracy.

On January 9, 2025, the Polish government adopted a resolution that enables senior Israeli officials to participate in events commemorating the Auschwitz concentration camp’s liberation on January 27.

In response to news reports suggesting that Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski was planning to break diplomatic ties with Hungary, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told news portal Mandiner yesterday that "Hungarian-Polish brotherhood will survive all machinations by one of the most extreme

The story goes: a Polish politician, after allegedly committing a crime, leaves Poland and settles in Hungary. While historically not uncommon, the act of Hungary granting “asylum” to Marcin Romanowski generates crucial legal questions regarding the EU’s legal order.