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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks with Poland's President Andrzej Duda at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan in New York on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return

Former President Donald Trump met in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda. It’s the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term.
 
FILE - President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda walk from the Oval Office for a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 24, 2020, in Washington. Trump is set to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda in New York as Trump's criminal trial takes a one-day break. Their planned dinner Wednesday comes as European leaders prepare for the possibility Trump might win the White House in November. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump will meet with Polish President Duda as NATO leaders call for additional support for Ukraine

 
Anti-abortion demonstrators march in support of every conceived life and against steps taken by the new government to liberalize Poland's strict law and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Last week, Poland's parliament, which is dominated by the liberal and pro-European Union ruling coalition, voted to approve further detailed work on four proposals to lift the near-ban on abortions. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish opponents of abortion march against recent steps to liberalize strict law

 
FILE - Poland's President Andrzej Duda gives a statement to the media in Warsaw, Poland, on Jan. 10, 2024, after the arrest of two politicians convicted of abuse of power who had taken refuge for hours in the presidential palace. Duda on Friday March 29, 2024 vetoed a law that would have allowed over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for girls and women ages 15 and above, his office said. Duda said he was concerned about the health of minors and heeding the voices of parents. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland’s president vetoes law on free access to morning-after pill for ages 15 and above

 
President Joe Biden meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

In White House visit, Polish president pushes NATO to ramp up spending, calls on US to fund Ukraine

 

In White House visit, Polish leaders push NATO to ramp up spending, call on US to fund Ukraine

Polish President Andrzej Duda used a joint White House visit with his political rival, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, to call on NATO allies to significantly increase defense spending and urge a divided Washington to resume funding Ukraine.
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Poland’s leader says his country is ready to host NATO members’ nuclear weapons to counter Russia

Poland’s president says the NATO member would be ready to host the nuclear weapons of the military alliances’s other members in response to Russia’s moving its nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus.
 
FILE - Poland's President Andrzej Duda gives a statement to the media in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday Jan. 10, 2024, after the arrest of two politicians convicted of abuse of power who had taken refuge for hours in the presidential palace. Poland’s president is calling on other other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their GDP as Russia puts its economy on a war footing and pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine. Duda made his call both in remarks in Warsaw and in a piece published by the Washington Post. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland’s president calls on NATO allies to raise spending on defense to 3% of GDP

Poland’s president is calling on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their gross domestic product.
 
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, and President Andrzej Duda attend a meeting of the Cabinet Council, a consultation format between the president and the government, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2024. Tusk said Tuesday he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and that list of victims" was "very long ". (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Biden to host Polish president and prime minister on March 12, 25 years after Poland joined NATO

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden will host Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk for a meeting in Washington on March 12, the 25th anniversary of Poland’s joining the NATO Alliance, the White House said Thursday.
 
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, and President Andrzej Duda attend a meeting of the Cabinet Council, a consultation format between the president and the government, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2024. Tusk says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and that list of victims was “very long.” (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware

Poland’s new prime minister says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims.
 
FILE - In this photo provided by the Poland's Presidential Palace, Poland's President Andrzej Duda, center, poses with new adviser Stanislaw Zaryn, far left, former deputy interior minister Maciej Wasik, and to his right former interior minister Mariusz Kaminski, and new adviser Blazej Pobozy in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Poland’s president said Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, he was once again pardoning two politicians who were arrested earlier this month amid a bitter standoff between the new centrist government and the previous conservative administration. (Jakub Szymczuk/Poland's Presidential Palace via AP, File)

Poland’s president pardons 2 imprisoned politicians from previous conservative government — again

Poland’s president says he has once again pardoned two politicians who were arrested earlier this month amid a bitter standoff between the new centrist government and the previous conservative administration.
 
FILE - Newly elected Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk addresses lawmakers during his speech at the parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday Dec. 12, 2023. Poland’s lawmakers voted Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 to approve key 2024 state budget that still needs approval from President Andrzej Duda, who is allied with the right-wing opposition. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland’s lawmakers vote in 2024 budget but approval is still needed from pro-opposition president

Poland’s lawmakers have approved the key 2024 state budget but it still needs approval from President Andrzej Duda, who is allied with the right-wing opposition.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, who is allied with the right-wing opposition, and new pro-European Union Prime Minister Donald Tusk shake hands before talks on Poland's security and continuing support for neighbouring Ukraine, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Monday Jan. 15, 2024. Tusk is to travel to Kyiv in the coming days at the invitation of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s president and new prime minister remain divided on rule of law despite talks

Poland’s president and new prime minister say they remain divided on the subject of rule of law, despite one-on-one talks in search of common ground.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, center, poses with new adviser Stanislaw Zaryn, far left, former deputy interior minister Maciej Wasik, and to his right former interior minister Mariusz Kaminski, and new adviser Blazej Pobozy in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, January, 9, 2004. Duda on Tuesday welcomed Kaminski and Wasik, who have been convicted and sentenced for abuse of power, and gave them refuge in his palace as police were preparing to arrest them. The legal drama surrounding the two is building into a legal standoff between the new government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Law and Justice, the national conservative party that governed Poland for eight years until last month following its loss of a general election in October. (AP Photo/President Palace/Jakub Szymczuk)

2 convicted politicians who took refuge for hours at Poland’s presidential palace are arrested

Two convicted politicians who took refuge for hours in Poland’s presidential palace have been arrested by police.
 
FILE - Poland's President Andrzej Duda adjusts his headphones during a press conference at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Poland's minister of digital affairs suggested Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social accounts after a bizarre tweet went out that was almost immediately removed. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Official suggests Polish president check social media security after odd tweet from private account

Poland’s minister of digital affairs has suggested that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social accounts after a bizarre tweet went out that was almost immediately removed.
 
Poland's new Prime Minister Donald Tusk tells during a news conference that his pro-European Union government is urgently preparing a new spending bill to secure raises for teachers and re-dedicate some 3 billion zlotys ($762 million), originally meant for state media, to children's health, after President Andrzej Duda, allied with the opposition party, vetoed the previous bill that earmarked funds for state media, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish president tangles with new government in battle over control of state media

Poland’s political battle over state media continues. The new pro-European Union government has put state media in a state of liquidation in response to the president’s rejection of funding for them.
 
FILE - Poland President Andrzej Duda speaks at an event in support of tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050 during at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Poland’s president says he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. President Andrzej Duda said Saturday, Dec. 23 he would veto the bill that includes 3 billion zlotys ($762 million) for public media and would propose a bill of his own. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)

Polish president says he’ll veto a spending bill, in a blow to the new government of Donald Tusk

Poland’s president says he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, shakes hands with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, during a swearing-in ceremony in Warsaw, Poland, Monday Nov. 27, 2023. Duda swore in a government that is expected to last no longer than 14 days, a tactical manever that allows the conservative Law and Justice party to hang onto power a bit longer — and make more appointments to state bodies. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s president swears in a government expected to last no longer than 14 days

Poland’s president has sworn in a government that isn’t expected to last more than 14 days. It’s a tactical maneuver that allows the conservative Law and Justice party to hang onto power a bit longer.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda attends the first session of the lower house, or Sejm, of the newly-elected parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Monday Nov. , 13, 2023 after an election last month heralded a change of course for the Central European nation at a time of war across the border in Ukraine. Also Monday, Duda is to attend the first session of the Senate and entrust outgoing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki with the mission of forming a new government, a task generally expected to fail because after the election Morawiecki's party lacks parliament majority . (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s new parliament choses a speaker, but the transition of power is delayed by president’s move

Poland faces a contentious and protracted transition of power. The president designated the outgoing prime minister to lead the new government in a caretaker capacity, angering a pro-European Union alliance with a strong majority in the new parliament.
 
FILE - Polish President Andrzej Duda, left, designates then Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, for the prime minister's post, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. Poland’s president Duda has tapped the outgoing prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki of the Law and Justice party, to try to form the country’s next government. His decision is expected to delay the establishment of a functioning government because a majority of lawmakers aren't likely to give Morawiecki approval for his proposed Cabinet. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz), File)

President taps Poland’s outgoing prime minister to form new government despite lack of a majority

Poland’s president has tapped the outgoing prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki of the Law and Justice party, to try to form the country’s next government.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, holds a postelection meeting with Donald Tusk, right, the opposition candidate to be the next prime minister, and other members of a Tusk-led electoral alliance at the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Duda on Tuesday opened two days of consultations with the heads of political groups that won seats in parliament in the national election on Oct. 15. The leaders of the opposition parties that collectively won the most votes in Poland's recent elections announced Tuesday that Donald Tusk, the leader of the largest group, is their candidate to be prime minister. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s president calls for new parliament to hold first session Nov. 13

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he is calling the first session of the country’s newly elected parliament for Nov. 13.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, holds a postelection meeting with Donald Tusk, right, the opposition candidate to be the next prime minister, and other members of a Tusk-led electoral alliance at the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Duda on Tuesday opened two days of consultations with the heads of political groups that won seats in parliament in the national election on Oct. 15. The leaders of the opposition parties that collectively won the most votes in Poland's recent elections announced Tuesday that Donald Tusk, the leader of the largest group, is their candidate to be prime minister. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish opposition groups say Donald Tusk is their candidate for prime minister

The leaders of opposition parties that collectively won the most votes in Poland’s recent election say Donald Tusk is their candidate to be prime minister.
 
FILE - Poland's Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, right, talks to conscripted tank crews during the Aurora 23 military exercise at the Rinkaby firing range outside Kristianstad, Sweden, Saturday, May 6, 2023. Two top commanders of the armed forces, the Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, and operational commander Gen. Tomasz Piotrowski have tendered their resignations. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Polish generals named to replace top military commanders who resigned in spat with defense minister

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has appointed two senior military officers after predecessors resigned over an apparent spat with the defense minister just days before the country holds a general election.
 
Andrzej Duda, president of Poland, addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Poland says it wants to pursue hosting 2036 Olympics

Poland president Andrzej Duda says the country will tell the International Olympic Committee it wants to host the 2036 Summer Games.
 
FILE - Members of a group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum look through the railings of a wall that Poland has built on its border with Belarus to stop massive migrant pressure, in Bialowieza, Poland, on May 28, 2023. Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Thursday Sept. 14, 2023 he was awaiting the results of an investigation into allegations of a cash-for-visa migration scandal of the principally anti-migrant Polish government while the opposition was asking if government officials knew some of this European Union country visas were sold to terrorism suspects. (AP Photo/Agnieszka Sadowska, File)

A cash-for visas scandal hits Poland’s strongly anti-migration government, weeks before elections

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he is awaiting results of an investigation into allegations that Polish consulates sold a quarter of a million work visas to migrants from Asia and Africa for thousands of dollars.
 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, greets Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa during a state visit at the Belvedere Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. At a joint news conference de Sousa vowed continuing support for Ukraine's struggle against Russia's invasion, while Duda said Poland is watching Russia's transfer of some nuclear weapons into neighbouring Belarus. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s leader says Russia’s moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, shifting regional security

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda confirms that Russia has begun shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus.
 
Polish troops take part in a massive military parade to celebrate the Polish Army Day, commemorating the 1920 battle in which Polish troops defeated advancing Bolshevik forces, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Poland is holding a military parade to showcase its state-of-the-art weapons and defense systems, as war rages across its southeastern border in neighboring Ukraine and ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 15. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland showcases military might in a parade as war rages in neighboring Ukraine

NATO member Poland displayed its state-of-the-art weapons and defense systems at a massive military parade as war rages in neighboring Ukraine and ahead of parliamentary elections in two months.
 
FILE - In this Sunday, June 28, 2020 file photo, President Andrzej Duda addressees supporters after voting ended in the presidential election in Lowicz, Poland. Poland’s president has announced that the country will hold its parliamentary election on October 15. The announcement on Tuesday marks the official start of an electoral campaign that has informally been underway for months and is being shaped by Russia’s war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Poland to hold parliamentary election on Oct. 15, launching campaign in shadow of war in region

Poland’s president has announced that the country will hold its parliamentary election on October 15.
 
FILE - Poland's lawmakers vote in parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, on May 26, 2023. Poland's lawmakers have voted to approve an amended but divisive law on Russian influences believed to be targeting the opposition and criticised by the U.S. and the European Union. The lower house voted Friday, July 28, 2023 to reject the Senate's veto to the draft law, meaning it only now requires to be signed by President Andrzej Duda to take effect. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s lawmakers approve a divisive law on Russian influence

Poland’s lawmakers have voted to approve an amended but divisive law on Russian influences believed to be targeting the opposition and criticized by the U.S. and the European Union.
 
From second left, Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa, Poland's President Andrej Duda, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Moldova's President Maia Sandu pose during a group photo at the Council of Europe summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Leaders from across the continent are laser-focused on holding Russia to account for its invasion of Ukraine and were poised to approve a system during their Council of Europe summit that would precisely establish the damages Moscow would have to pay to rebuild the nation. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)

Poland’s president proposes urgent amendments to law on Russian influence

Polish President Andrzej Duda says he is proposing urgent amendments to a law on Russian influence he signed this week that drew U.S. and European Union criticism.
 
FILE - Poland's opposition leader and former prime minister, Donald Tusk, watches lawmakers vote to approve a contentious draft law in parliament in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, May 26, 2023. Polish President Andrzej Duda said Monday he will sign a bill that creates a powerful commission, ostensibly meant to investigate Russian influence in Poland but which critics view as a tool to remove from political life the opponents of the ruling party, mostly notably opposition leader Donald Tusk. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Polish president seeks experts’ advice on contentious law targeting opposition

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Aides to Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Saturday that his experts have begun analyzing a highly contentious law on Russia’s alleged influence in Poland, ahead of his decision on whether to sign it.
 
Polish President Andrzej Duda, right, receives the Flame of Peace from President of the European Olympic Committee (EOC) Spyros Capralos during the handover ceremony for the European Games of Krakow-Malopolska 2023 at Rome's Ara Pacis museum, Italy, Monday, April 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Polish president Duda hails a European Games without Russia

GENEVA (AP) — Ahead of his country soon hosting the multi-sport European Games with no Russian or Belarusian athletes, Poland President Andrzej Duda thanked Olympic officials on Monday for excluding the military invaders of Ukraine.
 
From left, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) make a joint press statement on the sidelines of the Security Conference in Munich, Friday Feb. 17, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) will take place from February 17 to 19, 2023, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)

Poland’s president hails significance of upcoming Biden trip

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president said Saturday that he thinks a two-day visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will produce developments of global significance.
 
A Polish soldier walks next to the Leopard 2 tanks during a training at a military base and test range in Swietoszow, Poland, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. The training is part of the European Union's military assistance to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Polish officials observe training of Ukrainians on new tanks

SWIETOSZOW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president and defense minister met Monday with Polish and foreign instructors intensively training Ukrainian troops to operate the German-made Leopard 2 tanks that some European countries and Canada have offered Kyiv to help fight the Russian invasion.
 
FILE - A woman walks in front of Poland's Supreme Court building in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Friday, Feb. 10, he is sending a new vital law on judicial accountability for a constitutional review rather than rejecting it, arguing he understands the role the law could play in helping disburse billions of euros in European Union funds to Poland. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk, File)

Polish leader asks court to vet bill that’s key for EU aid

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Friday he is sending a controversial new law on judicial accountability for constitutional review instead of rejecting it, because it could help unfreeze billions in European Union funds earmarked for Poland.
 
FILE - A woman holds a European Union flag outside the Constitutional Tribunal, background, in Warsaw, Poland, on April 28, 2021. Poland’s legislators voted Friday Jan. 13, 2023 to approve a new law on judicial accountability that the government hopes will meet European Union expectations and help unfreeze billions of euros in pandemic recovery funds for the country. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland lawmakers back law intended to release EU funds

Poland’s lawmakers have voted to approve a new law on judicial accountability that the government hopes will meet European Union expectations and help unfreeze billions of euros in pandemic recovery funds for the country.
 
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