Bronislaw Komorowski

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.

Conservative opposition challenger Andrzej Duda on Sunday won Poland's presidential run-off, exit polls showed, trumping incumbent centrist Bronislaw Komorowski on promises of generous social spending.

Poland voted today in presidential elections after a lacklustre campaign focused on national security and social issues, with incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski expected to win, but not without a struggle.

Poland said today it has demanded a formal apology from the United States after the head of the FBI claimed Poland shares responsibility for the Holocaust with Germany.

Polish transsexual lawmaker Anna Grodzka said on Friday she would run for president in May elections, breaking new ground in the staunchly Catholic country.

Poland's electoral commission finally published last weekend's local election results overnight Saturday, after computer glitches had stopped the vote count and called the balloting process into question.

Presidents from nine ex-communist NATO members met in Warsaw on Tuesday for talks on how to re-enforce the alliance's eastern frontier as if faces a resurgent Russia.

President Barack Obama and his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski spoke on Monday about "the importance of raising defense spending" by NATO's European members, the White House said, in a statement calling for "trans-Atlantic solidarity."

The United States is preparing to boost its military presence in Europe at a cost of up to $1 billion, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, as tensions in the region simmer over Russia's aggressive actions in Ukraine.

Ukraine mobilised for war on Sunday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbour in Moscow's biggest confrontation with the West since the Cold War.

Violent behaviour by Polish football fans has tarnished the country's image and spoiled the festive atmosphere of the Euro 2012 championship, Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski said.

Leaders also voiced optimism over the latest efforts to establish a framework for fiscal discipline to save euro.

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski will visit Russia in April on the anniversary of the plane crash that killed his predecessor, Lech Kaczynski, the Polish ambassador to Moscow said today."A visit to Russia certainly is planned, at least for the first anniversary of the Smolensk tragedy," ambassador Wojciech Zajaczkowski told the Interfax news a...

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.

Conservative opposition challenger Andrzej Duda on Sunday won Poland's presidential run-off, exit polls showed, trumping incumbent centrist Bronislaw Komorowski on promises of generous social spending.

Poland voted today in presidential elections after a lacklustre campaign focused on national security and social issues, with incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski expected to win, but not without a struggle.

Poland said today it has demanded a formal apology from the United States after the head of the FBI claimed Poland shares responsibility for the Holocaust with Germany.

Polish transsexual lawmaker Anna Grodzka said on Friday she would run for president in May elections, breaking new ground in the staunchly Catholic country.

Poland's electoral commission finally published last weekend's local election results overnight Saturday, after computer glitches had stopped the vote count and called the balloting process into question.

Presidents from nine ex-communist NATO members met in Warsaw on Tuesday for talks on how to re-enforce the alliance's eastern frontier as if faces a resurgent Russia.

President Barack Obama and his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski spoke on Monday about "the importance of raising defense spending" by NATO's European members, the White House said, in a statement calling for "trans-Atlantic solidarity."

The United States is preparing to boost its military presence in Europe at a cost of up to $1 billion, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, as tensions in the region simmer over Russia's aggressive actions in Ukraine.

Ukraine mobilised for war on Sunday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbour in Moscow's biggest confrontation with the West since the Cold War.

Violent behaviour by Polish football fans has tarnished the country's image and spoiled the festive atmosphere of the Euro 2012 championship, Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski said.

Leaders also voiced optimism over the latest efforts to establish a framework for fiscal discipline to save euro.

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski will visit Russia in April on the anniversary of the plane crash that killed his predecessor, Lech Kaczynski, the Polish ambassador to Moscow said today."A visit to Russia certainly is planned, at least for the first anniversary of the Smolensk tragedy," ambassador Wojciech Zajaczkowski told the Interfax news a...