Poland Protests

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk said "hundreds of thousands" of protesters had gathered in central Warsaw on Sunday to oppose the conservative government ahead of general elections on October 15.

Russia's ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev was hit with red paint at an annual Victory Day event commemorating the end of World War II. Protesters attacked Mr Andreev in front of the Soviet Soldiers' Cemetery.

Germany, Sweden and Poland on Monday said they were each expelling a Russian diplomat, in retaliation for Moscow's expulsion last week of their diplomats for allegedly taking part in protests in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

In Spain, Italy and Poland, an explanatory protest statement about the upcoming vote came up when the online encyclopedia was consulted.

Poland's senate approved a controversial reform of the Supreme Court early Saturday, despite warnings from the European Union, appeals from Washington and massive street protests against the measure.

Polish President Andrzej Duda launched mediation talks Sunday to try to diffuse the nation's seething political crisis, as protesters staged a third day of mass anti-government demonstrations.

Poland's political crisis crossed a new threshold this weekend, with parliament blockaded by protesters, its main chamber taken hostage by opposition lawmakers and critics claiming media freedom had been threatened.

Polish police called on protesters blocking the parliament in the early hours of Saturday to disperse, warning over loudspeakers that force might otherwise be used, a Reuters cameraman on the scene said.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities around Poland on Saturday to protest against a new law giving the conservative government control of state media.

Poland's conservative President Andrzej Duda today promulgated a controversial bill reforming the country's constitutional court, despite mass protests over the changes which the opposition say threaten the court's independence.

A priest and some 50 supporters of Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party on Sunday sought to "exorcise" the leading Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza in an anti-media protest.

The Russian ambassador to Poland has alleged that Warsaw was partly to blame for World War II, prompting a storm of protest in the country which claims to be its greatest victim.

Tens of thousands of Polish opposition supporters marched in the capital Warsaw on Saturday to denounce alleged irregularities in last month's local elections.

Threatening a general strike, throwing smoke grenades and blowing whistles, around 100,000 Polish union members marched through Warsaw on Saturday to vent their anger against the government's labor and wage policies.

The United States expressed concern on Monday about the Turkish police's rough treatment of anti-government protesters, in a rebuke to a NATO ally that Washington has often held up as an example of a Muslim democracy.

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk said "hundreds of thousands" of protesters had gathered in central Warsaw on Sunday to oppose the conservative government ahead of general elections on October 15.

Russia's ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev was hit with red paint at an annual Victory Day event commemorating the end of World War II. Protesters attacked Mr Andreev in front of the Soviet Soldiers' Cemetery.

Germany, Sweden and Poland on Monday said they were each expelling a Russian diplomat, in retaliation for Moscow's expulsion last week of their diplomats for allegedly taking part in protests in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

In Spain, Italy and Poland, an explanatory protest statement about the upcoming vote came up when the online encyclopedia was consulted.

Poland's senate approved a controversial reform of the Supreme Court early Saturday, despite warnings from the European Union, appeals from Washington and massive street protests against the measure.

Polish President Andrzej Duda launched mediation talks Sunday to try to diffuse the nation's seething political crisis, as protesters staged a third day of mass anti-government demonstrations.

Poland's political crisis crossed a new threshold this weekend, with parliament blockaded by protesters, its main chamber taken hostage by opposition lawmakers and critics claiming media freedom had been threatened.

Polish police called on protesters blocking the parliament in the early hours of Saturday to disperse, warning over loudspeakers that force might otherwise be used, a Reuters cameraman on the scene said.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities around Poland on Saturday to protest against a new law giving the conservative government control of state media.

Poland's conservative President Andrzej Duda today promulgated a controversial bill reforming the country's constitutional court, despite mass protests over the changes which the opposition say threaten the court's independence.

A priest and some 50 supporters of Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party on Sunday sought to "exorcise" the leading Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza in an anti-media protest.

The Russian ambassador to Poland has alleged that Warsaw was partly to blame for World War II, prompting a storm of protest in the country which claims to be its greatest victim.

Tens of thousands of Polish opposition supporters marched in the capital Warsaw on Saturday to denounce alleged irregularities in last month's local elections.

Threatening a general strike, throwing smoke grenades and blowing whistles, around 100,000 Polish union members marched through Warsaw on Saturday to vent their anger against the government's labor and wage policies.

The United States expressed concern on Monday about the Turkish police's rough treatment of anti-government protesters, in a rebuke to a NATO ally that Washington has often held up as an example of a Muslim democracy.