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"Insulting Takes Skills Too": Polish Parliament Speaker Is Viral Sensation
As Polish pro-EU parties prepare to take power, a new star has shot to fame: a parliament speaker whose wit has drawn thousands of new followers to the chamber's social media channels.
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Hackers Breached Several MPs' Email Accounts, Poland Says
The email accounts of about a dozen members of parliament were hacked recently, Polish counter-intelligence said, disclosing further details of one of the biggest cyberattacks on the country in recent years.
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Poland President In Crisis Talks On Third Day Of Protests
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.
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Polish Police Calls On Protesters Blocking Parliament To Disperse
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.
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Poland's Parliament Rejects Plans For Near-Total Abortion Ban
Polish lawmakers withdrew draft legislation today that would introduce a near-total ban on abortion, in a hastily arranged vote that marks the first major domestic setback for the ruling conservatives and follows massive street protests.
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Racial Abuse Spirals In UK Post-Brexit, Indians Among The Targets
More than a hundred incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes have been reported in UK since she voted to leave the European Union last week. The targets were not only Europeans but people of colour, including Indians.
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Poland Demands Apology as Martin Schulz Evokes 'Coup'
European Parliament chief Martin Schulz on Monday compared the political situation in Poland to a "coup", drawing the anger of the Polish government which is locked in a battle against the country's top court.
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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski Concedes Election Defeat to Challenger Andrzej Duda
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.
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Poland's First Openly Gay Mayor Elected
Robert Biedron, who already made history in 2011 by becoming the first openly gay lawmaker in the Polish Parliament, was elected mayor of the small city of Slupsk in northern Poland.
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Polish Prime Minister Asks for Confidence Vote in Parliament
Poland's prime minister has asked lawmakers for an urgent vote of confidence in his government, which has been rocked by leaked tapes of private conversations of top state officials.
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"Insulting Takes Skills Too": Polish Parliament Speaker Is Viral Sensation
As Polish pro-EU parties prepare to take power, a new star has shot to fame: a parliament speaker whose wit has drawn thousands of new followers to the chamber's social media channels.
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Hackers Breached Several MPs' Email Accounts, Poland Says
The email accounts of about a dozen members of parliament were hacked recently, Polish counter-intelligence said, disclosing further details of one of the biggest cyberattacks on the country in recent years.
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Poland President In Crisis Talks On Third Day Of Protests
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.
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Polish Police Calls On Protesters Blocking Parliament To Disperse
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.
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Poland's Parliament Rejects Plans For Near-Total Abortion Ban
Polish lawmakers withdrew draft legislation today that would introduce a near-total ban on abortion, in a hastily arranged vote that marks the first major domestic setback for the ruling conservatives and follows massive street protests.
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Racial Abuse Spirals In UK Post-Brexit, Indians Among The Targets
More than a hundred incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes have been reported in UK since she voted to leave the European Union last week. The targets were not only Europeans but people of colour, including Indians.
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Poland Demands Apology as Martin Schulz Evokes 'Coup'
European Parliament chief Martin Schulz on Monday compared the political situation in Poland to a "coup", drawing the anger of the Polish government which is locked in a battle against the country's top court.
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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski Concedes Election Defeat to Challenger Andrzej Duda
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.
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Poland's First Openly Gay Mayor Elected
Robert Biedron, who already made history in 2011 by becoming the first openly gay lawmaker in the Polish Parliament, was elected mayor of the small city of Slupsk in northern Poland.
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Polish Prime Minister Asks for Confidence Vote in Parliament
Poland's prime minister has asked lawmakers for an urgent vote of confidence in his government, which has been rocked by leaked tapes of private conversations of top state officials.
