Polish Parliament

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.