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Kaczy?ski wants Euro 2012 final moved to Warsaw [May 07, 2012] After calling for a boycott of matches held in Ukraine during the upcoming Euro 2012 soccer tournament, leader of Poland's opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party Jaros?aw Kaczy?ski has now declared that the final should be moved to Warsaw from Kiev. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Kaczynski changes mind, will run for president in 2015 [Apr 06, 2012] Warsaw (dpa) - Poland?s Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the right-wing Law and Justice party, said Friday he had decided to run in the 2015 presidential elections, at the behest of party members."I am under pressure from my party," the opposition leader told TVN 24. "I have changed my mind."Kaczynski?s announcement came days before the second anniversary of the plane crash in Russia that killed his ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Debt crisis hardens Eurosceptics' antipathy in Poland [Jan 29, 2012] Opposition leader Jaros?aw Kaczynski campaigned for EU membership, but has been outraged by calls for federalism In Poland, Euroscepticism is the preserve of the conservative Law and Justice party, and its leader Jaros?aw Kaczynski. Until last year, he could have been described as a mild sceptic, but the debt crisis has amplified his antipathy. Kaczynski was particularly angered by the November ... [via YahooNews] More >>

FEATURE: 30 years on, martial law still stirs controversy in Poland By Dominika Maslikowski, dpa Eds: Martial law ... [Dec 11, 2011] Warsaw (dpa) - Three decades have passed since martial law was declared in Communist Poland, but the event still stirs emotions and deepens political rivalries as the country looks towards its future in the European Union.The conservative Law and Justice party plans a march Tuesday on the 30th anniversary of the crackdown to honor "the solidarity of that period," opposition leader Jaroslaw ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Pro-EU Polish PM seeks second term in general election; opponent confronts Russia, Germany [Oct 09, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Poles are voting in parliamentary elections that will determine whether the country continues on its conciliatory course with Russia and Germany, or whether it returns to a more combative stance with its historic foes. Before Sunday?s voting, surveys showed Prime Minister Donald Tusk?s centrist and pro-EU party in the lead, but facing a tough challenge from Law and Justice, the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Pro-EU Polish PM seeks second term in general election; opponent confronts Russia, Germany [Oct 09, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Poles are voting in parliamentary elections that will determine whether Poland continues on its conciliatory course with Russia and Germany, or whether it returns to a more combative stance with those historic foes. Before Sunday?s voting, surveys showed Prime Minister Donald Tusk?s centrist and pro-EU party in the lead, but facing a tough challenge from Law and Justice, the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Anti-German rhetoric becomes an issue ahead of this weekend?s national election in Poland [Oct 07, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? A nationalist party in Poland that is using anti-Germany rhetoric in its campaign for this week?s national election has seen its popularity fall in the latest opinion poll. The Law and Justice has tried to capitalize on the animosity that some Poles still feel for Germany because of its occupation of their country during World War II. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Ruling Polish party well ahead in polls [Oct 05, 2011] WARSAW ? Three new opinion polls yesterday gave Polish prime minister Donald Tusk?s ruling Civic Platform (PO) party a lead of between seven and 15 percentage points over the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) in an election to be held on Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Lonely Twin - Jaroslaw Kaczynski Loses His Political Compass [Sep 29, 2011] Since the death of his twin brother in the Smolensk disaster, Jaroslaw Kaczynski appears to have lost his political instinct. Poland is getting tired of his paranoid rhetoric about the causes of the plane crash. His Law and Justice party faces defeat in the upcoming parliamentary election. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish president sets Oct. 9 as election date [Aug 05, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Poland's president has set Oct. 9 as the date for parliamentary elections, opening a campaign certain to be shaped by bitter disputes over the plane crash last year that killed President Lech Kaczynski and other political figures. The country's second most popular party is Law and Justice, the conservative nationalist force led by the late ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish president sets Oct. 9 as election date [Aug 04, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Poland's president has set Oct. 9 as the date for parliamentary elections, opening a campaign certain to be shaped by bitter disputes over the plane crash last year that killed President Lech Kaczynski and other political figures. The country's second most popular party is Law and Justice, the conservative nationalist force led by the late ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish party leader ordered to apologize [Jul 12, 2011] WARSAW, Poland, July 12 (UPI) -- A Polish court ordered the leader of the country's right-wing Law and Justice Party to apologize to a media group for comparing it to a communist newspaper. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish opposition urges rejection of Russian report on Smolensk air crash [Jan 13, 2011] Poland's opposition Law and Justice party has called for an emergency meeting of the lower house of parliament to issue a resolution rejecting the findings of the Russian report on the Polish presidential plane crash. [via YahooNews] More >>