Poland 🇵🇱 new president, Karol Nawrocki, was sworn in yesterday. His inaugural address was a scathing attack on the government, foretelling the political struggle in the next 2+ years until the general election in 2027 (if the current parliament lasts). Ever more interesting times ahead.
07.08.2025 07:13 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Tymczasem intensyfikuje się sabotaż wymierzony w pierwszy od prawie ćwierćwiecza nowy #parknarodowy w Polsce.
#ParkNarodowyDolinaDolnejOdry #PNDDO
Rzepa, a w niej niezawodny eks-minister Gróbarczyk:
23.06.2025 12:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After nearly eight hours of debate (which wasn't really a debate, but ok), Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk won the confidence vote he called after his candidate lost presidential election on June 1.
243 votes for, 210 against, no abstentions.
11.06.2025 16:21 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Polish PM Tusk is delivering an address to the parliament right now ahead of a confidence vote coming later this afternoon.
Tusk called the confidence vote after his candidate Rafał Trzaskowski lost presidential election to opposition-backed Karol Nawrocki on June 1.
11.06.2025 07:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In writing, yes. But in speech it’s really not easy - the dissonance being strong because of the conviction it should be easy. Closest to Polish (again, in speaking terms) is Belarusian imo.
03.06.2025 06:21 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Periodic reminder that Czech is pretty tough to understand for Poles. The other way round, too.
03.06.2025 06:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Thanks for reminding me I'm on this website! ;-)
02.06.2025 18:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Then there's turnout - as for the 1st round of presidential elections, it was big. But it also was less than in the 2023 general election. If the run-off turnout's bigger than yesterday, who will win? Beats me.
19.05.2025 09:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
All told, RT and his possible allies won some 1mn votes less than Nawrocki and the far right. Surely, to quote @benstanley.eu, electorates ain't Lego blocks that you can simply stack on one another. But in their mass, voters do tend to have preferences. Who those other voters will pick now is key.
19.05.2025 09:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I keep forgetting I'm here :-) Anyway, yday's presidential vote put poll favorite Rafał Trzaskowski in extremely precarious position ahead of the run-off on June 1. RT only leads rival populist Karol Nawrocki by 360,000 votes. V strong result by the far right hints (even if only just) at Nawrocki.
19.05.2025 09:30 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Poland said last night it was sure last year's Warsaw mall fire was a Russian job. This morning, Polish foreign minister said he's shutting down the Russian consulate in Kraków.
12.05.2025 08:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Meanwhile, this is #precipitation anomaly in #Poland as of Feb 11 (as measured against 1991-2020 average). Data from @cmm.imgw.pl.
12.02.2025 10:19 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Wody polskie kontra Wody Polskie. "Czy bobry będziecie rozstrzeliwać przed rozbiórką ich tam?"
Prace utrzymaniowe Wód Polskich przyspieszając spływ wody zwiększają ryzyko powodziowe, pogłębiają suszę i degradują ekosystemy
Na OKO.press mój nowy tekst - tym razem o kończących się w piątek konsultacjach społecznych Wód Polskich w sprawie tzw. planów urządzenia wód. Są to dokumenty przedziwnej treści. Szczegóły ➡️ oko.press/wody-polskie....
PS Jeszcze jest czas na wzięcie udziału w konsultacjach! Instrukcja w tekście.
29.01.2025 14:50 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Watching the event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of #Auschwitz, I remembered how a similar event 20 years ago actually featured a speech from Vladimir Putin, who, unfazed by the circumstances, talked about how he's fighting (Chechen) terrorists.
27.01.2025 17:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Polish presidential election will take place on May 18, the parliament Speaker said today. The very likely run-off vote, which takes place if no candidate scoops 50%+1 vote in the first vote, will be on June 1.
08.01.2025 16:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I knew who I should have reached for comment, didn't I.
06.01.2025 11:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This time around it somehow feels for real that they're unlikely to screw it up the way they did in 2015 against Duda.
06.01.2025 11:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Surely PiS today ain't the PiS from 2015 (a two-term govt party versus long-time opposition, respectively). The liberal camp and Rafał Trzaskowski say they won't give in to complacency this time. It will be a v intense campaign, expect candidates to jump out of your fridge, as we say in Poland.
05.01.2025 10:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Poland's PiS once again fielding a relative nobody for a president. They did that with Duda in 2015 and, surprise, surprise, Duda won, despite trailing so heavily in the polls at some point that media began speculating he might not even make it to the run-off vote.
05.01.2025 10:30 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The notification on my phone only showe your post until "looming..." and it had me thinking you're suggesting it's Karol's presidency - which is not what I'm saying in the piece.
That said - who knows where we're going to be in April ;-)
05.01.2025 10:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Poland's Defense Minister breaks nearly 24-hour silence about an incident near PL-BY border in which a drunk soldier reportedly fired 90 rounds in the air and at a random car (no one was hurt). The soldier will face charges and will be expelled from the army, the minister said.
02.01.2025 15:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Using a special border security law that allows to circumvent standard regulations concerning the environment, the Polish government has been butchering habitats along the Bug River on the border with Belarus. The devastation is shocking.
Pic by Małgorzata Klemens.
05.12.2024 19:04 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Niepotrzebna nam wojna, skoro sami ochoczy niszczymy nasz kraj. Nad granicznym Bugiem trwa masowa dewastacja przyrody. Między innymi ogołocono z drzew otoczenie kościoła w Krzyczewie. Na zdjęciach (odpowiednio Google Maps i Towarzystwo Krajoznawcze Krakobraz) stan przed i po.
03.12.2024 16:19 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Surely 2024 ain't 2015 but back then at some point, an important point of the media coverage of the presidential race was whether Bronisław Komorowski would sweep it in the first round already. Duda was largely a laughing stock.
24.11.2024 16:36 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
To zależy, miałem telefony, że pomimo ;-)
24.11.2024 14:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#czekamto
24.11.2024 10:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
PiS: #Trzaskowski to działacz skrajnie lewicowy.
#Razemki tego świata: ociebaton.
24.11.2024 10:34 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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