https://sagire.online/topic/poland/ Articles and notes where Poland is a central actor. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:25:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/d6081994/https://sagire.online/wire/d6081994/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:22:00 -0300Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland called in a joint statement on the European Commission to terminate investment protection treaties with Russia that remain in force in 17 member states. According to Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the treaties are being used to influence European Union (EU) policy in Russia’s favor and their continued application threatens the bloc’s overall economic security. The ministry said the treaties contain provisions that encourage investment in Russia and allow individuals under sanctions to bring claims before international courts against member states and against the EU as a whole. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said the EU’s task was to ensure “that Russia’s international isolation is maintained without concessions.”EstoniaLatviaLithuaniaPolandRussiaEuropean UnionSanctions https://sagire.online/wire/199c1254/https://sagire.online/wire/199c1254/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:22:00 -0300The crisis at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal came to a head on Friday, when Prime Minister Donald Tusk moved to remake the court, whose president was appointed by the previous government, the far-right Law and Justice (PiS) party. The tribunal’s president, Bogdan Święczkowski, was suspended after refusing to allow a new member nominated by Tusk and approved by Parliament to take his seat. President Karol Nawrocki described the removal as “a forcible takeover of a constitutional body,” abandoned a trip to Africa and headed straight back to the tribunal, in Warsaw. On Tuesday, the eight judges backed by Tusk’s coalition planned to meet to approve the tribunal’s budget and consider disciplinary proceedings against Święczkowski and his deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański. The parliamentary election is due next year, with the constitutional order and the direction of European integration at the center of the dispute.PolandPolitical crisisJustice https://sagire.online/wire/dd881a9c/https://sagire.online/wire/dd881a9c/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:24:00 -0300At least seven flights and a cruise ship in Europe received bomb threats on Tuesday, causing disruption at airports, and no devices were discovered. Two flights to Warsaw, two to Sofia, two to Rome and one to Murcia airport in Spain were targeted; an airport in Warsaw was briefly shut and the Italian Air Force accompanied one of the flights to Rome. The UK government described the incidents as “malicious hoax threats,” and authorities from various countries will cooperate to assess whether this was a coordinated action designed to disrupt airspace. The Panama-flagged cruise ship Crown Iris, preparing to depart the Greek port of Syros for Haifa, was searched by a bomb disposal team and had 940 passengers and 597 crew members on board. According to Greek media, the captain received a warning directly by radio saying that an explosive device had been placed on the hull below the waterline; an initial search found no suspicious objects, and a second, more thorough inspection by the Coast Guard’s underwater missions unit was expected.EuropeAviation securityIsraelGreecePoland https://sagire.online/wire/5b0e3665/https://sagire.online/wire/5b0e3665/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:22:00 -0300Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that Poland prevented what appeared to be an attempted provocation on its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad overnight. According to him, “individuals with flashlights” were seen in the area and the border guard told him, just after midnight, of “disturbing movement” on the Polish-Russian border; the guards prevented any incident. Police, the military, border guards and intelligence services reinforced security along the borders with Russia and Belarus, including near Kaliningrad, and counter-terrorism units were sent to the northeast after “more precise” information that acts of sabotage, including a possible incursion by “armed people,” were possible in the first half of November. Tusk said it was not possible to confirm with full certainty that the episode was an attempted provocation and that Russia’s escalation would continue, not limited to that incident. In the Warmian-Masurian region, Polish services intervened near Sępopol, where no one crossed into Polish territory and those observed withdrew into Kaliningrad, according to an RMF24 account carried by United24 Media.PolandRussiaEastern EuropeDefense https://sagire.online/wire/37a6bb45/https://sagire.online/wire/37a6bb45/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:23:00 -0300Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal announced on October 30 the one-month suspension of its president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and its vice president, Bartłomiej Sochański, in an order signed by Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska. President Karol Nawrocki turned his Senegal-bound plane back to Warsaw and told the judges present that they “are not Constitutional Tribunal judges”. Święczkowski had been suspended after refusing to let a new member nominated by Donald Tusk and approved by parliament take his seat, an episode CNN describes as a chapter in the clash between the pro-European prime minister and the pro-Trump president. The prime minister said on October 31 that reform had been “blocked by the president and PiS” and that “on certain matters there can be no compromise”.PolandJusticePolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/ea75335f/https://sagire.online/wire/ea75335f/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:24:00 -0300Four planes landed safely after bomb threats were made across Europe on Tuesday, among them two Warsaw-bound flights and a Scandinavian Airlines flight that departed from Copenhagen. Polish officials said they had received bomb threats involving two Warsaw-bound flights, but the planes landed safely and no explosives were found. A Ryanair plane from Manchester made an emergency landing at Murcia in southern Spain, with no explosives found; a fourth flight, from Israel, was forced to land in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Scandinavian Airlines plane landed at Warsaw’s Chopin Airport, where a security inspection did not turn up any explosive devices, and the airport closed a landing strip but was able to continue operating. The Times of Israel treated the incidents as hoax threats that forced the temporary closure of an airport.PolandAviation securityEurope https://sagire.online/wire/2fbc3009/https://sagire.online/wire/2fbc3009/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:22:00 -0300Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that Poland prevented what appeared to be an attempted provocation on its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad overnight. Tusk gave few details but said that “individuals with flashlights” had been observed in the border area and that Polish guards prevented any incident from happening. According to the prime minister, additional police and other troops, including counterterrorism units, were directed to Poland’s northeastern border regions after authorities received “more precise” information that acts of sabotage, including a potential incursion by “armed people”, were possible in the first half of November. Members of Poland’s GROM special operations unit were deployed to the border with Kaliningrad to take part in a police operation aimed at preventing “planned acts of sabotage”, according to Russian state agency TASS; Tusk announced the deployment ahead of a cabinet meeting. Tusk said it was not possible to confirm with full certainty that the incident was an attempted provocation, and that Russia’s escalation would continue and was unlikely to be limited to that episode.PolandRussiaEastern EuropeDefenseConflict https://sagire.online/wire/e1e39b0d/https://sagire.online/wire/e1e39b0d/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:21:00 -0300Warsaw Modlin Airport resumed operations on Tuesday after a Boeing 737 Max arriving from London landed at 10:01 and passengers disembarked, and two aircraft that arrived from London and Copenhagen were being inspected after separate bomb threats. A second flight, an SAS plane from Copenhagen also bound for Chopin Airport, received a bomb threat and landed as scheduled. The threats come a day after a Wizz Air flight from London Luton made an emergency landing in Budapest, escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet.PolandAviation security https://sagire.online/wire/baf348cc/https://sagire.online/wire/baf348cc/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 06:24:00 -0300Warsaw-Modlin airport is closed until further notice on Tuesday after the unplanned landing of a plane from London due to information on an explosive device on board, the airport said in a statement. Security services were verifying the reported threat, it added.PolandAviation security https://sagire.online/wire/cb971395/https://sagire.online/wire/cb971395/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:23:00 -0300Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged on Saturday to ensure the country’s Constitutional Tribunal operate in accordance with the law, after President Karol Nawrocki accused the government of forcibly taking control of the court, in an escalating political dispute over the judiciary, according to CGTN.PolandPolitical crisisJustice https://sagire.online/wire/b37fa49d/https://sagire.online/wire/b37fa49d/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:21:00 -0300Nearly 3,000 military personnel from 12 European nations are taking part this month in Poland in Exercise Koalicja, running November 9–22, 2026, according to the BBC, a rehearsal, led by the UK and France, of how to move, protect and supply a multinational force in Ukraine if there is a peace deal.United KingdomFranceUkrainePolandDefense https://sagire.online/wire/2738ca98/https://sagire.online/wire/2738ca98/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:22:00 -0300The so-called Coalition of the Willing holds on November 9, 2026 its first large-scale military exercise in Poland, in Nowa Deba in the southeast, with nearly 2,800 soldiers from 10 countries in the region bordering Ukraine. The Koalicja exercise runs until November 22. France and the United Kingdom are the main contributors, alongside Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Belgium. The alliance, led by France and the UK, has 36 nations and does not include the United States.PolandFranceUnited KingdomDefenseEastern Europe https://sagire.online/wire/84c1e331/https://sagire.online/wire/84c1e331/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:22:00 -0300Poland's president, Karol Nawrocki, has held crisis talks with political leaders as a dispute over the independence of the country's top constitutional court deepens. Representatives of nationalist, far-right and some governing coalition parties attended the talks at the presidential palace on Saturday, while Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition stayed away. Tusk has deployed riot police to get his judges seated at the court.PolandJusticePolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/605d6bf2/https://sagire.online/wire/605d6bf2/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 16:21:00 -0300The political crisis between the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the opposition, which has smoldered since his return to power in 2023, moved up a notch on Friday, October 30, 2026, with the police intervention at the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, according to Le Monde. Anti-riot police were deployed in large numbers to block access to the tribunal, and the justice minister launched a procedure to lift the immunity of its president. On Saturday, the European Commission urged the head of state to confirm the appointment of the new judges.PolandEuropean UnionJusticePolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/d15696eb/https://sagire.online/wire/d15696eb/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:22:00 -0300The European Commission said it is for the Polish authorities to ensure that the Constitutional Tribunal can function in accordance with the Polish constitution and with the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The Commission said the appointment of eight new members of the Constitutional Tribunal lies within the constitutional power of the Sejm, Poland’s parliament, and cited interim measures from the European Court of Human Rights dated May 5, 2026. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said restoring calm could not mean accepting lawlessness or violence, and vowed to restore conditions for independent justice and the rule of law.PolandEuropean UnionJusticePolitical crisis