Poland's Supreme Court on Tuesday said it had validated the result of last month's presidential election won by the ...

Karol Nawrocki, 42, is head of the Institute of National Remembrance, a state body that investigates crimes dating back to ...

Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and nationalist Karol Nawrocki will compete in a second round of the presidential election in Poland on June 1, the electoral commission said based on votes ...

President-elect Karol Nawrocki will be instructed by the leader of the conservative opposition to instigate the collapse of the current centrist government, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski ...

Reuters. Civic Coalition presidential candidate, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski gives a high five to his supporter during an election meeting in Brzeg, Poland, May 14, 2025.

The populist Karol Nawrocki takes office on Aug. 6. The country must buckle up for a bumpy ride, writes Ian Bremmer.

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Civic Coalition presidential candidate, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski flashes the victory sign during the election evening, in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025.

Mr Nawrocki presented himself as the candidate to hold the government of the prime minister, Donald Tusk, in check.

Political signs supporting Warsaw’s progressive mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, for president of Poland still littered the capital city, hanging from apartment balconies and highway overpasses.

Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the candidate put forward by the government, lost out by 369,000 votes in the country of 38 million people. "All of the circumstances clearly demonstrate that Karol ...