https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/522657/feed The latest news and top stories on Karol Nawrocki, Poland's President-elect. A historian by background, he previously led the Institute of National Remembrance and directed the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, focusing on Polish history and anti-communist opposition. Known for his nationalist and conservative views, including a pro-Trump stance, he is expected to lead a government in confrontation with the pro-EU administration. His responsibilities will likely involve asserting Polish... en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Reuters Reuters A man armed with a knife killed a priest and injured four other people during an attack on clergy and worshippers at a Benedictine abbey in southern Poland on Thursday, authorities ‌said. The man used a knife he took from a kitchen there to attack one woman and four men, including one priest who was in a confessional, a prosecutor said. The attack took place at a Benedictine Sisters monastery on the grounds of the abbey in Jaroslaw, local media reported. A 31-year-old Ukrainian man was arrested,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3368718/knifeman-kills-priest-injures-4-attack-polish-abbey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3368718/knifeman-kills-priest-injures-4-attack-polish-abbey?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:11:28 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump said Thursday there had been “major progress” towards establishing an American military base in Poland, after Warsaw said it was holding talks with Washington on the issue. “Thanks to the bold leadership of my friend, Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, major progress is being made toward establishing a US Army base in Poland,” Trump said on social media. “If this happens, the location will be announced very soon. This will be a historic step for our Great U.S./Polish... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367911/trump-says-major-progress-made-towards-us-base-poland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367911/trump-says-major-progress-made-towards-us-base-poland?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:01:22 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A passenger bus travelling on a highway in Hungary early on Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others, police said. The bus, which was carrying a group of Polish tourists, was travelling on eastbound lanes near the town of Mezokeresztes when it overturned on the M3 motorway around 140km (87 miles) east of Hungary’s capital, Budapest, at around 1am on Sunday. In a statement, police said it was likely that the driver fell asleep, causing the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3364217/driver-arrested-after-hungary-bus-crash-kills-12-people-injures-least-10?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3364217/driver-arrested-after-hungary-bus-crash-kills-12-people-injures-least-10?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:47:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum Nato leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit. Several leaders said they had only discovered the contents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s gift package much later, or had not even seen it before it was seized by their security services. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney joked that his gift of maple syrup “kind of undermatched” Erdogan’s offering. British Prime... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3360035/turkish-presidents-unusual-gift-nato-leaders-1-revolver-6-bullets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3360035/turkish-presidents-unusual-gift-nato-leaders-1-revolver-6-bullets?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:15:39 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The European Union has disbursed the first €3 billion (US$3.4 billion) tranche of a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, the country’s prime minister announced on Thursday at the opening of a conference on Ukraine’s post-war recovery in Poland. The conference, attended by key European leaders including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, is both a fundraising forum and a message to Russia that Ukraine’s Western supporters are in it for a long... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3358370/eu-releases-eu3-billion-loan-ukraines-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3358370/eu-releases-eu3-billion-loan-ukraines-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:45:33 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Poland’s nationalist President Karol Nawrocki announced on Friday he was stripping Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky of the country’s top award, escalating a row between the neighbours and allies over World War II massacres. Relations between Warsaw and Kyiv have been tense for days over Zelensky’s naming of a Ukrainian army unit after a WWII nationalist insurgent army that took part in massacres against Poles. Nawrocki’s decision landed days before Poland is due to host the annual Ukraine Recovery... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3357747/polands-president-strips-ukraines-zelensky-top-award?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3357747/polands-president-strips-ukraines-zelensky-top-award?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:29:44 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump surprised Nato allies by pledging to send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned alliance ministers that Washington’s frustration with some of them would still need to be discussed. “The President’s views of, frankly, disappointment at some of our Nato allies and their response to our operations in the Middle East ‌are well documented,” Rubio said on Friday at a gathering of Nato foreign ministers in the Swedish town of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354437/us-send-5000-troops-poland-trump-says-after-earlier-deployment-called?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354437/us-send-5000-troops-poland-trump-says-after-earlier-deployment-called?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 May 2026 22:57:57 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump will not attend a major annual gathering of American conservatives for the first time in a decade, a White House official said on Wednesday. The Republican billionaire has been a marquee fixture at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) since 2016, but will miss this year’s edition due to a busy schedule amid the “ongoing Iran conflict”, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The conference this year is being held from Wednesday to Saturday... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347920/trump-skip-major-annual-conservative-gathering-first-time-decade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347920/trump-skip-major-annual-conservative-gathering-first-time-decade?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:15:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters The EU’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany, on the grounds that Polish law does not allow marriage between people of the same sex. “The spouses in question, as EU citizens, enjoy the freedom to move and reside within the territory of the Member States and the right to lead a normal family life when exercising that freedom and... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3334114/eu-court-rules-nations-must-recognise-gay-marriage-rights-across-bloc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3334114/eu-court-rules-nations-must-recognise-gay-marriage-rights-across-bloc?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:49:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The United Nations Security Council announced it would hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss violations of Poland’s airspace, a day after Warsaw accused Moscow of carrying out a drone raid on its territory. Poland said the incident was not accidental, branding it an “unprecedented” attack on Poland, Nato and the European Union. Moscow denied targeting the country and said there was no evidence the drones were Russian. Stray Russian drones and missiles have entered the airspace of Nato... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3325246/un-security-council-convene-over-drone-incursions-poland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3325246/un-security-council-convene-over-drone-incursions-poland?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:15:26 +0000 Yuanyue Dang Yuanyue Dang What insight does a flood of pizza orders to chains near the Pentagon give China about official American interest in its military parade? More than a slice, according to a Chinese social media account following the scent of melted cheese near the Department of Defence in Washington. Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV noted an apparent spike in pizza orders near the Pentagon during Beijing’s Victory Day parade. It released a video saying customer... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/military/article/3324319/pizza-orders-spike-near-pentagon-time-beijing-military-parade-chinese-outlet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/military/article/3324319/pizza-orders-spike-near-pentagon-time-beijing-military-parade-chinese-outlet?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Sep 2025 08:07:59 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump offered Wednesday to send more troops to Poland as he welcomed the country’s new nationalist president Karol Nawrocki to the White House with a military flyover. Trump also hinted at taking stronger action against Russia if it fails to end its war with Ukraine, which has put Nato ally Poland on edge since Moscow’s invasion in 2022. Nawrocki, a conservative historian and fervent Trump supporter, visited the White House during Poland’s election campaign and is now making... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324248/trump-offers-more-us-troops-polands-nationalist-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324248/trump-offers-more-us-troops-polands-nationalist-president?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:44:05 +0000 Finbarr Bermingham Finbarr Bermingham European leaders have vowed to turn the screws on Moscow after a high-stakes US-Russia summit in Alaska failed to result in a ceasefire in Ukraine. After a flurry of post-summit calls on Saturday, a coalition of Ukraine allies rallied around Kyiv, insisting that Russia could not veto its future membership of Nato or the European Union. Nor could there be limitations on “Ukraine’s armed forces or on its cooperation with third countries” as part of any peace agreement, read a statement quickly... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322098/european-leaders-rally-behind-ukraine-after-trump-putin-summit-fails-deliver-ceasefire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322098/european-leaders-rally-behind-ukraine-after-trump-putin-summit-fails-deliver-ceasefire?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Aug 2025 11:49:41 +0000 Agencies Agencies Poland’s new right-wing President, Karol Nawrocki, took the oath of office on Wednesday and immediately came out with an anti-migration and anti-euro statement. “I will be the voice of the citizens who want sovereignty and security,” Nawrocki said in his inaugural speech. “No to illegal migration, yes to the zloty, no to the euro.” Poland does not currently have the European Union’s common currency, and the conservative nationalist Law and Justice opposition party, which backed Nawrocki, opposes... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3320976/new-polish-president-pledges-change-constitution-attacks-euro-after-swearing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3320976/new-polish-president-pledges-change-constitution-attacks-euro-after-swearing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:41:34 +0000