Poland

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News about Poland, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jun. 26, 2014

Polish Parliament votes to retain embattled government of Prime Min Donald Tusk, despite an embarrassing scandal involving several top officials whose private, often profane conversations in upscale Warsaw restaurants had been bugged for more than a year. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014

Polish Prime Min Donald Tusk says that he will not dismiss any of the ministers whose bluntly politically and occasionally profane conversations were caught on tape, unless they are caught engaging in illegal behavior; Tusk says government will focus on uncovering who had made the recordings. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014

Polish Foreign Min Radoslaw Sikorski is heard in secretly recorded conversation describing his country's security relationship with United States as 'worth nothing' and 'even harmful,' along with more vulgar terms; deepening scandal over leaked conversations has threatened survival of Prime Min Donal Tusk's center-right government. MORE
Jun. 20, 2014

Polish Prime Min Donald Tusk warns he might be forced to call early elections if scandal over secretly taped conversations of senior government officials continues to escalate. MORE
Jun. 17, 2014

Tapes of high-level Polish officials discussing what seem to be unsavory deals are threatening careers of some of country's most prominent leaders and perhaps even survival of current government; transcripts of recordings were published by newspaper Wprost; Prime Min Donald Tusk criticizes recordings, describing them as attempt at coup d'etat. MORE

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Tense Vote Spares Polish Government After Recordings Scandal

By RICK LYMAN

Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his administration were retained Wednesday, despite controversy over secret tapes of officials’ private conversations that surfaced last week.

June 26, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Wiretapping and Other Eavesdropping Devices and Methods , Civic Platform (Poland) , Sikorski, Radoslaw , Tusk, Donald , Poland , Legislatures and Parliaments

Poland’s Prime Minister Says He Won’t Dismiss Officials Caught on Leaked Tapes

By RICK LYMAN

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the government would focus on uncovering the “criminal gang” that made illegal recordings of ministers having blunt and profane conversations.

June 24, 2014, Tuesday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Audio Recordings, Downloads and Streaming , Tusk, Donald , Komorowski, Bronislaw , Poland , Warsaw (Poland)

Marilyn Monroe’s Photo Caper in Poland

By RENA SILVERMAN

A trove of Marilyn Monroe photos by Milton H. Greene is being auctioned in Poland this week. How the images got there – and how they will be sold – is worthy of a madcap caper.

June 23, 2014, Monday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Davis, Sammy Jr , Monroe, Marilyn , Sinatra, Frank , Greene, Milton , Miller, Arthur , Poland , Copyrights and Copyright Violations , Auctions , Robberies and Thefts , Photography , Wills and Estates , Archives and Records

Tapes Said to Reveal Polish Minister Disparaging U.S. Ties

By RICK LYMAN

In a new excerpt from secretly recorded conversations, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is quoted as describing his country’s security relationship with the United States as “worth nothing.”

June 23, 2014, Monday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Obama, Barack , Wiretapping and Other Eavesdropping Devices and Methods , United States , Poland , Sikorski, Radoslaw , United States International Relations

Polish Premier Says Scandal May Prompt Early Vote

By RICK LYMAN

A scandal touched off by secretly recorded conversations of senior members of the government has eroded confidence, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

June 20, 2014, Friday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Wiretapping and Other Eavesdropping Devices and Methods , Tusk, Donald , Elections , Politics and Government , Poland , Newspapers

Secret Tapes of Politicians Cause a Stir in Poland

By RICK LYMAN

Transcripts released by a Warsaw newspaper are proof that the government should be dismissed, an opposition leader said.

June 17, 2014, Tuesday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Warsaw (Poland) , Wiretapping and Other Eavesdropping Devices and Methods , Poland , Tusk, Donald

Despite Clash in Ukraine, Cease-Fire Talks Advance

By ANDREW E. KRAMER and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

The foreign ministers of Russia, Germany and Poland said they were optimistic while President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine proposed setting up a corridor to help people flee the violence.

June 11, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Russia , Ukraine , Poroshenko, Petro Olekseyevich , Defense and Military Forces , Germany , Refugees and Displaced Persons , Poland

Obama’s Warsaw Workout Finds Its Way to the Internet

By PETER BAKER

A video showed the president in a dark tracksuit wearing earphones as he lifted weights, did squats and rode a stationary bicycle, occasionally grimacing.

June 5, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON POLAND AND: National Security Agency , Privacy , Warsaw (Poland) , Exercise , Obama, Barack , Europe , Secret Service

Europe’s Man in Warsaw

By CLEMENS WERGIN

Radoslaw Sikorski should be the European Union’s next foreign policy chief.

June 4, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Politics and Government , European Union , Poland

Obama, in Poland, Renews Commitment to Security

By PETER BAKER and RICK LYMAN

A $1 billion program to bolster defenses for American allies in Eastern and Central Europe is announced, but nerves are still rattled by the crisis in neighboring Ukraine.