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On A Roll! Tanks and troops roll through Katowice as 200,000 spectators gather to mark Armed Forces Day

First held to mark Poland’s triumph over the Soviet army in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, this year’s parade had been located to Katowice so as to honour the centenary of the Silesian Uprising. Andrzej Grygiel/PAP

Breaking from tradition, the parade was switched from Warsaw to Katowice so as to honour the centenary of the Silesian Uprising.

Parliamentary elections to be held on October 13 - president's spokesman

President Andrzej Duda has signed a decision to schedule elections to the Sejm (lower house) and the Senate for October 13, the president's spokesman Blazej Spychalski said on Tuesday., adding that the president's decision was sent to the Prime Minister's Office.

Trump to attend WWII outbreak anniversary in Warsaw - Polish deputy PM

US President Donald Trump's visit to Warsaw to take part in the events marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II on September 1 has been confirmed, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin said on Thursday.

New Lithuanian president to visit Poland on Tuesday

Gitanas Nauseda, sworn in as Lithuania's president on Friday, is to pay an official visit to Warsaw with his wife, Diana Nausediene, on Tuesday. It will be the new presidential couple's first foreign visit.

Exhibition on Polish ethnographer opens in Slovenia

President Andrzej Duda and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor have opened an exhibition marking the 180th anniversary of the death of the Polish ethnographer and independence activist Emil Korytko, in the Slovenian Parliament on Wednesday.

President appoints new ministers

Polish President Andrzej Duda appointed new ministers to PM Mateusz Morawiecki's government on Tuesday morning. The reshuffle has come in the wake of the recent European Parliament elections.

Polish delegation in Smoleńsk continues Tu-154M wreckage examination

Polish prosecutors and forensic technicians are conducting procedural steps on examination of the TU-154M presidential plane that crashed in Smoleńsk, Russia, on April 10, 2010, with the loss of 96 lives, the Russian Investigative Committee has announced.

Final talks on US military presence likely during president's US visit

Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on Wednesday it is highly likely that during President Andrzej Duda's trip to the USA in June, talks will be held finalising the first stage of the process of increasing the US military presence in Poland.

Massive turnout across Poland as Ukrainians vote for new president

According to the Ukrainian Embassy, around 7,837 people voted in Warsaw and in the consulates in Kraków, Gdańsk and Lublin.

President to celebrate 20th anniversary of NATO enlargement in Prague

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday will meet with his Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian counterparts, Milosz Zeman, Andrej Kiska and Janos Ader, in Prague and attend celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the enlargement of NATO.

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