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Presidential election via postal vote illegal - audit office

An investigation by the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has found that plans to hold a postal vote on May 10 last year for Polish president were illegal. Leszek Szymański/PAP

Poland’s Prime Minister’s Office faces a possible criminal investigation after a damning report by the country’s Supreme Audit Office into last year's attempt to hold a presidential election by post.

Polish PM's office faces possible criminal charges over failed vote

The Prime Minister's Office is facing criminal investigation into last year's attempt to hold a presidential election by postal vote owing to a lack of legal justification, the country's audit office has announced.

Audit Office head should 'weigh his words' - ruling party spokesman

The deputy spokesman of Law and Justice, Poland’s governing party, said on Thursday that the head of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) is a high state official and should "weigh his words," after the latter accused the party of being behind a corruption investigation into him.

Two explosions caused Smolensk air crash, claims film

Explosions in the fuselage and wing of an official aircraft carrying the Polish president and dozens of senior political and military figures caused it to crash, according to a film on the work of an investigative committee into the accident, broadcast on Saturday.

Smolensk crash investigation extremely difficult - justice minister

The investigation of the tragic presidential plane crash in Smolensk, Russia, is entering its twelfth year.

Investigators uncover skeletal remains of nuns murdered by Red Army troops during WWII

Archaeologists closed in on a 20-square-metre site in a cemetery in the small town of Orneta by using local archival records and a hand-drawn burial plan. Religious objects including crucifixes and medallions helped them identify the victims.

Polish diplomatic car set on fire in Berlin

A car belonging to a Polish embassy employee was set on fire in a western district of Berlin early on Tuesday morning, police in the German capital have told PAP.

Investigation launched after grannies find identical post-war guns hidden inside old furniture 22km apart

Cops are investigating after the two grandmas living 25 minutes apart stumbled upon the TT semi-automatic pistols hidden behind a basement wardrobe and inside an old sofa while they were doing their pre-Xmas cleaning. 

Foreign ministry calls for investigation into blasts at Polish shops in Netherlands

The Polish foreign ministry has called on the Dutch authorities to start an urgent investigation into a mysterious spate of explosions in Polish shops in the Netherlands.

Hundreds of top secret documents found hidden in ex spy’s home

Investigators from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and the Internal Security Agency (ABW) raided the property of the former high ranking officer in Poland’s communist-era security service where they found files detailing the activities of communist-era agents operating overseas.

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