Ukraine to hold military drills in parallel as intense crisis diplomacy continues

French president reiterates Putin told him he had no intention of escalating conflict

French president does not see invasion of Ukraine as imminent as he visits Moscow and Kyiv

US president says western governments preparing to impose ‘massive consequences’ on Kremlin

US had warned that bill posed threat to media freedom and investment climate

Leaders of opposing countries accuse Putin and EU respectively of orchestrating crisis

Polish politicians fear a deliberate provocation by Belarus could cause serious incident involving migrants at EU’s eastern border

Last-minute decision seen as pressure on independent media by right-wing government

Biden backs closer co-operation with Nato states from Baltic to Black Sea

Official has been a regular critic of government and country’s ‘anti-democratic’ turn

Czech and Slovak hospitals to send patients abroad to ease Covid-19 pressure

Moscow lambasts ‘archaic’ American democracy while Merkel ‘furious’ at scenes

Nationalist governments blocking €1.8tn package over rule-of-law link

Internationalists hope Biden victory heralds wider fall in far-right fortunes

Polish women’s groups prepare to face off against police and neo-fascists as rallies continue

Czechs and Slovaks impose states of emergency as infections soar in Russia

Data shows increase in voter registration among Poles living in Ireland

Andrzej Duda’s victory will reinforce the country’s authoritarian drift and prolong tensions with the European Union

Conservative incumbent opposed to LGBT rights ‘ideology’ secures victory with 51.2% of vote

Country about to receive €16bn from EU’s coronavirus fund

Incumbent won the most votes but fell short of the 50 per cent needed to win

Tight run-off anticipated between conservative Duda and liberal Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski

A defeat for Andrzej Duda would be seen by many as signalling the end of right-wing PiS rule

US president accuses Democrats of trying to ‘take away a lot of strength from our police’

Andrzej Duda warns Poles to be vigilant against ‘foreign’ attempts to co-opt nation’s identity

Weeks of political chaos end with ruling PiS announcing June as earliest date for poll

PiS’s disregard for European political standards is a worrying challenge to our values

Mr Justice John MacMenamin among EU judges calling for protection of Polish peers

Europe Letter: Ruling on Polish state interference a reminder of EU principles and law

Head of the Duma’s international affairs committee says Poland could pay a terrible price if its territory is used to attack Russia

Move follows lobbying by Polish government amid fears about Russian aggression

Claiming press distortion of his words, Netanyahu will host Poland at Visegrad meeting

Pawel Adamowicz (53) suffered wounds to heart and abdomen in charity event attack

Stand-off between the US and China threatens to slow global action on climate change

About 200,000 people rally in Warsaw in controversial commemoration event

Court president Malgorzata Gersdorf goes to work in defiance of judicial reforms

Andrzej Duda vetoes bill that would have demoted some communist-era officials

Adviser to Polish president Andrzej Duda criticises Israel’s opposition to new law

Bill passed by senate makes it illegal to accuse Polish nation of complicity in the Holocaust

The focus on the US president’s threats to the media distracts from deadly challenges elsewhere