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Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski talking to reporters at the site of a city bus crash that killed one person and injured over 20 people when the articulate bus crashed off an overpass, in Warsaw, Poland, on June 25, 2020. Trzaskowski, who is a runner-up candidate in Sunday election for the nation's president, suspend his campaigning to come to the site.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish presidential candidates make last appeals to voters

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Polish President Andrzej Duda waves to supporters as he campaigns for a second term in Serock, Poland, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, Duda is the frontrunner ahead of the election on Sunday, June 28, but is not expected to reach the 50 percent threshold needed to win outright. That will require a runoff two weeks later in which he is expected to face off against Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski in a very close race.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Populist Polish president faces tough reelection challenge

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo, a picture of a former American soldier is displayed at the former U.S. army Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany. In vowing to pull thousands of U.S. troops from Germany, President Donald Trump is following a pattern of disruptive moves against allies that have dismayed many of his fellow Republicans. Trump has consistently promised to bring American troops home, dismissing the conventional view that a far-flung U.S. military presence, while costly, pays off in the long run by ensuring stability for global trade. Earlier this week he said the 34,500 U.S. troops in Germany would be reduced to 25,000. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Trump: Poland to get some US troops withdrawn from Germany

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

File -- In this Thursday, July 6, 2017 file photo U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Poland's President Andrzej Duda, leave at the end of a joint press conference, in Warsaw, Poland. Trump and Duda will meet at the White House on June 24, four days ahead of a presidential election in Poland in which Duda, a conservative, is seeking reelection. The meeting is expected to give Duda a boost, and is seen by some as election interference. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski/file)

LGBT groups criticize Trump for hosting Polish president

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

File -- In this Thursday, July 6, 2017 file photo U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks next to Poland's President Andrzej Duda, at the end of a joint press conference, in Warsaw, Poland. Trump and Duda will meet at the White House on June 24, four days ahead of a presidential election in Poland in which Duda, a conservative, is seeking reelection. The meeting is expected to give Duda a boost, and is seen by some as election interference. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski/file)

Polish leader’s Trump card: a pre-election U.S. invite

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Polish President Andrzej Duda waves as he campaigns ahead of a presidential election later in this month, in Plonsk, Poland, on Tuesday June 16, 2020. Duda is ahead of nine other candidates, but he is not expected to get the 50% needed in the June 28 balloting to avoid a runoff. He is considered most likely to face off in a second round on July 12 against Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

LGBT activist ends meeting with Polish president in protest

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020 file photo, Poland's President Andrzej Duda campaigns for his re-election in Warsaw, Poland. Poland's parliament speaker says the postponed presidential election will take place June 28. The election was originally planned for May 10 but the coronavirus pandemic forced the conservative government to put it off. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

EU official criticizes Polish campaign targeting LGBT people

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Andrzej Duda, President of Poland, speaks about the challenges of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP)

Andrzej Duda, Poland president: LGBT ‘ideology’ worse than communism

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020 file photo, Poland's President Andrzej Duda campaigns for his re-election in Warsaw, Poland. Poland's parliament speaker says the postponed presidential election will take place June 28. The election was originally planned for May 10 but the coronavirus pandemic forced the conservative government to put it off. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Polish president calls LGBT ‘ideology’ worse than communism

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Poland’s president appoints new head of embattled top court

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the conservative ruling party Law and Justice, takes part in a parliamentary session in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 3, 2020. Uncertainty deepened in Poland on Friday over whether the country will move forward with a presidential election scheduled for May despite the coronavirus pandemic. Kaczynski had hoped to move forward with the vote despite the epidemic by having a postal election, but the head of a faction in his coalition is opposed and wants the elections postponed by two years. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poles divided over holding presidential vote during pandemic

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Polish President Andrzej Duda, left, and Archbishop of Warsaw Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz attend the 12th annual Epiphany procession in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Epiphany, the 12th night of Christmas, marks the day the three kings visited Christ. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s populist ruling party backs president’s reelection

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Andrzej Duda, President of Poland, speaks about the challenges of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP)

Poland: Bill allowing judges to be punished signed into law

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President Emmanuel Macron,left, of France and his Polish host, President Andrzej Duda, shake hands before talks on developing recently-strained bilateral ties at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

France’s Macron wants closer ties with Poland on EU

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Polish president visits New Britain, city with Polish ties

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Poland’s president to visit New Britain

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, shake hands after signing an agreement in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. and Poland signed an agreement on Monday to cooperate on new 5G technology amid growing concerns about Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Mike Pence signs 5G deal with Poland, says world must remain ‘vigilant’ amid Russian meddling

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, arrives with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki for a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

The Latest: Russia tweets reminder of Soviet role in WWII

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Polish president wants parliamentary election held on Oct.13

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Lithuanian First Lady Diana Nausediene, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda and Poland's First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda attend a military welcome ceremony at the presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 16, 2019.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Lithuania president against any EU sanctions for Poland

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