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FILE - In this file photo taken Feb. 19, 2020, Poland's President Andrzej Duda, center, campaigning for his re-election in Warsaw, Poland. The Polish government’s determination to move forward with the May 10, presidential election during the coronavirus pandemic by making it an all-postal vote is creating anxiety and anger, and critics say the plan threatens public health and democracy in Poland.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish government gets pushback on postal presidential vote

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Poland targeted by disinformation attack, suspects Russia

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Women's rights activists, wearing masks against the spread of the coronavirus, protest against a draft law tightening Poland's strict anti-abortion law near the parliament that was debating the draft law, in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland lawmakers defer final vote on divisive abortion bill

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Women, self isolated in their cars to protect against coronavirus, take part in a protest against plans for the parliament to debate a draft law tightening Poland's ban on most abortions this week, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poles divided on ‘draconian’ abortion, sex education bills

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EU court: Poland chamber penalizing judges must be suspended

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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

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Poland to seek $1.5 billion from Russia’s Gazprom

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Polish court again defers verdict on legality of new judges

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A view of the empty Dacia Arena stadium in Udine, Northern Italy, prior to the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Fiorentina, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2015 file photo, South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho,left, smiles after being named the winner of the 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. Culture authorities in Poland said Monday, March 9, 2020 that the 18th edition of the international Frederic Chopin Piano Competition will take place Oct. 2-23 in Warsaw with a large participation of pianists from Asia. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski/file)

Poland sets date for Frederic Chopin piano competition

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Polish president OKs $510M for public media amid campaign

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Judges of the &quot; Iustitia&quot; association in Poland release a report listing dozens of judges and prosecutors who are facing reprisals for questioning the controversial changes that the right-wing government is making to the court system that gives politicians control of the judges, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Monika Scislowska)

Poland court defers verdict on legality of some judges

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Judges of the &quot; Iustitia&quot; association in Poland release a report listing dozens of judges and prosecutors who are facing reprisals for questioning the controversial changes that the right-wing government is making to the court system that gives politicians control of the judges, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Monika Scislowska)

Report in Poland lists judges, prosecutors facing reprisals

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Jordan Peele, center, executive producer of the Amazon Prime Video series &quot;Hunters,&quot; poses with cast members Logan Lerman, left, and Al Pacino at the premiere of the show at the Directors Guild of America, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Auschwitz Museum upset at scene in Amazon series ‘Hunters’

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Poland’s miners protest coal imports seen as threat to jobs

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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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People visit the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. A long stalemate over the future independence of the landmark Jewish history museum is building toward a crucial turning point after the former director — who won a competition for a second term but whom Poland's populist government refuses to reinstate — offered to renounce the job(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish government ends standoff over Jewish museum chief

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FILE-In this July 16, 2019 file photo people pass the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Two co-founders of the museum urged the third partner — the Polish government — to comply with an agreement to re-appoint the museum's former director, saying a failure to do so is incomprehensible and is damaging to Polish-Jewish relations. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski/file)

Impasse at Jewish museum in Warsaw approaches resolution

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A cycle rack engulfed by floodwater after the River Ouse burst its banks in the aftermath of Storm Ciara, in York, England, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing heaving seas that closed down ports. Soccer games, farmers' markets and cultural events were canceled as authorities urged millions of people to stay indoors, away from falling tree branches.(Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

Fierce storm causes deaths, damage and delays across Europe

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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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