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Coal-reliant Poland welcomes plan for first nuclear plant

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Polish couple sentenced for sprawling pyramid scheme

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Leader of Poland's ruling party Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks in reaction to exit poll results right after voting closed in the nation's parliamentary election that is seen crucial for the nation's course in the next four years, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (AP Photo)

Poland’s right-wing wins, but leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski wants more

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Leader of Poland's ruling party Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks in reaction to exit poll results right after voting closed in the nation's parliamentary election that is seen crucial for the nation's course in the next four years, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Poland’s ruling party has votes to govern again

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Leader of Poland's ruling party Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks in reaction to exit poll results right after voting closed in the nation's parliamentary election that is seen crucial for the nation's course in the next four years, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (AP Photo)

Polish conservatives win lower house but lose Senate

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French court refuses to surrender US art dealer to Poland

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A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Poles are voting Sunday in a parliamentary election, that the ruling party of Jaroslaw Kaczynski is favored to win easily, buoyed by the popularity of its social conservatism and generous social spending policies that have reduced poverty. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

The Latest: Exit poll says Polish conservatives win vote

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In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 8, 2019 Poland's ruling right-wing party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks at a convention in Warsaw, Poland. ahead of Sunday parliamentary election in which his Law and Justice party is hoping to win a second term in power. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s ruling party declares victory in divided nation

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday Sept. 26, 2019 supporters of Poland's ruling right-wing party are standing in line before a candidate's billboard to get to a party convention in Warsaw, Poland, ahead of Sunday parliamentary election in which the Law and Justice party is hoping to win a second term in power. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poles to vote in one of most important elections in decades

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In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, a bust of the Nobel Prize founder, Alfred Nobel on display at the Concert Hall during the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm. (Henrik Montgomery/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: Group want Handke award revoked

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In this Aug. 10, 2019, photo, people take part in a gay pride parade holding up an image of Madonna and Baby Jesus that has offended many Catholics in Plock, Poland. The image was made by an activist in protest. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Tension over gay rights moves to fore in Polish election

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated May 22, 2018, Polish author Olga Tokarczuk after winning the Man Booker International prize 2018, for her book Flights. Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk was named Thursday Oct. 10, 2019, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for literature. (Matt Crossick/PA FILE via AP)

Nobel literature pick heartens liberal Poles in populist era

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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 file photo Robert Biedron addresses the founding convention of his new centre-left party 'Wiosna' (Spring), in Warsaw, Poland. The left-wing party leader in Poland has won praise across the political spectrum for rescuing a 2-year-old boy and his father from a burning car. The accident occurred Monday evening in Tabor, south of Warsaw, when a car collided with a truck and began to burn. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish politician rescues child and father from burning car

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President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda talk after signing a joint defense declaration agreement at the InterContinental Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump touts visa-waiver status for Poland, says travelers will soon visit U.S. with ease

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Trump says Poland joining visa waiver program

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Polish prime minister’s father and former top dissident dies

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Polish police stop protesters who disrupt gay pride parade

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In this Thursday Sept. 5, 2019 photo Economist Leszek Balcerowicz, who authored the radical free-market reforms of three decades ago that put Poland on a path toward spectacular economic success, speaks to The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland. Despite Poland's many economic gains, Balcerowicz sometimes finds himself forced to defend his legacy today as the mood turns against unfettered capitalism. With a parliamentary election approaching Oct. 13, Poland's ruling populist party is riding a wave of popularity due to its social spending policies, re-nationalizations, lowering of the retirement age and restrictions on Sunday shopping. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Author of Polish market reforms defends legacy amid backlash

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Environmentalists sue Poland’s major coal power plant

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A woman holds an upside down portrait of French President Emmanuel Macron during a climate demonstration, in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Scuffles broke out in Paris between some violent activists and police which responded with tear gas at a march for climate gathering thousands of people in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Macron urges French climate protesters to target Poland

By SYLVIE CORBET and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press