Polish opposition party pushes for snap election
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Poland's opposition on Thursday   increased the pressure on the conservative government to quit,   but it remained unclear whether it had the strength to force   snap polls in a parliamentary showdown set for next month.
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, seen here in August 2006. Poland is braced for rival demonstrations planned by members of the governing conservatives and liberal opposition as the country's tumultuous ...Comment
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Poland's conservative Kaczynski twins were beaten in a parliamentary election on Sunday by a centre-right opposition party ready to mend relations with EU allies, speed economic reforms and pull troops from Iraq.
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Poland's parliament is widely expected to pass a motion on Friday triggering an early election pitting the ruling conservative Kaczynski brothers against the main, pro-business opposition party.
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By Rob StrybelWARSAW - Around 20,000 Poles took part in rival demonstrations in the capital on Saturday over whether the ruling conservatives, who are struggling to form a coalition, should call a snap ...Comment
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Poland's ruling Kaczynski twins risk losing control of the government in a closely fought election on Sunday that will have implications beyond the borders of the European Union's biggest former communist state.
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Poland's election Sunday could bring to power a party that favors a quicker end to the country's military mission in Iraq and tougher bargaining over hosting a U.S. missile defense base Â while still promising to remain a strong American ally.
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Poland's ruling Kaczynski twins are set to lose Sunday's parliamentary election to a centre-right opposition party promising an "economic miracle" and withdrawal from Iraq, opinion polls indicate.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party will take part in general elections next month "with a heavy heart".
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Poland's parliament voted to dissolve itself Friday, forcing an election that the government had sought to end persistent political turbulence. President Lech Kaczynski set the vote for Oct. 21, two years ahead of schedule.Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the president's twin brother, said the election would give voters a fresh chance to endorse what he calls his party's struggle to fight the corruption that has plagued Poland since the fall of communism in 1989.'I want to express my joy at parliament's decision to dissolve itself,' Kaczynski told reporters in parliament. 'These elections will create the chance for Poland to decide whether it wants to continue on its path of transition, however difficult, or whether it wants to follow the path of the rule of oligarchy.' Read more
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Poles vote on Sunday in a snap  parliamentary election that could cost the ruling Kaczynski  twins their hold on government in the European Union's biggest  former communist country.
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Poland's centre-right election victors  said on Monday they would seek a broad alliance in parliament  to push through economic reforms and redirect Poland into the  EU mainstream.
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Poland's ruling Kaczynski twins are set  to lose Sunday's parliamentary election to a centre-right  opposition party promising an "economic miracle" and withdrawal  from Iraq, opinion polls indicate.
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A new Polish women&#39;s political party risks shocking the majority Catholic country by plastering nude posters of their female candidates for the upcoming October 21 parliamentary election.
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An opposition party that wants Poland's troops out of Iraq has ousted the ruling conservatives in elections, and the incoming government promises to negotiate a tougher deal with the U.S. when it comes to hosting a missile defense base.
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Poland's pro-business opposition thrashed the conservative Kaczynski twins' Law and Justice party in a snap parliamentary election Sunday with a record turnout, exit polls indicated.
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About 20,000 Poles took part in rival demonstrations in the capital on Saturday over whether the ruling conservatives, who are struggling to form a coalition, should call a snap election.