Poland takes conservative turn under twin leaders
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski swore his identical twin brother Jaroslaw in as prime minister last month in what some saw as a long-delayed victory for Poland's have-nots but others see as a defeat for the ...
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President Lech Kaczynski appointed his identical twin brother Jaroslaw as the new prime minister, the presidential Web site said. Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and his government formally resigned earlier in the day, paving the way for Jaroslaw Kaczynski to form a new government.
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Poles began voting Sunday in a snap parliamentary election, with a resurgent pro-business party striving to end two years of often combative conservative rule by the identical Kaczynski twins.
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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 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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Poland's capital is set to get its first woman mayor, liberal Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, after voters in weekend municipal elections dealt a symbolic blow to the conservative government of identical twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, final results showed.
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Poland says it will drop its opposition to a proposed European Union partnership agreement with Russia, if the union meets its demands.Comment
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A popular former prime minister from  Poland&#39;s governing conservatives endorsed an opposition  candidate for next month&#39;s parliamentary election on Monday,  dealing a blow to the ruling Kaczynski twins.
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In Poland, the mood is mixed. Three of four Poles questioned by The Associated Press said they would not vote even if they could.
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Poland's new conservative Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has launched a charm offensive in Brussels aimed at burnishing his country's tarnished image in the European Union.
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Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka won a parliamentary vote of confidence Friday, heading off the prospect of renewed political turmoil in a country that is a key U.S. ally in Iraq and the European Union's largest new member.
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Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen shakes hands with his Polish counterpart Jaroslaw Kaczynski during their meeting in Warsaw, November 17.Comment
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Poland&#39;s shaky government survived the  latest political crisis on Monday when two junior coalition  parties abandoned their threat to walk out and bring forward  early elections.
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Poland's center-right election victors will start talks this week to form a ruling coalition to push through economic reforms and bring the country back into the EU mainstream, party leaders said on Monday.
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Former child star twins are now the President and Prime Minister of Poland. If only people could tell them apart
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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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Poles began voting on Sunday in a snap  parliamentary election that could cost the conservative ruling  Kaczynski twins their full grip on government in the European  Union's biggest former communist country.