By , WARSAW (Reuters) - Incumbent Andrzej Duda’s lead in Poland’s presidential election widened further, an updated late poll showed on Monday, a result, which while still uncertain, could have profound implications for Warsaw’s relations with the European Union.The updated late poll combines exit poll data with official results for 90% of the polling stations that took part in the exit poll.The re-election of Duda, an ally of the ruling nationalists Law and Justice (PiS), is crucial if the government is to implement in full its conservative agenda, including judicial reforms that the...…By , WARSAW (Reuters) - Incumbent Andrzej Duda’s lead in Poland’s presidential election widened further, an updated late poll showed on Monday, a result, which while still uncertain, could have profound implications for Warsaw’s relations with the European Union.The updated late poll combines exit poll data with official results for 90% of the polling stations that took part in the exit poll.The re-election of Duda, an ally of the ruling nationalists Law and Justice (PiS), is crucial if the government is to implement in full its conservative agenda, including judicial reforms that the...WW…

By WARSAW (Reuters) - When the coronavirus pandemic surged across Europe in April and hospitals were desperate for ventilators, Poland’s government turned to an unlikely supplier: an arms dealer.Andrzej Izdebski, 69, has helped smuggle rifles and ammunition across borders, worked for Poland’s Communist secret services, and claims to have sold dietary supplements to North Korea.Months later, as a second coronavirus wave strains Poland’s hospitals and raises its COVID-19 death toll, Izdebski has provided less than a fifth of the 1,241 ventilators the government agreed to buy for about $53...…By WARSAW (Reuters) - When the coronavirus pandemic surged across Europe in April and hospitals were desperate for ventilators, Poland’s government turned to an unlikely supplier: an arms dealer.Andrzej Izdebski, 69, has helped smuggle rifles and ammunition across borders, worked for Poland’s Communist secret services, and claims to have sold dietary supplements to North Korea.Months later, as a second coronavirus wave strains Poland’s hospitals and raises its COVID-19 death toll, Izdebski has provided less than a fifth of the 1,241 ventilators the government agreed to buy for about $53...WW…