Central Europe correspondent for The Financial Times, based in Warsaw. Previously New York Times in Spain. Book author of "¿Esto es España?" Views are my own.

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Poland’s central bank is trapped in the fight between Tusk's government and the PiS opposition and likely to enter judicial limbo soon due to fight over management nominees.as.ft.com/r/176d800a-6060-48… via @financialtimes
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The Polish-Ukrainian relationship has been undermined by tensions over atrocities committed in the 1940s. But now Ukraine is fast tracking permits to exhume Polish victims, as was long demanded by Warsaw. as.ft.com/r/72f0ae86-380a-45…
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Ukraine has agreed to speed up Polish requests to exhume the remains of Poles killed during the second world war, a breakthrough that could ease one of the most sensitive disputes between the two neighbours. as.ft.com/r/91e02a14-7875-4b…
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In Poland's crypto scandal, who will be next? Following the arrest of the Olympic committee boss, PM Tusk has its sights on more politicians and friends of the opposition PiS party, who got helped by Zondacrypto's money. ft.com/content/f87d893e-24db… via @ft
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The head of the Polish Olympic Committee has been detained as part of a fraud investigation into a collapsed cryptocurrency platform with links to the country’s rightwing opposition. PM Tusk is promising this is only the start of the Zondacrypto scandal. as.ft.com/r/b049902e-ce83-49…
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Poland's new party leader Morawiecki aims to appeal to younger voters and those also turned off by the "radicalisation" of PiS under Kaczyński. “I’m the kind of guy who can talk to almost everybody,” Morawiecki told the FT. ft.com/content/7353d4b4-23f5… via @ft
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There are over half a million job vacancies for truck drivers in the EU. That's a big problem particularly for Poland, which has built the EU's largest fleet of trucks and made road transport a cornerstone of its economy. ft.com/content/75af4431-56ef… via @ft
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Poland has the EU's largest fleet of trucks, but also a critical shortage of drivers. The number of unfilled truck driver positions in the EU has more than doubled in two years to reach 502,000 in 2025. as.ft.com/r/eb34de1d-7476-4e…
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The Czech central bank is resisting "mistimed" economic plans resulting from the political dispute between the country's prime minister and president. Governor Michl warned against both cutting rates now and joining the euro too early. as.ft.com/r/d2500489-bdee-47…
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Polish opposition leader Kaczyński has called for Warsaw to block Ukraine's EU accession talks, on the day that his rival Premier Tusk inaugurated a Ukraine recovery conference. Tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv are running high. as.ft.com/r/14e4f7ca-16ae-4d…
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Who should represent Prague at the Nato summit in Ankara? Czech President Pavel, who is a former Nato commander, is now asking the constitutional court to intervene after PM Babiš blocked him from attending. as.ft.com/r/95e3c9f8-ce3d-47…
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Poland is set to graduate from the World Bank’s main development loans programme, marking a new milestone for Warsaw. Finance Minister Domański told FT that the deal to end World Bank borrowing in 2031 is proof of Poland's economic advancement. lnkd.in/debD-z-7
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Poland is set to graduate from the World Bank’s main development loans programme, another milestone in the country's transformation. Finance Minister Domański told FT that the deal to end WB borrowing in 2031 is proof of Poland's economic advancement. as.ft.com/r/43cc6703-3a4c-48…
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The murder of a Russian dissident artist in eastern Poland is being treated as an issue of national security by Warsaw. Two Belarusians were detained, but they have not so far been charged and the motives for the crime remain unclear. as.ft.com/r/07093cb1-3024-41…
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Satellite company Iceye has raised €1bn in a fresh funding round led by US private equity firm General Atlantic in one of Europe’s biggest defence tech capital raisings. as.ft.com/r/69856b1b-957f-4a…
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Could Russian propaganda use a cyberattack to create social unrest in a Nato country? This kind of simulated scenario gets tested in Poland, at the only Nato institution jointly staffed by officials from the alliance and Ukraine. as.ft.com/r/0f1b68bf-27eb-47…
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Czechoslovak Group is eyeing a "transformative" tie-up with tank maker KNDS, even as the German and French government seek strong participation before KNDS's planned listing. CSG Strnad tells FT "there are synergies from day one." as.ft.com/r/46009a6d-8f56-4d…
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