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Row after Polish minister accuses Germany of embryo tests

Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 16:15

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday he has "a problem" with his justice minister, who sparked a row by accusing Germany of embryo traffic and experimentation. "Regarding Minister (Jaroslaw) Gowin, I admit there's a problem," Tusk told reporters, saying he was annoyed by the remarks. Gowin has been all over Polish media since Friday, when he told the TVN24 news channel he suspects "German scientists are importing embryos from other countries, probably including Poland, and running experiments on them".

Poland's ruling party risks divisions without peacemaker PM

Thomson ReutersMarch 20, 2013 03:30

By Pawel Sobczak and Chris Borowski WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will unleash rivalries that could tear apart his party, the cornerstone of Poland's most stable government since Communism, if he leaves after the next election to take another job he has been tipped for. Tusk's Civic Platform party matters to investors in Poland, eastern Europe's biggest economy.

Donald Tusk, Poland's PM, in hospital with infection

Thomson ReutersJanuary 24, 2013 09:16

WARSAW, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk was hospitalised on Wednesday due to a severe infection of his respiratory system, his office said in a statement. Tusk, Poland's longest serving prime minister who has been in office since 2007, will nonetheless go to parliament on Thursday for a vote of no confidence against his health minister, but then will return to hospital.