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By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, March 29, the 88th day of 2021. There are 277 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 file photo, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, arrives to a European People's Party's meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels. Hungary's governing party pulled out of its conservative group in the European Union's legislature on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, following years of conflict over the rule of law and European values. In a letter Wednesday to Manfred Weber, chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Fidesz's decision to leave the group. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Hungary pulls its ruling party out of EU's conservatives

By Justin Spike Mar. 03, 2021 08:45 AM EST

Women's rights activists with posters of the Women's Strike action protest in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 against recent tightening of Poland's restrictive abortion law. Massive nationwide protests have been held ever since a top court ruled Thursday that abortions due to fetal congenital defects are unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Poles join strike as protests against abortion ruling expand

By Vanessa Gera Oct. 28, 2020 06:36 AM EDT

Women's rights activists, wearing masks against the spread of the coronavirus, protest against a draft law tightening Poland's strict anti-abortion law near the parliament that was debating the draft law, in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Poland's top court rules out abortions due to fetal defects

By Monika Scislowska Oct. 22, 2020 12:21 PM EDT

Supporters attend a rally of a candidate in Poland's presidential election, Warsaw centrist Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski on the last day of campaigning before Sunday's vote, in Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, June 26, 2020. Trzaskowski is a major challenger to incumbent conservative President Andrzej Duda who is seeking a second five-year term and is leading in the polls. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Sunday election in Poland a test for president and populism

By Vanessa Gera Jun. 27, 2020 05:05 AM EDT

Electoral posters for Poland's President Andrzej Duda who is seeking a second term in presidential elections that are still not certain just four days before the set date, amid chaos from the anti-coronavirus restrictions and political infighting, in Lomianki,near Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The ruling party wants the elections postponed by a week or two, but the opposition wants a much longer postponement, amid the pandemic.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Polish govt plans to hold presidential election June 28

May. 21, 2020 09:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Feb. 19, 2020, Poland's President Andrzej Duda, center, campaigning for his re-election in Warsaw, Poland. The Polish government’s determination to move forward with the May 10, presidential election during the coronavirus pandemic by making it an all-postal vote is creating anxiety and anger, and critics say the plan threatens public health and democracy in Poland.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Poland's ex-leaders to boycott May presidential election

Apr. 30, 2020 11:14 AM EDT

In this photo taken April 23, 2020, an unusual sight of a mailbox on church grounds at St. Stanislas Kostka church, the parish church of Poland's ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, in Warsaw, Poland, who wants to go ahead with a postal vote for the presidential election despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The Polish government’s determination to move forward with the May 10, presidential election during the coronavirus pandemic by making it an all-postal vote is creating anxiety and anger, and critics say the plan threatens public health and democracy in Poland.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Former EU head Tusk appeals for boycott of Poland's election

Apr. 28, 2020 07:37 AM EDT

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, chats with his deputy Zsolt Semjen during a plenary session of the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 30, 2020. Hungary's parliament on Monday approved a bill giving Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government extraordinary powers during the coronavirus pandemic, without setting an end date for their expiration. The bill was approved by Orban's Fidesz party and other government supporters by 137 votes in favor to 53 against. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)
Hungary's Orban strikes back at EU criticism on extra powers

Apr. 03, 2020 02:40 PM EDT