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The Warsaw Wrap: news, views and a few tangents

19.10.2026 08:20
The Warsaw Wrap brings you the week's biggest talking points. Expect lively banter, tongue-in-cheek quips and no shortage of opinions as our hosts make sense—or nonsense—of the latest developments in Poland.
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In this edition:

- As Trump seals a shocking diesel deal with Russia and lifts sanctions, Ukraine gets throttled Starlinks and US intelligence blackout; what does it spell for Poland?

-⁠ ⁠Former gov't Pegasus spyware scandal continues in Poland; prosecutors’ latest findings on missing administrator passwords and the Israeli manufacturer’s potential access to surveillance material.

- ⁠Three years since Poland’s October 2023 election; the hosts’ grade Donald Tusk’s government, weighing restored EU relations and boosted defence spending vs unfulfilled promises and presidential ballot fiasco.

- Polish children are gaining weight faster than their peers elsewhere in Europe. Will the newly introduced healthier school meals improve eating habits?

Here’s this week’s Poland-centred roundup, this time hosted by Marcin Matuszewski, and co-hosted by Piotr Urbaniak.