Bronisław Komorowski

Conservative opposition challenger Andrzej Duda on May 24 won a surprise victory in Poland's presidential run-off, trumping incumbent centrist Bronislaw Komorowski with promises of change and generous social spending.

Leader of the Polish Conservative party Andrzej Duda has won the Presidential elections in the country, held Sunday.

He secured the majority of votes with 53%, thus defeating current President Bronislaw Komorowski, who got 47% public trust.

The final results are to be announced later Monday evening.

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski's shock setback in the first round of the presidential election spells serious trouble for the governing liberals just months ahead of the parliamentary polls.

Poland's incumbent President Bronislaw Komorowski and conservative Andrzej Duda could face each other in a second round, exit poll results suggest.

According to a first exit poll released around 22:00 local time, neither Komorowski nor Duda have garnered a result beyond 50 percent and are projected to gain 32.2% and 34.8% respectively, according to Radio Poland.

Polish voters are casting ballots for a head of state on Sunday, with incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski pointed as a potential winner by opinion polls.

There are a total of 11 candidates. Exit polls will be available after 22:00 local time, or 21:00 GMT, according to Radio Poland. Polls will close an hour earlier.

As of 12:00 local time, turnout has been nearly 15 percent.

President Klaus Iohannis will participate on Thursday, at the invitation of Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski, in the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War organised in Gdansk, the Presidential Administration informs.

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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has given his formal approval for the creation of a joint military brigade with Lithuania and Ukraine, TASS reported.

The resolution signed by Komorowski on Monday will take effect two weeks after it is published, the Polish leader's office has confirmed, according to the Russian news agency.

The US has welcomed the announced plans of the Polish government to purchase US-produced Patriot surface-to-air missiles at a total cost of USD 5 B.

Reportedly, additional USD 3 B will be spend on weapons from European contractors. The helicopters 725 Carcal also known as Super Cougar will be a part of the purchase.

AGERPRES special correspondent, Florentina Peia, reports: The Polish President, Bronislaw Komorowski, on Thursday stated with respect to the strengthening of the Eastern flank of NATO that he counted on Romania's cooperation as well.

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AGERPRES correspondent Florentina Peia reports: Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced on Thursday an agreement with his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski on holding a regional meeting of the heads of state this autumn in Bucharest, to prepare the NATO Summit in Warsaw in 2016.

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