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Raphael Minder

Central Europe Correspondent

Raphael Minder is the FT's Central Europe correspondent, based in Warsaw. He previously covered Spain and Portugal for the New York Times. He rejoined the FT in 2022, having reported between 2000 and 2010 from Paris, Brussels, Sydney and Hong Kong as the FT's Asia regional correspondent. He is the author of two books about Spain. He is Swiss and started in journalism with Bloomberg News in Zurich.
Email Raphael Minder @RaphaelMinder  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    Poland
    Nationalist candidate Nawrocki wins Poland presidential election

    Historian comes from behind to defeat centre-right rival Rafał Trzaskowski in win for Maga movement abroad

    updated
    Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki
  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    News in-depthPoland
    Nawrocki win deals blow to Poland’s EU agenda

    Rightwing candidate secures rare victory for Maga movement in Europe

    2 hours ago
    Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki
  • Sunday, 1 June, 2025
    Poland
    Poland votes in tight presidential election

    Pro-EU mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski is polling neck-and-neck with his rightwing Maga rival Karol Nawrocki

    A pedestrian walks past election banners for Karol Nawrocki and Rafał Trzaskowski next to a road in Pabianice, Poland on May 29 2025
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Peter Kažimír
    ECB governing council member convicted of bribery

    Slovakia’s central bank governor Peter Kažimír will remain in post and said he would appeal any conviction

    Peter Kazimir
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Poland
    Maga campaign in Europe tested by Poland’s knife-edge election

    Rightwing populists aligned with Donald Trump target presidential race after narrow loss in Romania

    Karol Nawrocki
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Cyber warfare
    Prague blames Beijing for cyber attack on foreign ministry

    Czech government says ‘malicious’ assault mounted by group linked to China’s state security ministry

    Pedestrians walk along a street near the entrance to the parliament in Prague in the Czech Republic
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    OutlookHealth
    The political problem of Polish spirits

    Poland is not Europe’s heaviest-drinking nation but it ranks second for alcohol-related deaths

    Alcohol store in Poland
  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    European companies
    Swedish start-up wants to tap into surging EU demand for TNT

    Europe’s limited production and dependence on outside explosives producers exposed by war in Ukraine

    A worker shows trinitrotoluene TNT odourless solid, at the TNT maker Nitro-Chem Chemical Plant in Bydgoszcz, Poland
  • Sunday, 25 May, 2025
    News in-depthPoland
    Poland’s presidential race goes down to the wire

    Rafał Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki hold rival rallies as polls show them tied ahead of June 1 vote

    Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, joined Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, centre, at a rally on Sunday
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
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    Chinese direct investment in Europe rises for first time in seven years

    Report shows pivot to greenfield projects but €10bn FDI in 2024 still far below 2016 peak

    Chinese companies have pivoted from mergers and acquisitions to greenfield investments, such as CATL’s €7.5bn battery facility in Debrecen, Hungary
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    News in-depthPopulism in Europe
    Three elections, one message: Europe’s Maga populists are on the rise

    Being pro-Trump pays dividends as European politics swings sharply right

    A montage showing André Ventura, George Simion Karol Nawrocki
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    European equities
    Polish stocks enjoy big rally as investors seek havens from trade war

    WIG index up more than 28% this year as one of world’s top performing bourses, helped by Germany’s fiscal ‘bazooka’

    The Warsaw Stock Exchange building
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    Poland
    Liberal Warsaw mayor narrowly wins Poland’s first round presidential vote

    Rafał Trzaskowski faces tight run-off against rightwing rival Karol Nawrocki

    Rafal Trzaskowski speaks into a microphone while addressing local residents. He gestures with one hand raised, and Polish flags are visible in the background.
  • Friday, 16 May, 2025
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    Can Bill Ackman create a Berkshire Hathaway rival?

    Hard-charging hedge fund boss faces steep hurdles in bid to emulate Warren Buffett

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Poland
    Kaczyński’s presidential gamble tests his grip on Polish opposition

    Scandal-plagued Karol Nawrocki struggles to gain traction ahead of Sunday vote

    Jarosław Kaczyński gives a speech in Lodz, Poland
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
    Nuclear energy
    EU sought to pause Czech nuclear deal days before EDF won court delay

    European Commission warned that South Korean bidder may have benefited from unfair state subsidies

    Workers at the Dukovany nuclear power plant are seen managing a turbine during the maintenance shutdown
  • Sunday, 11 May, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Zelenskyy says he is ready to meet Putin for peace talks

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    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    News in-depthPoland
    Polish women turn on Tusk over abortion rights

    Voters who secured pro-EU prime minister’s victory disengage from presidential campaign after feeling let down

    Anna Pięta, an abortion activist
  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
    EU economy
    Poland cuts interest rates by half a point ahead of presidential vote

    Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls reduction in borrowing costs ‘better late than never’

    National Bank of Poland governor Adam Glapiński
  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
    Banco Santander SA
    Santander raises €7bn from Poland sale

    Deal with Vienna-based Erste Group cuts exposure to country with few connections to Spanish bank’s biggest markets

    The illuminated logo of Santander Bank Polska on the exterior of a branch located in central Warsaw, Poland.
  • Sunday, 4 May, 2025
    EU defence
    Poland struggles to re-arm for new era of war on its borders

    Despite record defence spending, private groups are losing out to a state weapons giant and US suppliers

    Michal Lubinski stands next to collection of artillery weapons in the Niewiadów factory
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    EU defence
    France and Poland deepen defence ties in signal to Putin and Trump

    Leaders Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk set to sign wide-ranging pact next week

    Poland’s PM Donald Tusk and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris in February
  • Friday, 25 April, 2025
    Slovakia
    Slovak court revives corruption case against central bank chief

    Peter Kažimír cannot be shielded from prosecution under revised criminal code, judge rules

    Peter Kažimír, governor of Slovakia’s central bank
  • Friday, 25 April, 2025
    News in-depthGovernment of Poland
    Poland’s ‘Elon Musk’ takes aim at red tape, not politics

    InPost chief Rafał Brzoska says he admires US billionaire but denies wanting to slash public administration jobs

    Rafał Brzoska stands in a boardroom
  • Monday, 21 April, 2025
    InterviewPoland
    Putin and Trump cast shadow over Poland’s election

    Pro-EU presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski sees voters’ fears of Russia boosting his chances

    Rafał Trzaskowski, the pro-EU frontrunner for Poland’s presidential election
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