The tragic story of the Ulma family – parents Wiktoria and Jozef, along with their six children – who were murdered by the Nazis for hiding Jews, highlights the complexity of Polish-Jewish relations during the Holocaust. For a few, it […]
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News about Poland as reported by English language media around the world.
The deputy Polish prime minister says he would like to see Poles in the UK go back to Poland. Speaking to BBC Newsnight Mateusz Morawiecki said it would be “a great day for Poland” if all those living abroad came […]
The EU’s problem is that others are following the illiberal regimes of Hungary and in Poland, and it is possible that among them be Germany, writes George Friedman. Over the past several years, Hungary and Poland have been heavily criticized […]
Archaeologists claim they have uncovered structures in the north of the country that could be as old as 3000BC. Experts say the discoveries – found near the village of Słonowice – are triangular megalithic tombs varying in sizes made using […]
U.S. Senator Angus King was in Poland this weekend as part of an Intelligence Committee delegation visit focused on national security. Senator King, a member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, met with officials at the U.S. Embas…
One tragedy in Poland’s gathering constitutional crisis is that it reveals the degree to which the right-wing leaders there don’t get the basics of democracy. In openly defying a ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal, the Polish high court, the ruling […]
The United States has long been an indispensable Polish ally — a friend in the struggle to overthrow communism and join NATO, a steady partner in times of tension with other European countries, the ultimate guarantor of security against Russia. […]
Tens of thousands of Poles have protested in the capital Warsaw and other cities against the government, calling for constitutional order amid concerns over a perceived government crackdown on the constitutional court, known as the Constitutional Tribunal, and media. Saturday’s […]
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled Wednesday that new rules introduced by the new government to regulate how the court functions are unconstitutional. The ruling deepens a legal crisis that has upended politics in Poland and brought sharp condemnation from European and […]
A European Union body advising on issues of democracy and its violation will not postpone the publication of its highly critical report on legal changes performed by the current Polish government, despite dissatisfaction coming from Warsaw. Though the …