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Human Rights Watch
March 22, 2018
(Warsaw) – Poland's Parliament should listen to the voices of women across Poland and reject a regressive legislative proposal that would erode reproductive rights, more than 200 human and women's rights groups from across the globe said in a statement issued today. The Parliament is debating a draftÃâà...
thenews.pl
March 22, 2018
Asked what steps Warsaw could take over a suspected nerve agent attack on former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, southern England, on March 4, Polish deputy foreign minister Bartosz Cichocki said: "This is a range of various actions; we will implement them first, andÃâà...
POLITICO.eu
March 22, 2018
Brussels said there was “a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law” in Warsaw and gave the Polish government three months to respond to its recommendations. The deadline expired on Tuesday, with the Polish government failing to convince Brussels of its position. A 94-page “white book”Ãâà...
Houston Chronicle
March 21, 2018
Between the sleepless nights and the sippy cup that's always the wrong color, I have barely acknowledged the fact that I'm raising two little Texans. I grew up in Warsaw, Poland, and I've struggled to know what, exactly, to do with this place. Despite being in Houston for almost a decade, now, the city – andÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 21, 2018
Poland has accused the European Union of "double standards" in its treatment of member states, a day after Brussels rejected Warsaw's defence of its court reforms that critics say threaten democracy. The EU has threatened to take punitive action that could include stripping Poland of its voting rights ifÃâà...
Thomson Reuters Foundation
March 21, 2018
BRUSSELS, March 20 (Reuters) - Germany and Denmark told Poland on Tuesday to adhere to the rule of law, as EU ministers gathered in Brussels to analyse Warsaw's defence of a court overhaul that the bloc says weakens democracy. Poland, the biggest of the former communist EU states, standsÃâà...
thenews.pl
March 21, 2018
While in Warsaw, Merkel met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and President Andrzej Duda to discuss issues including the next European Union budget, migration, defence and energy. Morawiecki told journalists at a joint press conference with Merkel that Poland was interested in continuing “closeÃâà...
Kyiv Post
March 20, 2018
The Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw condemned the manifestation of Polish nationalists at its building, which was held today. This was stated by the Ukrainian Embassy in Poland published on the embassy's website. The statement says that the nationalists led anti-Ukrainian propaganda. “Consciously orÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 20, 2018
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki,right, greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel before talks on European Union future and security and on bilateral ties at his office in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, March 19, 2018. Merkel was sworn in for her fourth term last week. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski).
UNIAN
March 20, 2018
Ukraine has condemned an anti-Ukrainian rally held by a group of Polish ultranationalists outside the Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw on Monday, ... Read alsoUkraine - Poland: Let's remember Kaczynski's wisdom RN representative says the rally is a response to a recent nationalist march held in LvivÃâà...
Buffalo News
March 20, 2018
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is arriving in Warsaw and is tuning up for its second full concert in Poland, taking place March 20. The concert in Wroclaw on March 18 marked the orchestra's official debut in Poland. Wroclaw's National Forum For Music was packed to its state-of-the-art rafters.
thenews.pl
March 19, 2018
While in Poland, Merkel will hold talks with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, public broadcaster Polish Radio has reported. Differences causing tensions between Warsaw and Berlin in recent months include the issue of possible reparations for Poland from Germany forÃâà...
thenews.pl
March 11, 2018
The Polish national pavilion bears the motto “Poland: Gateway to Central and Eastern Europe” and marks the first time the country has an official presence at what is one of the world's largest digital and creative industry events. Krzysztof Olendzki, director of the Warsaw-based Adam Mickiewicz Institute,Ãâà...
thenews.pl
March 11, 2018
Fine weather, with temperatures of up to 16 degrees Celsius in the Polish capital during the day, has helped draw thousands of visitors. Originally covering a space of 12 hectares, the Warsaw zoo now extends over an area of 40 hectares on the right bank of the Vistula River. It is home to more than 12,000Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 11, 2018
A parking lot stands empty in Warsaw, Poland, as a ban on most Sunday trade goes into effect across the country on Sunday, March 11, 2018. Large supermarkets and most other retailers closed Sunday for the first time since liberal shopping laws were introduced in the 1990s after communism's collapse.
U.S. News & World Report
March 8, 2018
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday defended to the European Union's executive court reforms made by his ... the latest high-level contact between Warsaw and Brussels in recent months aimed at resolving a dispute over EU concerns about democracy in Poland.
AV Club
December 31, 1999
Other than the “stairs” up to the balcony—a rickety ladder that women in heels charge up precariously—I am in a near-perfect replica of Studio 8H, located on the outskirts of Warsaw. There is the large, Grand Central Station-esque clock the camera pans past; the Saturday Night Live branding on the wallsÃâà...
thenews.pl
December 31, 1999
A new museum will be set up in the centre of the Polish capital by 2023 to show the World War II story of the Warsaw ghetto, top government officials announced on Wednesday. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (right) and Deputy Prime Minister and Culture Minister Piotr Gliński (left) announce plans toÃâà...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
Once known as 'The Paris of the East' for its Baroque beauty, Warsaw saw more than 85% of its buildings destroyed amid the ravages of World War II. Despite its past hardships, Poland's capital city continues to rise from the ashes – and its once-famous elegance can still be found by those who lookÃâà...
