World Apr 13 As virus deaths rise, Sweden sticks to ‘low-scale’ lockdown While most businesses in Sweden are still operating, the economic cost of the pandemic is already being felt.
World Apr 06 Polish parliament approves election only by postal vote Parliament also empowered house speaker Elzbieta Witek to push back the date of the election, if necessary.
World Jan 27 Auschwitz survivors warn of rising antisemitism, 75 years on “If we don’t watch it, one day you wake up and it’s too late.”…
World Jan 22 World leaders to hold two competing ceremonies for Auschwitz commemoration World leaders will gather twice over the next several days to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany’s death camps.
World Dec 06 PHOTOS: German Chancellor Merkel visits Auschwitz for 1st time "These crimes are and will remain part of German history, and this history must be told over and over again,” Merkel said during the visit.
World Aug 27 Ex-diplomats urge Trump to push human rights during visit to Poland Almost two dozen Polish former ambassadors are telling President Donald Trump that Poland's democracy is at risk, and urging him to use an upcoming visit to pressure the country's populist government to respect human rights and stop flouting the constitution.
World Feb 03 Hate speech, political fissures escalate in Poland after mayor’s assassination In this toxic atmosphere, there has been more hate speech and political threats and, most stunningly, an assassination of popular Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, a critic of the ruling Law and Justice Party’s anti-immigrant policies.
World Jan 27 Auschwitz survivors pay homage as world remembers Holocaust The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday amid a revival of hate-inspired violence and signs that younger generations know less and less about the genocide of Jews, Roma and others during World War II.
World Apr 12 On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli and Polish presidents march from Auschwitz to Birkenau "Our common presence here shows the world: Never again anti-Semitism, never again genocide, never again Holocaust," Andrzej Duda of Poland said during a joint news conference.
World Mar 11 Most stores shut in Poland as Sunday trade ban takes effect A new Polish law banning almost all trade on Sundays has taken effect.