The influential Polish prime minister reports a growing and unstoppable wave of hostility towards Ukraine. Donald Tusk believes ‘it is the role of politicians to stem this tide of unfriendliness’. The Polish population is starting to develop antagonism toward Ukraine, but the Polish government should make efforts to […]
‘This is Poland, not Brussels. We will not display symbols of organizations hostile to us, which, thank God, do not have state status, which is why such emblems are not surrounded by any legal protection,’ Braun continued.
Vasily Kashin, Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, believes that in response, Russia will have the right to “use force to any extent it deems appropriate.”
Since the very beginning of hostilities, Hungary has not supplied weapons to Ukraine. Slovakia also intends to refuse Kyiv military support. The wind may soon change in Austria, where one of the main candidates for the post of chancellor is openly calling for an end to the belligerent sanctions policy […]
Protests are taking place in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. The slogans and placards are most often related to the war. Some are asking questions about corruption in the army, others demand leave and demobilization for relatives who have been on the front line for almost two years. It comes […]
The event, held at Lake Lednica in western Poland, saw participants engage in prayer and numerous activities such as singing and dancing. More than 20,000 young people from across Poland and abroad participated in the 27th Nationwide Youth Meeting in Lednica over the weekend.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 nearly knocked a Polish Turbolet L-410 border patrol plane out of the sky near Romania, on Friday, May 5, while the Polish plane was performing a Frontex mission on behalf of the European Union.
In the Perm Territory of post-Soviet Russia, unknown saboteurs demolished a memorial in memory of Lithuanians and Poles exiled here for slavery during the period of Soviet political repressions. The monument was erected seven years ago at the cemetery of the abandoned special settlement of Galyashor and did not have official status. The burial ground was looked after by residents of the neighbouring village, descendants of the repressed and human rights activists.
A 63-year-old Ukrainian man has set himself on fire outside the Ukrainian consulate in Kraków after reportedly calling for Ukrainians to return home and defend their country against Russia. According to Polish commercial radio, RMF FM, the incident took place early on Thursday morning as a group of Ukrainian nationals stood in line outside the consulate building in Kraków. According to eyewitnesses, a man began to behave strangely and shout loudly in Ukrainian. He proceeded to douse himself in liquid from a bottle before setting himself on fire and running in agony.
If you thought the Cold War between East and West reached its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, then think again. 1945 was the year when Europe was the crucible for a Third World War.
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