I’d heard about Italian renaissance architecture, but I didn’t know anything about the Lublin renaissance. I arrive in Poland’s ninth largest city just as the sun sets. I haven’t really taken a second to look around until I get into my room at Avatary Miasta hotel (doubles from £78 B&B) …
Read More »Poland’s President Duda awards country’s “oldest and highest” order to Ukrainian leader Zelensky
Polish President, Andrzej Duda on Wednesday April 5, awarded Ukrainian President ,Volodymyr Zelensky with the Order of the White Eagle during a ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw. Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, are in Poland for what is being billed as the most comprehensive state visit the Ukrainian …
Read More »Poland’s top police officer hospitalised after gift he received while visiting emergency crew in Ukraine explodes on his return to his Warsaw HQ
Poland’s top police officer has been hospitalised after a gift he received while visiting emergency crews in Ukraine exploded on his return to headquarters in Warsaw. Commander in Chief of the Polish police, Jaroslaw Szymczyk reportedly received the gift from one of the heads of the Ukrainian emergency services during a …
Read More »Did The U.S. Attack The Nord Stream Pipeline? Poland’s Former Foreign Minister Thinks So
As if international tensions haven’t been high enough, rumors have been swirling surrounding who was behind the apparent sabotage of the natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2. The pipeline’s significance for Russia and Europe is enough for this to be the backdrop of a future international intrigue novel, but for …
Read More »Poland’s ban on abortion forces many to seek help in Germany
For Zuzu*, an activist with the Berlin-based group Ciocia Basia that assists people seeking an abortion in neighbouring Poland, fielding calls is just one of many responsibilities she carries out. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Zuzu and other activists working with partner organisation Abortion Without Borders …
Read More »In 1968, Poland’s communist government forced Jews to leave. Today, the country embraces refugees.
Now, it is once again a house of worship, led by the chief rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich. “They simply didn’t tell. It was too painful. The survivors were too traumatized. They made a decision that it’s no longer safe to be Jewish,” said Schudrich. “In March of 1968, there …
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