[ad_1] Moscow on Saturday said there would be a “harsh” reaction and consequences for Poland’s interests in Russia, after Polish authorities seized a building near Moscow’s embassy in Warsaw — a step Russia labeled “illegal.” The building, used as a high school for the children of diplomats, belongs to theContinue Reading
[ad_1] When the iron curtain was swept away on that miraculous night of 9 November 1989, it exposed some of the deepest differences between geographical neighbours the world has ever recorded. The 13:1 GDP per capita gap between Poland and soon-to-be united Germany was twice that between the US andContinue Reading
[ad_1] Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba slammed the EU on Thursday for failing to “implement its own decision” to jointly purchase ammunition for Ukraine as the bloc’s members spar over how to enact the plans. “The inability of the EU to implement its own decision on the joint procurement ofContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. European Union politicians and officials have rounded on the front-line Eastern states of Poland, Hungary and Slovakia for imposing import bans on Ukrainian farm produce, denouncing the curbs as illegal and counterproductive. The three countries banned imports ofContinue Reading
[ad_1] Budapest: Hungary has joined Poland in banning the import of grain and other food products from Ukraine, in an effort to protect its domestic farming industry, according to official sources. The ban, which was announced by the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture late Saturday night, is temporary and will lastContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. There’s an Emmanuel Macron-shaped shadow hovering over this week’s U.S. visit by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. In contrast to the French president — who in an interview with POLITICO tried to put some distance between the U.S.Continue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ukraine’s farmers played an iconic role in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion, towing away abandoned enemy tanks with their tractors. Now, though, their prodigious grain output is causing some of Ukraine’s staunchest allies to waver, as disruptedContinue Reading
[ad_1] The Hungarian parliament ratified Finland’s NATO membership on Monday, putting Helsinki one step closer to joining the alliance but leaving Sweden waiting in the wings. Members of Hungary’s parliament voted by a margin of 182 to 6 in favor of Finnish accession. Helsinki now only needs the Turkish parliament’sContinue Reading
[ad_1] Poland will deliver four Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine “in the next few days,” President Andrzej Duda said Thursday. Poland is the first country to formally commit to sending combat planes to Ukraine, which Kyiv says it urgently needs to repel the Russian invasion, which has become aContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. WARSAW — War? Inflation? Corruption? Nope, the big subject dominating Poland’s politics ahead of this fall’s parliamentary election is the legacy of John Paul II. Although the canonized Polish pontiff has been dead since 2005, he’s become theContinue Reading