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Poland’s national women’s strike sees mass walkouts in opposition to near-total abortion ban

Posted on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020By Editor

A nationwide women’s strike is being held in Poland on Wednesday, as people continue to demonstrate against the near-total abortion ban that was imposed after a court ruling last week. … Read More >Poland’s national women’s strike sees mass walkouts in opposition to near-total abortion ban

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Anti-lockdown and pro-choice protesters descend on Warsaw, traffic blockade & women’s strike planned next (PHOTOS)

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020By Editor

Opponents of tough Covid-19 restrictions and a near-total ban on abortion have rallied simultaneously in the Polish capital. Pro-choice activists promised a nationwide women’s strike next week. … Read More >Anti-lockdown and pro-choice protesters descend on Warsaw, traffic blockade & women’s strike planned next (PHOTOS)

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Poland’s President Andrzej Duda quarantined at home after testing positive for Covid-19

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020By Editor

Polish President Andrzej Duda has become the latest world leader to be infected with the coronavirus. He is asymptomatic and feeling “well,” officials said. … Read More >Poland’s President Andrzej Duda quarantined at home after testing positive for Covid-19

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Violence erupts on Poland’s streets as people protest near total abortion ban

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

Police fired pepper spray at hundreds of demonstrators in Warsaw as they opposed a court ruling almost completely banning abortion in the country. … Read More >Violence erupts on Poland’s streets as people protest near total abortion ban

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Poland to turn Warsaw’s National Stadium into field hospital as Covid-19 spreads

Posted on October 20, 2020October 20, 2020By Editor

The Polish government has decided to open a temporary field hospital at PGE Narodowy, the nation’s largest football stadium, in preparation for a possible overload of the hospitals due to a surge of Covid-19. … Read More >Poland to turn Warsaw’s National Stadium into field hospital as Covid-19 spreads

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Blast from the past: 5.4-ton British WW2 bomb explodes underwater while being defused by Polish sappers

Posted on October 13, 2020October 13, 2020By Editor

A massive ‘Tallboy’ bomb dropped during a British Royal Air Force attack on a Nazi warship in 1945 has exploded underwater while being defused in northern Poland. No one was hurt, but buildings ashore were shaken by the blast. … Read More >Blast from the past: 5.4-ton British WW2 bomb explodes underwater while being defused by Polish sappers

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New Polish Education Minister Called Holocaust Memorial ‘Anti-Polish Scandal and Slander’

Posted on October 11, 2020October 11, 2020By Editor

The minister made headlines last year, when he was governor of Lublin region, after demanding a memorial for Jewish victims who had been killed by Poles during the Holocaust be removed. … Read More >New Polish Education Minister Called Holocaust Memorial ‘Anti-Polish Scandal and Slander’

Poland slaps huge fine on Russian gas pipeline that doesn’t even cross its borders

Posted on October 8, 2020October 8, 2020By Editor

Poland’s antitrust watchdog UOKiK said on Wednesday it has imposed a 29 billion-zloty ($7.6 billion) fine on Russia’s Gazprom over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, designed to boost gas supplies to the EU. … Read More >Poland slaps huge fine on Russian gas pipeline that doesn’t even cross its borders

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‘LGBT ideology’ rooted in MARXISM & NAZISM, Poland’s new education minister believes

Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020By Editor

The appointment of a conservative anti-LGBT crusader to head Poland’s education and science ministry has caused a meltdown among the country’s opposition and will likely intensify Warsaw’s stand-off with Brussels. … Read More >‘LGBT ideology’ rooted in MARXISM & NAZISM, Poland’s new education minister believes

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‘We should not be taken for fools’: Hungary & Poland hit back at Brussels with institute aimed at scrutinizing rule-of-law in EU

Posted on September 28, 2020September 28, 2020By Editor

Budapest and Warsaw have decided to beat Brussels at its own game by announcing the creation of an institute that would monitor violations of law within the EU, after the bloc accused the two member states of breaching the law. … Read More >‘We should not be taken for fools’: Hungary & Poland hit back at Brussels with institute aimed at scrutinizing rule-of-law in EU