Agnieska Bielawska
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Polish MEP under fire for alleged anti-Semitic document
The President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Poettering has publicly reprimanded Polish MEP Maciej Giertych for publishing a pamphlet described as anti-Semitic. And…
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Polish environmentalists mobilise against a motorway
Environmentalists in Poland are protesting against the planned construction of a road bypassing the northern town of Augustow and running through the unique Rospuda Valley…
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Calls for the death penalty in Poland
Poland continues to cause anger and some amazement in the European Union. The latest stir is over capital punishment - long banished from the EU. The far-right League of…
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Poland faces political upheaval with finance minister dismissal
Poland saw political upheaval this week with the departure from the government of Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Zyta Gilowska. She was dismissed over…
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Poles have mixed feelings about end-of-war celebrations held in Moscow
When the Red Army, accompanied by Polish forces formed in the Soviet Union, drove out the Nazis, the future looked bright for the Polish people. But not much later, the…
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Polish film buffs set world record in non-stop film watching
Polish movie fans have set a new record. Gathered in one of Warsaw's cinemas, film buffs watched movies for over 73 hours to beat the previous record set two years ago in…
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Poland conducts annual census of large stork population
Poland's agriculture may be giving the European Union a headache, what with hundreds of thousands of small, uneconomical farms, but there's also an upside to this…
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Poland's SDL proposes liberalising abortion laws
Poland currently has some of Europe's most restrictive abortion legislation. But that may be about to change. The ruling Social Democratic Left Alliance - the SLD - is…
