January 2023
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10–16 minutes
Emerging Europe – Russian bots and US trots in Poland
Read more: Emerging Europe – Russian bots and US trots in PolandCould Poland have been a testing ground for foreign meddling later rolled out across Europe and the US? Put aside for a moment any thoughts of discourse theory, socio-political tectonics and sophisticated psephological modelling. This is a story of power and money, of bots, trolls…
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3–4 minutes
Emerging Europe – Speaking with Poland’s far-right
Read more: Emerging Europe – Speaking with Poland’s far-rightPoland’s ruling party Law and Justice often gets portrayed as being ‘far-right’, and not without reason. The fact is, however, that another party already occupies that space of Polish politics, and support for it is increasing. The Polish party Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość (usually shortened…
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1–2 minutes
Emerging Europe – Poles and Belarusians divided by a common history
Read more: Emerging Europe – Poles and Belarusians divided by a common historyBelarus is rewriting history to achieve political goals, and the country’s Polish community is paying the price. World War II is embedded in the mental and emotional landscape of the borderlands, an area loosely stretching along the Poland and Belarusian border to Lithuania. In the…
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1–2 minutes
Emerging Europe – Rewatching Lanzmann’s epic Shoah
Read more: Emerging Europe – Rewatching Lanzmann’s epic ShoahReleased in 1985, the epic Holocaust documentary Shoah won critical acclaim and several prominent awards. The film is now being reevaluated, however, not least the way it deals with Poland’s Holocaust experience. Jo Harper Released in 1985, the epic Holocaust documentary Shoah won critical acclaim and several prominent awards.…
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1–2 minutes
BBC – The teenager who smuggled computers through the Iron Curtain
Read more: BBC – The teenager who smuggled computers through the Iron CurtainA keen computer enthusiast and electronics student, Mr Czechowicz realised that there was a huge pent-up demand in Poland for personal computers. But because of the communist regime, there were hardly any to buy. So Mr Czechowicz, who lived in the south-western Polish city of…
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1–2 minutes
BBC – The businessman exiled for being Jewish
Read more: BBC – The businessman exiled for being JewishWhen Adam Ringer was forcibly removed from Poland in 1968 simply because he was Jewish, he didn’t think he’d ever be able to return to his homeland. Share It was back in 1968 that Mr Ringer, 19 at the time, was made to renounce his…
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Anadolu Agency – ‘Sabotage cannot be ruled out’ over Nord Stream pipeline leaks: Finnish foreign minister
Read more: Anadolu Agency – ‘Sabotage cannot be ruled out’ over Nord Stream pipeline leaks: Finnish foreign ministerPekka Haavisto says if leaks were deliberate, they are a reminder of ‘how careful we need to be and how vulnerable we are’ LAPPEENRANTA, Finland Sabotage “cannot be ruled out” as causing the recent Nord Stream gas leaks, the Finnish foreign minister said Wednesday in…