Month: May 2023
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Politico: Poland turns history into diplomatic weapon
In a campaign to give a better gloss to Poland’s history, President Andrzej Duda launched what he calls an “offensive,” and […]
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The Guardian: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz: ‘In Poland, everybody is an expert on everything’
Our month-long series about working in the arts in Europe comes to an end with award-winning Polish film-maker Katarzyna Klimkiewicz. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/05/katarzyna-klimkiewicz-new-europe
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Politico: Polish priest in hot water
Tadeusz Rydzyk, Poland’s most politically powerful priest, is using an injection of government funds to build a geothermal plant — […]
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The New Statesman: The trials of Jaruzelski
Poland’s former communist leader has been facing trial on and off for 14 years but…
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New Eastern Europe: Oxford on the Vistula
There seems to be a widely held view that the bout of illiberalism that has spread across Central and Eastern […]
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Anadolu Agency: Poland’s Tatar Muslim community on the front line
Mizar, a Muslim cemetery, is less than a kilometer outside the small village of Bohoniki in northeastern Poland. You pass […]
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BBC: The millions being made from cardboard theft
Getting all your cardboard recycled may often seem like a pain, but there is big money to be made from […]
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BBC: Turning problem sea algae into a replacement for plastic
Excessive outbreaks of seaweed and microalgae are clogging up waters from the Caribbean to the Baltic. Now both are being […]
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Anadolu Agency: Poland remembers Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 80 years on
Wednesday, April 19 marks the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising — the first large-scale urban uprising in Nazi-occupied […]
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Anadolu Agency: TV report alleges John Paul II covered up sexual abuse in Catholic Church before papacy
A television report on Monday about St. John Paul II alleged that he actively covered up cases of sexual abuse […]
