Polish president calls for beefed-up NATO presence
BRUSSELS - Polish President Andrzej Duda called on NATO Monday to make its presence "as permanent as possible" in Poland to safeguard his country and region from an aggressive Russia.
View ArticleCentral bank head warns of banking crisis in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - The head of Poland's central bank warned Tuesday that a bill offering relief to holders of Swiss franc mortgages combined with new taxes on banks amount to a "recipe for a banking...
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Polish premier: EU wasting time on perceived problems
BRUSSELS - Poland's prime minister chided the European Union on Tuesday for spending too much time on perceived problems in Warsaw and said the country's changes to its constitutional court and media...
View ArticleUkraine disputes Poland claim of taking 1 million refugees
WARSAW, Poland - A Ukrainian official is disputing a claim by the Polish prime minister that Poland has taken in 1 million Ukrainian refugees, adding a new element into the debate over refugees in Poland.
View ArticlePoland welcomes increased British military presence
WARSAW, Poland - Polish and British defense officials say there are plans for a stronger British military presence in Poland to reassure members on NATO's eastern flank concerned about Russia's...
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Poles fearing attack on democracy by government join protest
WARSAW, Poland - Thousands of Poles across the country marched Saturday in freezing temperatures to protest a slew of measures by the country's new right-wing government that they say are anti-democratic.
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US official seeks support for European trade deal in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman was welcomed Sunday by Polish entrepreneurs as he worked to finalize a free trade pact between the United States and the European Union.
View ArticlePolish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian brigade to be ready in 2017
WARSAW, Poland - A new brigade consisting of Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian troops should be fully operational in the region by 2017, Poland's Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said Monday.
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Survivor sheds light on divisive WWII-era Jewish Councils
JERUSALEM - Throughout the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, and while incarcerated in two prison camps, Mirjam Bolle wrote letters to her fiance that she never sent but hoped to share with him after the...
View ArticleMinister: Poland will veto forced relocation of migrants
WARSAW, Poland - Poland will veto any plan by the European Union that would oblige member states to accept set numbers of migrants, the nation's interior minister said Tuesday.
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Obama honors 4 who protected Jews during Holocaust
WASHINGTON - As he honored four people on Wednesday for risking their lives to protect Jews, President Barack Obama warned that anti-Semitism is on the rise and that an attack on any faith is an attack...
View ArticleCroatian, Polish presidents discusses migrants, security
WARSAW, Poland - The European Union should agree on criteria for accepting migrants and on how to secure the Greek border, where most of them arrive in Europe, Croatia's president said Thursday.
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US proposes more Pentagon funding for Europe aid, equipment
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Tuesday it will propose quadrupling what it spends on its troops and training in Europe, as part of the U.S. military's accelerating effort to deter Russia.
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Central Europe guardedly welcomes US military spending boost
WARSAW, Poland - Countries in Central and Eastern Europe are welcoming a U.S. plan to quadruple military spending in Europe in reaction to Russia's military resurgence, yet the tone from several...
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Poland reopens probe into 2010 crash that killed president
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's government opened a new investigation Thursday into the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski, with the defense minister saying that evidence...
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Divisive Polish party leader Kaczynski pulls the strings
WARSAW, Poland - When Hungary's prime minister had a secret five-hour meeting in a secluded mountain resort with the most powerful person in Poland, he didn't convene with his counterpart or the Polish...
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Poland to ask Germany about satirical Carnival float
WARSAW, Poland - The Polish government has taken offense at a German Carnival float that satirizes the country's ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and plans to raise the matter with the German...
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Germany cites free speech amid Polish ire at Carnival float
BERLIN - The German government rejected a suggestion Wednesday that it might take action over a Carnival float that drew the ire of Poland's government this week.
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NATO ministers approve new reinforcements for eastern Europe
BRUSSELS - NATO defense ministers on Wednesday approved new multinational reinforcements to beef up defenses of frontline alliance members most at risk from Russia, the alliance's secretary-general...
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Poland angry at criticism from US senators over rule of law
WARSAW, Poland - Polish leaders say that three U.S. senators who have expressed concerns about the rule of law in Poland are misinformed about the country and do not have the right to lecture Warsaw...
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