Tag: Poland
Auschwitz museum slams New Yorker Holocaust piece on Poland
WARSAW, Poland — The Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum has sharply denounced an article in the New Yorker that looks at Holocaust scholarship in Poland, accusing...
Poland plans pensions for dogs, horses in state employment
WARSAW, Poland — They locate survivors in collapsed buildings, track down fugitives, foil drugs and explosives smugglers and help control rowdy crowds. All in...
Some Poles flout virus rules as harder lockdown takes effect
WARSAW, Poland — The Piw Paw club in Warsaw advertised its event as a “Pandemic Fashion Show," with models wearing “masks from the Spring...
In break from region, hard-hit Hungary to loosen lockdown
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Despite struggling with the worst COVID-19 death rate in the world and record new infections, Hungary announced plans Friday to scale...
Poland records new record virus high as hard lockdown looms
WARSAW, Poland — Poland recorded a record high number of new daily coronavirus infections for the second day in a row on Thursday as...
England opens World Cup qualifying by beating San Marino 5-0
LONDON — England began its path to the 2022 World Cup with the easiest of wins against the planet’s lowest-ranked national team in an...
Central Europe’s hospitals slammed, can’t treat all in need
WARSAW, Poland — Poland recorded its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections Wednesday as hospitals buckle under a new surge. Hungary has the...
NATO prepares ‘virus-free’ zone for summit; Biden invited
BRUSSELS — Since the coronavirus started spreading through Europe over a year ago, NATO's headquarters in Brussels has been off-limits to the media and...
Polish writer facing prison for calling president ‘moron’
WARSAW, Poland — A Polish writer is being facing up to three years of imprisonment for calling the nation's president a “moron” on social...
Acclaimed Polish poet Adam Zagajewski dies at age 75
WARSAW, Poland — Adam Zagajewski, one of Poland’s greatest poets who wrote a poem that came to symbolize the world's sense of shock and...