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Poland’s first post-communist PM Mazowiecki dead at 86

August 24, 2021 at 4:52 p.m.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish statesman Tadeusz Mazowiecki, whose appointment in 1989 as the first non-communist prime minister in the Soviet bloc helped usher in democratic change across eastern Europe, died...

Special Report: Poland’s roads to ruin

August 24, 2021 at 4:44 p.m.

MSZANA, Poland (Reuters) - When Poland started handing out billions of euros worth of contracts for a wave of road-building five years ago, everyone was meant to benefit. Poland would...

Jewish life, not death, the focus of new museum in Poland

August 24, 2021 at 2:47 a.m.

WARSAW (Reuters) - A new museum of Jewish history opens in Poland this week to refocus attention on a vibrant community that has lived in the country for centuries but...

Jewish life, not death, the focus of new museum in Poland

May 13, 2019 at 11:37 p.m.

WARSAW (Reuters) - A new museum of Jewish history opens in Poland this week to refocus attention on a vibrant community that has lived in the country for centuries but...

Polish city angered by portrayal in ”Zero Dark Thirty”

August 23, 2021 at 10:57 p.m.

WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish city of said it was offended by Hollywood blockbuster "Zero Dark Thirty" for labeling the home town of the communist bloc's first independent labor union...

Film about massacre of Jews touches nerve in Poland

August 23, 2021 at 7:27 p.m.

WARSAW (Reuters) - A film about a Polish village whose residents help massacre their Jewish neighbors in World War Two has forced Poles to confront one of the most troubling...

Film about massacre of Jews touches nerve in Poland

December 25, 2018 at 9:59 a.m.

WARSAW (Reuters) - A film about a Polish village whose residents help massacre their Jewish neighbors in World War Two has forced Poles to confront one of the most troubling...

East European fashion labels aim for the world stage

August 23, 2021 at 1:43 p.m.

BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) - The winding flower embroidery of the Matyo folk is a living traditional art form in the tiny Hungarian village of Tard, where Rozi Vaczi spent time as...

East European fashion labels aim for the world stage

May 13, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) - The winding flower embroidery of the Matyo folk is a living traditional art form in the tiny Hungarian village of Tard, where Rozi Vaczi spent time as...

Russia accuses Polish fans of provoking clashes

August 23, 2021 at 9:14 a.m.

MOSCOW/WARSAW (Reuters) - Russia accused Polish soccer fans on Wednesday of provoking street battles with Russian supporters on the night of their countries' Euro 2012 match and urged Warsaw to...

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