Poland

Poland

Amazon series Hunters under fire over Auschwitz 'human chess' scene

The Auschwitz Museum in Poland says that inventing atrocities that didn't happen at the Nazi death camp only encourages Holocaust denial.

24/02/2020

Next Series

Technology aiming to transform the lives of people with disabilities

In partnership with The European Commission

The innovation project 'Insension' is being developed to give people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) a new way of communicating.

10/02/2020

Poland

Poles rally in support of government justice system reform

"[The EU] has no right to interfere with the justice system," one argued.

08/02/2020

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Auschwitz survivors commemorate the 75 anniversary of liberation

The wreath-laying ceremony with the participation of former prisoners and Polish president Andrzej Duda inaugurated the commemoration of the Auschwitz Nazi Death camp's liberation by the Red Army on January 27, 1945.

27/01/2020

Poland

Watch live: Holocaust ceremony at Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in Poland

Religious and state leaders and survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered on the 75th anniversary of its liberation.

27/01/2020

Poland

'We forget at our peril: Sadiq Khan attends Auschwitz memorial

'We forget at our peril: London mayor Sadiq Khan attends Auschwitz memorial

27/01/2020

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Jewish and Muslim leaders in joint visit to Nazi death camp Auschwitz

The historic visit comes ahead of commemorations to mark 75 years since its liberation.

24/01/2020

Poland

These photos highlight the human hurt over Poland's 'LGBT-free zones'

It's a response to 80 Polish municipalities declared themselves "free of LGBT ideology" last year.

23/01/2020

Poland

Polish MEP sparks outrage over Holocaust cattle tweet | #TheCube

The tweet comes just days before the Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

23/01/2020

Poland

Panoramic film photographs of Auschwitz camp tell the story of mass killing

Look through the panoramic film photographs of Associated Press's Markus Schreiber taken ahead of Auschwitz liberation 75th anniversary. On Monday hundreds of survivors from across the world will come back to visit Auschwitz for the official commemorations.

23/01/2020

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Mountain men in Poland bring in the New Year in full costume

Residents of Milowka disguise themselves as devils, bears and death as they parade through the village.

19/01/2020

Poland

How has a camera 'incident' led to media freedom questions in Poland?

The Senate has sought to remove TVP Info's press accreditation after a camera hit a Senate officer outside the Parliament building.

15/01/2020

Cinema

Gladiator of Auschwitz: New film tells the story of Pole who boxed his way through hell

Gladiator of Auschwitz: New film tells the story of Pole who boxed his way through hell

15/01/2020

Poland

Hundreds of judges join Warsaw protest against Polish 'muzzle law'

Poland plans sanctions against judges who oppose judicial reforms that have been denounced as a "muzzle-law".

11/01/2020

Poland

Poland's president decides to boycott Holocaust memorial in Israel

Yad Vashem in Jerusalem said only the leaders of of WW2's four allied powers - plus Israel, as the host nation - would be asked to speak at the event.

07/01/2020

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Polish scientists create a new kind of moldable artificial bone

In partnership with the European Commission

Scientists in Lublin, Poland have literally re-built patients bones using this groundbreaking material called FlexiOss

06/01/2020

Poland

Polish parliament defies EU by passing controversial reform law

The Law and Justice Party has defended legislation that gives it the power to hire and fire judges.

19/12/2019

Poland

Poland could be forced out of EU by judicial reforms, court warns

Poland might have to leave the EU if it wants to apply judicial reforms, the country's supreme court has warned.

18/12/2019

Poland

Euroviews. Time is fast running out for judicial independence in PiS-ruled Poland ǀ View

The new proposed bill tries to put a definitive end to the activities of an abundant number of Polish judges to uphold the rule of law. The attack against judicial independence, then, takes a further step forward.

17/12/2019

Poland

Merkel visits Auschwitz for the first time as chancellor

The Chancellor, accompanied by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during the visit, will bring a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the place where the Nazis ran their largest death camp.

06/12/2019

Poland

Poles protest over rule of law after judge suspended

Poles protest over rule of law after judge suspended

01/12/2019

Poland

Amazon removes 'inappropriate' Auschwitz Christmas products

The Auschwitz Memorial asked Amazon on Sunday to take down items featured on the website that it said were inappropriate.

01/12/2019

Poland

Watch: Tigers freed from truck taste outdoor lifestyle at Polish zoo

The tigers were being transported from Italy to Russia when they were discovered at the Poland-Belarus border.

21/11/2019

Poland

Euroviews. Polish judges are showing their courage amid a crackdown on an independent judiciary ǀ View

“I feel like an entire machinery is against me,” Judge Monika Frąckowiak told me when I met her last month in the town of Poznań. “I will continue doing what I’m doing but I fear others might be silenced.”

19/11/2019

Poland

Poland presses Netflix to change documentary about death camp guard

Poland's government is pressuring the online streaming service to alter a map in its The Devil Next Door documentary series, which shows Nazi death camps inside the border of modern Poland.

12/11/2019

Poland

Polish far-right groups march in Warsaw on independence anniversary

"We have to return to our roots. Our world has abandoned God and Christianity," Robert Bakiewicz, head of a group organising the march, told the crowd.

11/11/2019