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Medal won by exiled Belarusian sprinter auctioned to support athletes

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's silver medal from the 2019 European Games was sold for €17,800 on eBay to a collector from the United States.

Poland

Court asks Poland & Latvia to help migrants trapped at Belarus border

Court asks Poland & Latvia to help migrants trapped at Belarus border

Poland

Migrant stuck at Poland-Belarus border 'will soon die', says NGO

A Polish refugee support group has warned that at least one migrant stuck at the border between Poland and Belarus is on the verge of death.

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MEPs threaten to sue Commission over making EU handouts conditional

The European Parliament gave the executive two months to activate a conditionality system that links the reception of EU funds with respect for the rule of law and fundamental rights.

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Poland will build a fence on its border with Belarus to stop migrants

A 2.5-metre-tall fence will be erected along most of the 150-kilometre border, with construction due to begin next week.

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Polish activists hold LGBT rights march at foot of monastery

Parades for LGBT rights took place under heavy police presence on Saturday at the foot of Catholic Poland’s most revered monastery in Czestochowa, in the south, and in Gdansk, on the Baltic coast.

My Europe Series

Belarus sprinter under guard in Poland longs for normality

“I would like to go back to normal, to visit the city and enjoy the summer, but I understand that it is dangerous," Krystsina Tsimanouskaya told Euronews.

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Polish region wants to remain 'LGBT-free' despite risking EU funds

"LGBT-free zones" seek to ban the promotion of homosexuality and other minority sexual identities, especially in schools.

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Poland bolsters border with Belarus to stop migrants

Poland has deployed hundreds of troops and is laying barbed wire along its border with Belarus to stop the arrival of migrants seeking to enter the country.

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Poland tells EU it will shut down disciplinary chamber for judges

Poland has told the European Union that it will shut down a chamber at its Supreme Court devoted to disciplining judges, which the EU's top court said was illegal.

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Polish appeals court dismisses complaint against Holocaust book

Judges stated that scholarly research should not be judged by the courts and overturned the ruling against the book's co-authors.

Poland

Poland-Israel row escalates over law affecting Holocaust survivors

Both countries have withdrawn their ambassadors after Israel protested over a new law in Poland that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime.

Poland

US group Discovery to sue Poland over 'discriminatory' media law

Poland's draft bill has been criticised by Brussels and Washington for threatening media freedom.

Belarus

Is Belarus using migrants as part of a ‘hybrid war’ against the EU?

EU states Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, who all share a land border with Belarus, have seen a sharp rise in the number of migrants making illegal border crossings from Belarus.

Poland

Polish governing coalition falls apart over media legislation dispute

Poland's ruling right-wing Law and Justice party lost its majority in parliament on Wednesday after a small party left the governing coalition.

Poland

Poland's ruling coalition collapses after PM fires deputy

Jaroslow Gowin, leader of the Accord party, was dismissed as deputy prime minister by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

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Poland to make changes to controversial disciplinary law for judges

The disciplinary chamber for top judges is part of judicial reforms the PiS has introduced in recent years and which have been harshly condemned by Brussels for curbing judicial independence.

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Belarusian sprinter leaves Tokyo after refusing to return home

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has boarded a plane to Vienna after her team allegedly tried force her home.

Poland

Poland marks Warsaw Uprising aganst Nazi occupation 77 years ago

The Polish president attended the annual remembrance ceremony in the capital.

Germany

German chancellor candidate Armin Laschet speaks of 'shame' over WW2

Laschet has told a Polish newspaper that Germany "must always be aware of its historical responsibility for Poland's freedom and independence.”