Article: https://www.euronews.com/2022/11/18/ukrainian-investigators-join-probe-of-fatal-missile-blast-in-poland As the majority of people know, a missile from Ukraine landed in Poland and killed two people. The town where said missile landed is 6 kilometers away from the Polish-Ukrainian border. The US and Poland had started the investigation, but now Ukraine had sent over some of their own to aid it. There is controversy now over who… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-seeks-ease-rules-poland-baltics-migration-standoff-with-belarus-2021-12-01/ When the border crisis, Belarus allowing immigrants to gain access into the EU through their neighbors borders, hit Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia 3 weeks ago, the migration rules were put into question. As the crisis has continued the EU has grown more wary of how Poland and the baltic states evaluate the asylum seekers that are present at the… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-eu-close-deal-new-round-belarus-sanctions-diplomats-say-2021-11-09/ As the border crisis goes on with Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus escalates. The EU has decided to add sanctions on more officials that have been said to have a part in creating the border migrant crisis. The sanctions will be put on more than 30 Bearus officials and companies. The EU and NATO leaders have introduced the sanctions after… Read more »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Monday it would closely examine whether a new Polish draft law undermines the independence of the judiciary, amid tensions between Brussels and Warsaw over democratic standards. The EU has accused Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party of politicizing the judiciary since it swept to power in 2015. PiS argues that… Read more »
Terrorism is not, as Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London said after the recent Westminster attack, “part and parcel of life in a big city.” Nor is it “part and parcel” of life in Europe. Or, at least, it shouldn’t be those things. Mr. Khan is attempting to normalize attacks such as yesterday’s Paris shootings, with good intentions in mind. It… Read more »
(POLITICO): Poland is mulling setting up special camps where asylum seekers would be housed in containers and kept behind fences in the event of another migration crisis, according to the country’s interior minister. It’s a very similar approach to one adopted by Hungary, which has come under fire from the EU for its harsh approach to asylum seekers. The camps are part of an… Read more »
Poland snaps up da Vinci masterpiece at bargain price Latest update : 2016-12-30 Poland’s government has purchased a private art collection that includes a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, acquiring the works for a fraction of their true market value. The collection comprises some 86,000 objects, among them da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine”, one of only four female portraits… Read more »
