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Bundz cheese from Poland.
Food
Polish cheesemakers bask in newfound fame
PTAK Expo Center in Warsaw, Poland.
Ukraine
Ukrainian refugees in Poland will now be charged to stay in state-funded housing
The book includes haunting photos from inside the ghetto, along with its record of the medical effects of starvation.
Warsaw Ghetto’s defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies
people on street walking past banners
Ukraine
Poland has taken in more Ukrainian refugees than any other EU country. Local mayors say they’re running out of money. 
man in kitchen
Ukraine
Poland is feeling the pinch after cutting Russian energy imports 
Students at the Warsaw Ukrainian School (SzkoUA), in Warsaw, Poland, sing during an English lesson.
Ukraine
‘Their lives collided with war’: Ukrainian refugees in Poland open their own schools
Ukrainian Nicolai, 41, says goodbye to his daughter Elina, 4, and his wife Lolita, on a train bound for Poland fleeing from the war at the train station in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, April 15, 2022.
Ukraine
‘Home is home’: Ukrainians in Poland consider options as Russia’s war enters new phase 
Protesters gather outside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Poland, on Nov.6, 2021, to protest against the restrictive abortion laws after a woman died of complications during her pregnancy. 
Abortion
This Polish activist sent abortion pills to a woman in need. Now she’s on trial.
A woman walks past a destroyed tank in the town of Trostsyanets, Ukraine, Monday, March 28, 2022.
Ukraine
West remains divided on sanctions, weapons to Ukraine, former amb to Russia says
The serial number 14810 inside the last piano that Frederic Chopin played and composed on, and that after his death in 1849 in Paris came to his family in Warsaw. 
Music
How an American pianist revived Chopin in Warsaw
A Ukrainian woman waits for relatives fleeing the conflict from neighboring Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland, on Feb. 25, 2022. UN officials said that 100,000 people were believed to have left their homes and estimated up to 4
Ukraine
Poland prepares to accept thousands of refugees from Ukraine
Jewish and Christian clergy stand together for prayers for the souls of some 60 Jews murdered by the occupying Nazi German forces during a ceremony marking a memorial to the victims in Wojslawice, Poland, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. 
History
A ‘deepening chill’ among historians over Holocaust revisionism in Poland
The entrance to Treblinka, one of Europe’s largest World War II-era extermination camps.
History
A new monument in Poland sparks concern about Holocaust revisionism
Yadgar Hussein recounts her perilous journey through Eastern Europe in her living room in Erbil after being deported from Poland, Nov. 24, 2021.
Migration
‘I had no life left here’: Iraqi Kurds are at the center of the migration crisis in Europe
President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are shown each standing behind podiums with several microphones on each stand.
Energy
US, Germany seal deal on contentious Nord Stream 2 Russian gas pipeline
Several people are shown off to the side looking at the tall, yellow blooming of the Sumatran Titan arum flower.
Environment
Endangered corpse flower blooms in Warsaw, drawing crowds
A crowd of people are shown with a woman in the center holding a banner and wearing a winter hat and green scarf with writing on it.
Reproductive rights
Near-total abortion ban takes effect in Poland amid protests
People take part in a protest against the ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal that imposed a near-total ban on abortion in Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 28, 2020. The banner reads: "The Law And Justice Council introduced the church law at midnight today." 
Reproductive rights
‘Screaming at the priests’: Polish activists protest anti-abortion ruling
A demonstrator holds a sign as people gather outside the European Union institutions to rally in solidarity with Poland's LGBT community, in Brussels, Aug. 19, 2020.
LGBTQ
Polish activists fight against anti-LGBT movement
10 Downing Street is illuminated on Brexit day in London
Brexit
With Brexit here, Poles in the UK wonder where home is
A sunset with the silhouette of a mosque and man approaching
Immigration Rewind
How 16 Americans found family, faith and their immigrant roots — generations after their parents left their homelands
A demonstrator holds a copy of the Polish Constitution
Conflict & Justice
Poland forces Supreme Court judges into early retirement
Polish protestors demonstrate their opposition to new restrictions for media in front of the parliament building in Warsaw, Poland.
Culture
Poland’s government fines a US-owned TV broadcaster
Richard Spencer
Conflict
Poland’s right-wing nationalist government objects to visit by US white supremacist Richard Spencer
Protesters light flares and carry Polish flags during a rally, organised by far-right, nationalist groups, to mark the anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw.
Conflict
There are parallels between Polish and American white nationalist movements
Poland's President Andrzej Duda speaks
Global Politics
Protests persuade Polish president to veto court reforms
VIDEO: Airplane from U.S. makes belly landing in Poland after landing gear fails
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Global Politics
Policing the language of the Holocaust in Poland
Stefan Baluk (pictured here in 2010) fought for Polish independence in the Warsaw Uprising. He spent much of his time underground, in the sewers. After the war, he was arrested by the Soviets.
Conflict
A Polish resistance fighter remembers fighting in the Warsaw Uprising — from the sewers
Arts, Culture & Media
The US gives Poland back a painting stolen by the Nazis
Activists protest during UN Climate Change talks in Warsaw, Poland.
Environment
Climate talks in Warsaw get stuck over who pays for climate-linked damage
coal barge
Environment
Fukushima is casting a shadow on Japan and the Warsaw climate meeting
Environment
At this month’s climate change conference, there’s a new tactic for reining in greenhouse gases
Lifestyle & Belief
Polish Jewish community uses Mormon-produced archive to make family connections
Global Politics
Poles looking for lost remains of hero of World War II resistance
Russian conspiracy theories and Roswell UFO
Katyn’s tragedies
Conflict & Justice
Chicago’s Polish Village Hopes Immigration Reform Will Spark a Revival
Arts, Culture & Media
Playing To Win In 1980s Poland
Arts, Culture & Media
Former Nazi Torture and Detention Sites Uncovered in Germany
Conflict & Justice
The Fight for Gay Rights in Poland
Conflict & Justice
Polish Americans for Romney?
Arts, Culture & Media
Poland Discovers 17th Century Looted Art in River
Global Politics
Polish Archives Used in Mormon Baptism of Holocaust Victims
Global Politics
The Man Who Volunteered for Auschwitz
Global Politics
How Poland Keeps Its Economy Booming
Arts, Culture & Media
Polish Art Looted By Nazis Returns Home
Arts, Culture & Media
A New Angle On The Roswell Incident And Why Russians Like Conspiracy Theories
Global Politics
Poland Wants US Travel Visa-Free
Sports
Cycling the World
Global Politics
Poles unfazed by fracking?
Arts, Culture & Media
Fat Thursday
Arts, Culture & Media
Poland duo Paula and Karol
Arts, Culture & Media
Poland’s national cemetery
Global Politics
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
New Polish museum to celebrate Jewish life