Poland

After the welcome, Ukrainian refugees face fading support
6:57
Polish baking that’s ‘dobre, dobre,’ — not too sweet
7:13
SFTS: Jewish girl kept safe by nuns in Poland during Nazi era
7:09
A round apple cake with a slice missing, showing a moist interior, placed on a decorative blue and white plate.
Food
‘Dobre Dobre’: A cookbook that highlights Polish and Jewish baking traditions
7:16
Polish baking that’s ‘dobre, dobre’ — not too sweet
7:16
High stakes for Ukraine as Zelenskyy meets with Trump at the White House
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International pianists battle for glory at Poland’s legendary Chopin competition
5:11
NATO condemns drone incursions into Polish airspace
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51:04
NATO condemns Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace
6:20
Astronauts return from International Space Station
0:33
Low water levels disrupt shipping in Central Europe
0:49
European scientists want to restore the environment for military defense
4:49
Poland’s election upset puts abortion rights and rule of law reforms at risk
3:59
Poland votes this weekend in election seen as a test for democracy
5:20
Results from three European elections
1:21
Activists on trial in Poland for aiding migrants
5:04
Polish foreign minister criticizes Russian leaders
1:26
How to restore democracy
5:33
US halts Venezuela’s oil lifeline
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New ‘abortion clinic’ opens opposite Polish parliament
4:31
Reversing the curse of ‘Rukta’
1:06
Auschwitz liberation anniversary remembered in context of rising far-right
7:29
Jewish daughter discovers nuns who hid her mother from Nazis during WWII
7:30
In Poland, a group helping Ukrainian refugees has begun building drones
7:03
Famed Japanese drummer big outside of Japan
6:00
The fight for abortion rights in Poland
8:19
Poland says no more homework for its young students
1:27
Bundz cheese from Poland.
Food
Polish cheesemakers bask in newfound fame
scientists on lake
Environment
Geologists edge closer to defining the Anthropocene
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
Denmark's military officers stand next to a Leopard 2A7 tank at the Tapa Military Camp, in Estonia, Jan. 19, 2023.
Ukraine
Tanks for Ukraine are ‘ready to go’ when Germany and US strike a deal, retired Navy Adm. says
In this September 1947 file photo, hundreds of Muslim refugees crowd on top a train leaving New Delhi for Pakistan.
Critical State
State reformation: Part II
Historians come together to uncover disturbing aspects of Polish and Eastern European shared history.
Ukraine
War in Ukraine spurs new bonds between historians of shared Soviet past
destroyed tanks
Ukraine
These Ukrainians are trying to rebuild their lives at home — despite renewed Russian strikes
view of monument
Ukraine
War in Ukraine expedites Poland’s move to destroy Soviet-era monuments
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 
A couple kisses through a fence as she boards a train toward Kyiv at Przemysl train station on Oct. 6, 2022, Przemysl, Poland.
Ukraine
Polish border town of Przemyśl is a revolving door for Ukrainian migrants 
A group of women's rights activists with a sign reading "Abortion Without Borders" protesting Poland's strict anti-abortion law, outside the top constitutional court, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022.
Abortion
Poland’s ‘pregnancy registry’ will further restrict abortion access, activists say
The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra rehearses at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Poland, the day before the premiere performance of the "Voice of Ukraine" tour that took them to nine cities across Poland and Germany
Arts, Culture & Media
The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra fights on the war’s ‘cultural front’
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 
A Ukrainian family crosses into Slovakia on Feb. 25, 2022.
Even once female Ukrainian refugees reach safety, they face new burdens as single heads of household
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 family arrive at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, after fleeing from the Ukraine. 
There’s a double-standard when it comes to media coverage on refugees, analyst says
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
Smoke rise from an air defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022.
Ukraine
Russia attacks Ukraine; peace in Europe ‘shattered’
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
People pass through Waterloo train station, in London, during the morning rush hour
COVID-19
Wary, weary world slams doors shut, fearing omicron variant
A protest by mothers in the Polish eastern town of Hajnowka over the deaths of migrant children in the forest. 
Migration
An underground network of locals in Poland self-organize to help migrants who face ‘pushbacks’ by the govt
A view of a tent camp set by migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gathering at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
EU officials accuse Belarus of creating a new migrant crisis
Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere rest on the ground as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
Polish border police push back migrants at Belarus border
An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir
Top of The World
Border talks between India and China fail
Anti-government protesters march in Havana, Cuba to protest against ongoing food shortages and high prices of foodstuffs
Justice
‘Obliged to exile’: Cuban activist Tania Bruguera on the plight of artist Hamlet Lavastida
Polish security forces surround migrants stuck along with border with Belarus in Usnarz Gorny, Poland, on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Borders
Afghan migrants remain stranded at Poland-Belarus border as leaders punt responsibility