WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainians in Warsaw jumped over a bonfire and floated braids to honor the vital powers of water and fire on the Vistula River bank Saturday night, as they celebrated their solstice tradition of Ivan Kupalo Night away from war-torn home. Hundreds joined the event, most of them war refugees. “We are […]
COSHOCTON − The Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office reported a traffic crash at 10:41 p.m. Saturday in the 30000 block of Ohio 541 in Bedford Township, according to a news release. Authorities said Caleb Stoll, 27, of Warsaw, was traveling east when he failed to maintain his lane with a John Deere planter being towed. The […]
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities said Friday they are willing to investigate the death of a Polish soldier who was stabbed at the border last month, but have not received necessary information from Poland. A statement from the country’s border service said it would undertake a unilateral or joint investigation if Poland presents “concrete […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A fire broke out on Sunday morning in a vast shopping center housing 1,400 shops and service outlets in the Bialoleka district in Poland’s capital. The fire brigade said more than 80% of the center was on fire, and rescue operations were being carried out by 50 teams, including chemical and […]
Polish farmers marched through Warsaw on Friday to protest against the European Union’s climate policies and to oppose the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The march was organised by Solidarity, a farmers’ trade union that is strongly opposed to the EU’s farming policies, in particular a policy known as the Green Deal which […]
Polish police have detained a 16-year-old boy suspected of having thrown a Molotov cocktail at the historic Nożyk Synagogue, a police spokesman told the Rzeczpospolita newspaper on Thursday. The motive behind the Wednesday attack on the only Warsaw synagogue to have survived the Nazi onslaught during World War II, remained unclear. The suspect refused to […]
Warsaw’s main synagogue was attacked with firebombs overnight by an unknown perpetrator, but there was minimal damage and nobody was hurt, Poland’s chief rabbi said on Wednesday. The incident was strongly condemned by political leaders. The attack on the Nozyk Synagogue happened at around 1am, the country’s American-born chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, told the Associated […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw’s main synagogue was attacked with firebombs in the night by an unknown perpetrator, but sustained minimal damage and nobody was hurt, Poland’s chief rabbi said Wednesday. The incident was strongly condemned by political leaders. The attack on the Nożyk Synagogue happened around 1 a.m., the country’s American-born chief rabbi, Michael […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A young Belarusian woman who died after being attacked and raped in central Warsaw has been laid to rest Thursday, with both loved ones and strangers turning out to mourn the loss of a young woman who escaped a difficult family life to seek a better future. Lizaveta Hertsen, 25, was […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Mourners in Poland paid tribute Wednesday evening to a young Belarusian woman who died after being brutally attacked and raped on the streets of Warsaw last month, a crime that has shocked the country. In recent years, the Polish capital has become a hub for Belarusians fleeing repression and Ukrainians fleeing […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Feb. 27 that Poland may expand the list of banned Ukrainian goods. Warsaw has restricted Ukrainian grain imports since April 15, while allowing the shipment of grain to other countries via Poland. Poland’s Agricultural Ministry also accused Ukrainian food products of being of poor quality. In February, Polish […]
Thousands of farmers marched in Poland’s capital on Tuesday to protest over European Union agricultural policies and imports of cheap food from neighbouring Ukraine, part of weeks of similar protests across Europe. Demonstrators want the Polish government to withdraw from the EU’s Green Deal, a plan meant to fight climate change and help the environment […]