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Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located in the east-central region of the country and has a population of roughly 1.8 million.

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Police officers talk to radical right-wing MP Grzegorz Braun (right) at an event at the German Historical Institute, Warsaw, Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Polish radical right-wing MP disrupts lecture on Holocaust

Polish radical right-wing MP disrupts lecture on Holocaust

A Polish radical right-wing MP stopped a lecture on the Holocaust at the German Historical Institute Warsaw.
PoliticsJune 1, 2023
Nazis driving Jews out of the Warsaw Ghetto for deportation to an extermination camp

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 80 years on

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 80 years on

The uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto began 80 years ago. It was the largest act of Jewish resistance against the Nazis.
HistoryApril 19, 2023
President Joe Biden arrives to speak about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle in Warsaw

Poland: Joe Biden's visit bolsters tight US-Polish bond

Poland: Joe Biden's visit bolsters tight US-Polish bond

In Poland for the second time in less than a year, Joe Biden is expected to send clear messages to Ukraine and Russia.
PoliticsFebruary 20, 2023
A woman in a white shirt and black jacket (center) reacts after an adjourned hearing in court, flanked by two supporters in red shirts

Polish activist on trial for aiding abortion

Polish activist on trial for aiding abortion

A rights activist gave abortion pills to a woman seeking to end a pregnancy. She now faces up to three years in prison.
Human RightsOctober 19, 2022
French nuclear test on Mururoa atoll in 1971, nuclear mushroom

In Ukraine, Russia revives the nuclear threat

In Ukraine, Russia revives the nuclear threat

Threats by Putin during the war in Ukraine have put nuclear weapons — thought to be a Cold War relic — back on the map.
ConflictsSeptember 26, 2022
Several ros of photos of members of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, top three lines in blue, lower 3 lines in yellow

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra kicks off tour

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra kicks off tour

The orchestra's first concert took place in Warsaw, to be followed by a tour of across Europe and the US.
CultureJuly 29, 2022
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Stamp marking 25 years of German-Soviet friendship - showing a GDR and a Soviet Union flag and Erich Honecker and Leonid Brezhnev shaking hands

What's behind eastern Germans' empathy for Russia?

For many east Germans, opposition to Russia's war on Ukraine now outweighs historical grievances about the West.
SocietyMay 27, 2022
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Dudek Bartosz Kommentarbild App

Poland's opposition speaks

Bartosz Dudek
Commentary
May 8, 2016