Latest Poland News
At Paris Olympics, anti-doping leaders accept that some cheating is inevitable
PARIS (AP) — The days are over when Olympic organizers and anti-doping officials would typically predict “the cleanest Games ever.” Not at the Paris Olympics. “It’s not our role to do it,” World Anti-Doping Agency President Witold Bańka said Thursday. ...
EU executive criticizes rule of law issues in Hungary, Slovakia, Italy; lauds reforms elsewhere
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive commission Wednesday criticized rule of law developments in Hungary, Italy and Slovakia, but welcomed reforms in Poland and Spain in its latest democracy health check across the 27-nation bloc. Across the board, EU countries had fully...
German government, mainstream opposition move to protect highest court against extremist forces
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's governing coalition and the conservative opposition on Tuesday presented a plan to protect the country's highest court against possible future manipulation or obstruction by extremist or authoritarian politicians. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann cited...
Missing Polish coal miner found alive more than two days after an earthquake
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A miner who was reported missing after an earthquake shook Poland's Rydultowy coal mine has been found alive more than two days after the accident that killed one of his colleagues and injured another 17, local officials said Saturday. The miner has been...
With words, deeds and arms deals, allies make the case for NATO in terms that would appeal to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — European allies in NATO are stepping up their military spending, just as Donald Trump wanted. They're pointing to common interests, such as concerns over China. They’re creating American jobs by buying U.S. weapons. In words, deeds and arms deals, leaders of the...
Poland's centrist government suffers defeat in vote on liberalizing abortion law
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his centrist coalition government suffered a bitter defeat Friday in parliament, where a slim majority rejected legislation that would have eased the strict anti-abortion law. The vote was 218-215 with two abstentions...
Rescuers resume search for a miner missing after Polish mine accident killed 1, injured 17
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Rescuers resumed an underground search for a missing miner in southern Poland Friday after a powerful tremor shook the Rydultowy coal mine the previous day, killing one miner and injuring 17 others. Aleksandra Wysocka-Siembiga, spokeswoman for the Polish Coal...
He was orphaned in the Holocaust and never met any family. Now he has cousins, thanks to DNA tests
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Shalom Korai never knew his real name or his birthday. He was saved from the streets of a burning Warsaw neighborhood while he was a toddler during World War II, when the rest of his family was killed by Nazis in Poland. He grew up and lived in Israel...
A miner dies and another is missing after a coal mine accident in Poland. 17 miners are injured
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — One of the Polish coal miners who were injured when a tremor struck the Rydultowy coal mine on Thursday has died in hospital, a mining official in southern Poland said. At least 17 miners were reported injured in the accident. The tremor, deep underground took...
Poland hopes new NATO training center could prepare Ukrainians living abroad to fight Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new joint training center in Poland that NATO is setting up with Ukraine ideally would be used to provide military training to potentially “millions” of Ukrainian civilians living abroad who would be willing to come home to join the fight against Russia, a senior Polish...
