Poland

Conservative Karol Nawrocki wins Poland's presidential election

12:49am June 02, 2025

Karol Nawrocki, a 42-year-old historian and amateur boxer, is new to politics and ran as an independent but was backed by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party.

Poles vote for a new president as security concerns loom large

2:51am May 18, 2025

The vote comes amid rising security fears over the war in neighboring Ukraine and uncertainty about continued U.S. support for Europe's defense.

Auschwitz survivors mark Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after liberation

1:51pm January 27, 2025

Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.

Auschwitz holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

5:28am January 27, 2025

Elderly camp survivors, some wearing striped scarves that recall their prison uniforms, walked to the the Death Wall, where prisoners were executed. Across Europe, officials were pausing to remember.

History has never ended, but are we at a crossroads again?

6:00am December 20, 2024

Oxford professor Ben Ansell says we are witnessing a battle between nationalism and liberalism that will write our own time indelibly into the history books of tomorrow.

In 'A Real Pain,' Jewish cousins tour Poland, cracking jokes and confronting the past

12:01pm October 30, 2024

In this almost perfect little film, Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins who reconnect in Poland to honor the memory of their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.

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Takeaways from the European parliamentary elections

11:56am June 10, 2024

by Willem Marx

Results indicate a surge of support for parties that are far to the right of the political spectrum. However, the largest political groupings in the next parliament will continue to be in the center.