Tag: Poland

Monday, July 25th 2022 - 08:47 UTC
July 1942: Nazi Germany begins the systematic extermination of Polish Jews

In July 1942, Nazi Germany ordered the systematic extermination of the Jewish population in the Polish capital of Warsaw. Jews had been confined to the Warsaw Ghetto from November 1940, life was terrible. In the Ghetto to the northwest of the city some 450,000 men, women, and children lived crammed together behind the high walls. Around 100,000 people had died of hunger or disease, or been killed in summary executions. But the worse was to come on 22 July 1942.
Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Argentina to deploy White Helmets to Poland-Ukraine border

Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday ordered the deployment of the so-called White Helmets to the border between Poland and Ukraine on a humanitarian mission to assist nationals stranded in the area, it was announced in Buenos Aires.
Sunday, February 27th 2022 - 01:01 UTC
Surrogacy has Argentine families stranded due to Ukrainian crisis

At least five Argentine couples who had sought to have children through surrogate Ukrainian mothers are among those currently stranded in the war-torn country, it was reported.
Monday, November 15th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Top British military officer warns of dangers facing Europe

General Nick Carter, Britain's top military officer, has said over the weekend western powers were closer to war with Russia than at any other point since the end of the Cold War.
Friday, January 10th 2020 - 12:10 UTC
Electric fences between Poland and Germany to avoid spread of African swine fever

Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month, the world animal health body said on Thursday, in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Union's biggest pork exporters.
Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 18:30 UTC
As populism advances, beware of the Polish secret

By Gwynne Dyer – There is a tension at the heart of populist political parties that may ultimately lead most of them to electoral defeat. They depend heavily on the votes of the old, the poor and the poorly educated — “I love the poorly educated,” as Donald Trump once put it — but they are also right-wing parties that do not like what they call “socialism.” (Other people call it the welfare state.)
Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:04 UTC
Germany asks the Polish people for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II

Germany’s president expressed on Sunday deep remorse for the suffering his nation inflicted on Poland and the rest of Europe during World War II, warning of the dangers of nationalism as world leaders gathered Sunday in the country where the war started at incalculable costs.
Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Polish woman gives birth to sextuplets: four girls and two boys

A woman has given birth to Poland's first sextuplets with each newborn weighing about 1kg (2.2 pounds), physicians at the University Hospital in the city of Krakow announced on Monday.
Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:18 UTC
Poland and Germany inclined to strike a renewed Brexit deal with Britain

The Polish Prime Minister and senior German politicians have urged Brussels to strike a Brexit deal with Britain in the first sign of divisions within the European Union over its blanket opposition to offering fresh concessions to Theresa May.
Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
“Collapse of civilization on the horizon” because of climate change declared Sir David Attenborough

The collapse of civilization and extinction of much of the natural world is “on the horizon” due to climate change, Sir David Attenborough declared at the opening day UN climate talks in Poland.