Who discovered the items and exactly where remains a mystery.
Who discovered the items and exactly where remains a mystery.
Łukasz Warzecha says he was told the decision was made for “security reasons”.
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There are 30,000-50,000 such survivors, but their number dwindles every week.
“Glorifying criminal figures is contrary to European values,” says the foreign ministry.
The two countries have been seeking reconciliation over difficult historical issues.
Poland recently granted permission for Ukraine to conduct a search for the victims.
The soldiers died defending Lviv, then known as Lwów, when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland.
The facility “will serve as a living symbol of friendship, understanding, and transatlantic cooperation”.
The owner of the painting has donated it to Warsaw’s National Museum after learning of its provenance.
The dirhams may have belonged to merchants travelling to or from the nearby Viking Age port of Truso.
The fate of the monument has been subject to a long-running legal and political battle in Rzeszów.
“Truth has triumphed over an attempt to rewrite history,” wrote the justice minister.
Victor Ambros says he wants to “help improve the international position of Polish science”.
Lviv was historically part of Poland and still has an ethnic Polish minority population.