Eight complaints were submitted claiming the flag violated Poland’s law against promotion of fascist ideologies.
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Poland recovers four further items looted during WWII
The culture ministry’s public database of lost works still contains around 70,000 items.
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Conservative presidential candidate Nawrocki responds to demands of radical-right rival Braun
Braun asked whether Nawrocki would “reject Jewish claims” against Poland, oppose abortion, and “stop the Ukrainisation of Poland”.
Poland protests Russia’s removal of crosses from cemetery of Polish victims of Soviet massacres
“We will defend these crosses, because we do not accept Russian historical lies,” says foreign minister Radosław Sikorski.
Polish museum launches app for youth to record untold WWII stories
“Among us, there are still those who remember the war. Only our joint effort will save these memories,” said the Warsaw Rising Museum.
Merz visits Poland on first day as new German chancellor
Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk addressed security, migration, war reparations and infrastructure investment.
Exhumation of Polish WWII massacre victims in Ukraine uncovers remains of 42 people
The Volhynia massacres, in which Ukrainian nationalists killed around 100,000 Poles, have long caused tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv.
Town breaks record for biggest Polish coat of arms on Constitution Day
The 1,200 square metre national symbol was unfurled on the beach in Międzyzdroje.
Fifteenth-century book looted in WW2 returned to Polish museum after turning up at auction
The collection of religious texts, published in the late 1400s, includes works by Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, and Nicholas of Błonie.
Auschwitz Museum restricts entry rules amid surge in visitors without bookings
Visitor numbers this year are approaching the pre-pandemic record.
Exhumation of Poles massacred by Ukrainians in WWII begins in Ukraine
Previously, Kyiv had banned such exhumations from taking place since 2017.
Polish and Israeli presidents jointly lead Auschwitz march
Among the participants in the march were not only elderly Holocaust survivors but also former Hamas hostages.
Poland and Ukraine jointly condemn vandalism of Ukrainian war memorial in Poland
They described the incident as an act of “deliberate provocation that serves the interests of Russia”.
The forgotten extermination of Polish psychiatric patients in WW2
Filip Mazurczak
Activists have been campaigning for greater recognition of the at least 20,000 victims.
