Poland’s rapid development has made moving to the West less attractive.
Germany
Poland reintroduces controls on borders with Germany and Lithuania
Shortly after midnight, officers announced they had detained a car transporting four irregular migrants, likely to be from Afghanistan.
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Poland in talks with Germany over giving Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Warsaw wants to “build a broader coalition of countries that could donate heavy, modern equipment” to Ukraine.
Germany formally rejects Poland’s demand for war reparations
“According to the German government, the matter of reparations and compensation for war losses remains closed,” says Poland’s foreign ministry.
Same-sex couple take case to Strasbourg after Poland refuses to recognise overseas marriage
The couple say they have been left in a “legal vacuum” after the Supreme Administrative Court ruled that their marriage could not be recognised.
Poland seeks UNESCO help in returning art looted by Germany in WWII
“Today these items are in German homes, mansions, museums,” says Poland’s deputy foreign minister.
German states oppose construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant
“Together, the federal states speak out against the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Poland and [are] in favour of abandoning the project.”
“We will destroy these people,” says Polish leader Kaczynski in response to protests
“We don’t want to live under the German boot,” added the ruling party leader.
Poland protests sale in Berlin of Kandinsky allegedly stolen from Warsaw museum
The 1928 work was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, according to Poland’s culture ministry.
If Germany does not agree to deploy Patriots to Ukraine, Poland will consider accepting them: PM
The secretary general of Poland’s ruling party has expressed concern that Germany’s initial offer was only a “PR ploy”.
“Difficult to understand” Poland’s “unrealistic” response to Patriot offer, says German ambassador
The Polish government has proposed that Germany should place the Patriot air defence systems in Ukraine, rather than in Poland.
Poland accepts German offer of Patriot air defence system after missile strike
Berlin has also offered Eurofighters to help patrol Polish airspace.
Every Polish citizen should receive war reparations from Germany, says official overseeing claim
“I believe the German chancellor will come to his senses” but, if not, “they’ll have a problem”, says Poland’s incoming deputy foreign minister.
Why has the Polish government raised the German war reparations issue?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The issue offers a way to attack the opposition and mobilise the ruling party’s electorate.
