Poland’s president on Tuesday said it may not be possible to punish anyone under the new law banning statements suggesting Polish complicity in the Holocaust, especially if they are made abroad. Andrzej Duda earlier signed a bill into law that calls for prison terms for people blaming Poland as a nation for Holocaust crimes committed […]
Polish President: Enforcing Holocaust Law May Be ‘Unrealistic’…
Poland Says No Thanks to $9.2B Credit Line from IMF…
Warsaw will withdraw from the International Monetary Fund’s precautionary Flexible Credit Line (FCL) worth billions of dollars, according to the country’s finance ministry. “We are resigning from a $9.2 billion credit line from the IMF. The Polish economy is in such a good situation that we can do it,” the ministry quoted Finance Minister Mateusz […]
Netanyahu Tells European Leaders Concern for Palestinian Rights Is “Crazy”…
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, was caught on tape on Wednesday urging four European leaders to help him undermine a provision of a European Union trade agreement that imposes an obligation on Israel to respect the rights of the millions of Palestinians it rules in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In […]
President Trump Says “Hello Poland!” (Transcript and Video)…
Trump Compares Russiagate to Iraqi WMD Lie…
President Trump and First Lady Receive Hero’s Welcome in Poland…
The nation of Poland prepared a hero’s welcome for U.S. President Donald Trump in advance of his Wednesday night arrival in Warsaw. But the Polish government executed a decidedly understated ceremony to greet Air Force One at Chopin Airport. Lawmakers in the formerly communist nation see in Trump a mirror of their own brand of […]
Czech Republic Joins Poland, Hungary and Slovakia in Refusing Merkel’s Economic Migrants…
The Czech Republic has joined its Central European neighbors in officially announcing a withdrawal from the European Union’s 2015 migrant resettlement program. After much criticism of the scheme, which seeks to resettle an initial 160,000 migrants from Italy and Greece across EU member states, the Czechs have finally withdrawn citing concerns over security and the […]
Hungarian PM Orban Seeking Ways to ‘Stop’ Brussels, Soros…
Budapest has kicked off a nationwide campaign aimed at reducing Brussels’ influence on the nation: a questionnaire dubbed “Let’s stop Brussels!” has been recently sent out to the Hungarian public. The questionnaire consists of six questions about how to deal with EU policies, including the most controversial issues — the refugee crisis and the activities […]
Is McCain Hijacking Trump’s Foreign Policy? by Patrick J. Buchanan…
“The senator from Kentucky,” said John McCain, speaking of his colleague Rand Paul, “is working for Vladimir Putin … and I do not say that lightly.” What did Sen. Paul do to deserve being called a hireling of Vladimir Putin? He declined to support McCain’s call for a unanimous Senate vote to bring Montenegro into […]