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Polish Leader Andrzej Duda Wins Re-Election in Closest Race Since 1989…

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Polish President Andrzej Duda has won re-election in Poland’s presidential race, edging Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski in a runoff, electoral officials said Monday. The National Electoral Commission said Duda defeated Trzaskowski 51.2 percent to 48.8 percent in Sunday’s vote. The conservative incumbent, Duda campaigned on a “family values” and anti-gay rights agenda. The results will […]

Vladimir Putin: The Real Lessons of the 75th Anniversary of World War II…

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The Russian president offers a comprehensive assessment of the legacy of World War II, arguing that “Today, European politicians, and Polish leaders in particular, wish to sweep the Munich Betrayal under the carpet. The Munich Betrayal showed to the Soviet Union that the Western countries would deal with security issues without taking its interests into […]

Poland Detains Employee of Chinese Tech Giant Huawei on Spying Charges…

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Polish authorities detained and charged an employee of Chinese tech giant Huawei with spying on behalf of China, amid growing global concerns the company is tied to Chinese intelligence agencies. The arrest of Huawei’s local sales director in Poland comes a month after the company’s chief financial officer was detained in Canada at the U.S. […]

U.S. Secures 20-year Deal to Supply Natural Gas to Poland…

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Poland has signed a long-term deal with a U.S. company for supplies of liquefied natural gas as part of an effort to reduce its dependence on Russian energy, the two sides announced on Wednesday. Port Arthur LNG, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Sempra Energy, and Poland’s state gas company PGNiG jointly announced the agreement for […]

What Is the UN Migration Pact?…

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The UN’s Global Compact for Migration sets out nonbinding guidelines for an integrated approach to international migration. DW looks at the agreement and at why some nations are vehemently against it. The UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration marks the first time the world body has agreed on a list of global […]

Croatia Will Not Sign UN Migration Pact Joining U.S., Hungary and Austria…

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Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic will not sign the UN’s Global Compact for Migration (GCM), Croatian newsportal Direktno reports. The website bases the decision on a Facebook post by Croatian TV journalist Velimir Bujanec. He asked her position on the GCM after a lot of people we’re interested in her stance. In the answer his editorial […]

Polish President: Enforcing Holocaust Law May Be ‘Unrealistic’…

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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 […]

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