Category: Poland

Remembering the 51st Anniversary of Communist-Era Massacre of Polish Workers

December 17 marks 51 years since Poland’s communist rulers used the military and tanks to violently suppress strikes of Polish workers who were protesting difficult living conditions, exacerbated by increased food prices introduced by the regime. Piotr Brzeziński, Ph.D., a historian at the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) in Poland, talked to The Epoch Times…


Polish T-mobile Unit Faces Cyber Attack, Systems Not Compromised

WARSAW—The Polish unit of T-Mobile said on Friday it had faced a cyber attack but said its network was not blocked and its critical systems had not been compromised. The company said in a statement it had faced a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, in which hackers try to paralyze a network by flooding it with…


Food and Fuel Costs Rise Drastically Due to Inflation in Central Europe

On either side of the Atlantic, inflation is affecting many nations, with the developing economies of Central and Eastern Europe bearing the brunt of the global supply chain crisis along with high energy costs. Lithuania posted one of the highest annual inflation rates recorded with 8.2 percent, while Estonia registered 6.8 percent, Hungary 6.6 percent,…


EU Top Executive Announces More Measures to Counter Belarusian Border Crisis

The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced expounding measures to counter the illegal immigration crisis at the EU border with Belarus. Speaking on Tuesday at the European Parliament, von der Leyen said that the EU Commission would allocate additional funding to provide humanitarian aid to illegal immigrants in Belarus, facilitate their repatriation,…


Poland Says Belarus Ferries Migrants Back to Border After Clearing Camps

BIELSK PODLASKI, Poland/BRUZGI, Belarus—Poland accused Belarus on Friday of trucking hundreds of migrants back to the border and pushing them to attempt to cross illegally, only hours after clearing camps at a frontier that has become the focus of an escalating East-West crisis. The accusation by Poland suggests the crisis has not been resolved by…


‘Absolutely Possible’ Belarus Helped Illegal Immigrants Cross Border, Says Lukashenka

Belarus’ leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka said on Friday it is “absolutely possible” that troops at the Polish-Belarusian border have helped illegal immigrants into the European Union (EU), according to reports. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the authoritarian leader said that Belarusian troops know illegal immigrants are trying to reach Germany, adding that “maybe someone helped…


Belarusian Leader Agrees to EU Talks on Border Crisis: Press Agency

Belarusian president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, allegedly agreed to negotiate with the European Union about how to solve the illegal immigration crisis at the Belarusian–Polish border. Lukashenko, in a phone conversation with Germany’s acting Chancellor Angela Merkel, on Monday, agreed that Belarus would negotiate with the EU a solution to the border crisis, according to Belarusian press…


Illegal Immigrants Trying to Cross Polish-Belarusian Border Increased, Officials Say

The number of illegal immigrants trying to cross the Polish-Belarusian border in an attempt to enter the European Union has increased, Polish authorities said on Thursday. Poland’s border guard said on Twitter on Nov. 18 that there had been 501 attempts to cross the border the previous day, with one group consisting of around 500…


Lukshenko Hybrid-Warfare On Polish and Baltic Borders Tests EU Resolve: Expert

Pressure is mounting on the European Union (EU) to deal with the alleged weaponisation of migrants by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko and his regime ordered thousands of migrants from the Middle East to be shipped to the EU borders in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, threatening the cohesion and solidarity between the EU and its…


Poland Turns Water Cannon on Migrants At Belarus Border

BRUSSELS/WARSAW—Polish security forces fired water cannon at rock-throwing migrants on the border with Belarus on Nov. 16, and NATO reiterated its support for Warsaw in a crisis that has left thousands stranded on the frontier in icy temperatures. Video footage released by Polish authorities showed migrants also throwing bottles and logs across a barbed-wire border…