Category: Poland

Israel Condemns Poland Restitution Law, Recalls Top Diplomat

WARSAW, Poland—Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest. The move ignited a diplomatic crisis between Israel’s new government and the nationalist conservative government…


1 Million Pfizer Vaccine Doses From Poland Arrive in Australia

SYDNEY—Australia has secured about 1 million additional doses of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine from Poland that will start arriving on Sunday night, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. The doses, provided by the Polish government, will be targeted for Australians ages 20 to 39 years old, particularly in the 12 NSW local government areas in Sydney…


Belarus Sprinter Feels Safe, Looks to Future in Poland

WARSAW, Poland—After all the turmoil of the last week, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya finally feels safe. The Belarusian Olympic sprinter who found refuge in Poland to avoid punishment at home after criticizing team officials at the Tokyo Games says she now hopes to focus on how to keep up a world-class running career. Speaking in an interview…


Belarusian Olympic Sprinter Says Family Warned Her to Flee, Fearing Reprisals

A Belarusian sprinter, who refused to board a flight back to her home country out of fear she would be arrested after publicly criticizing her coaches at the Tokyo Olympics, revealed her grandmother also warned her it was not safe to return. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya of eastern Belarus has since fled to the capital of Poland…


‘Queen’ Dreams: Poland’s Wlodarczyk Wins Third Straight Hammer Gold Medal

TOKYO—Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk won a third straight Olympic gold on Tuesday, dominating the women’s hammer throw final and further cementing her status as the greatest of all time in the event. The world record holder threw her first attempt into the net but recovered for her best performance of the season, launching the hammer 78.48…


Poland Wins First 4x400m Mixed Relay Gold as Team USA Claims Bronze

TOKYO—Poland scored an upset win in the inaugural Olympic 4×400 meters mixed relay on Saturday, with Dominican Republic picking up silver and the United States taking bronze. The Polish team, comprised of Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna Swiety-Ersetic, and Kajetan Duszynski, put on a gutsy performance inside the fan-free Olympic Stadium after posting the fastest…


Berlin-Bound Train Partly Derails in Poland; 8 Injured

WARSAW, Poland—A Berlin-bound train hit a truck at a railroad crossing Thursday in northwestern Poland, and eight people were slightly injured when the train partly derailed, authorities said. Two cars of the DB Regio train traveling from Szczecin, Poland, to Germany’s capital derailed at about 6:30 a.m. local time when the train hit the truck…


Warsaw Spirit: Finding the History of Vodka in Poland

Once, back in 1915, the streets here flowed with vodka. Hoping to strike a blow at the soul of the Polish people, retreating Russian soldiers in the First World War dumped out more than 2.5 million gallons of Luksusowa and Wyborowa, the streets outside the country’s largest distillery soaked with the good stuff. But the…


Six Polish Swimmers Sent Home From Japan After Admin Blunder

The president of Poland’s swimming federation (PZP) has apologized after six athletes were sent home from the Tokyo Games due to an administrative error. Poland had sent 23 swimmers to Japan but the PZP was forced to cut the squad down to 17 based on world governing body FINA’s qualifying rules. PZP President Pawel Slominski…


Poland to Buy 250 US Tanks as It Seeks to Beef up Defenses

WARSAW—Poland will buy 250 U.S. tanks as part of a deal worth around $6 billion, the defense minister said on Wednesday, as the NATO member seeks to bolster its defenses. In common with many other eastern European countries, Poland has been unnerved by what it sees as increased Russian assertiveness since Moscow annexed Crimea from…