The Biden administration plans to sell nearly 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers and various other weapons and related equipment worth about $10 billion to NATO ally Poland. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement that Congress was notified of the potential sale on Feb. 7. Lawmakers will still need…
US Plans $10 Billion Sale of HIMARS Rocket Launchers, Ammunition to Poland
Poland Redeploys Patriot Missiles to Capital City for Drills
WARSAW, Poland—Patriot missile batteries that Poland acquired from the U.S. last year have been deployed to the country’s capital Warsaw as part of military exercise, according to Poland’s defense ministry. Poland is taking additional steps to strengthen its defensive capabilities as Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine enters its second year later this month. At least…
Germany Starts Deploying Patriot Air Defense Units to Poland
GNOIEN, Germany—Germany on Monday dispatched the first two out of three Patriot air defense units that will be sent to the Polish town of Zamosc close to the Ukrainian border where they will be deployed to prevent stray missile strikes. Two men were killed by a stray Ukrainian missile that struck the Polish village of…
Poland-Greece Flight Diverted for Landing: False Bomb Alert
All 190 passengers and crew aboard a Ryanair flight from Poland on Sunday disembarked safely in Athens International Airport with an escort of two Greek warplanes after a bomb alert was reported to authorities. Greek police spokesperson Constantia Dimoglidou said the Boeing 737 flight from Katowice in Poland was diverted to an isolated area for…
PREMIERING NOW: Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’
I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…
Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’
I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…
PREMIERING 1/21 at 7:30pm ET: Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’
I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…
PREMIERING 7:30pm ET: Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’
I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…
Horse Rider With ‘Mystery Illness’ Marries Boyfriend of 3 Months Who Never Left Her Side
Just three months into their relationship, a U.S. equestrian and her Polish boyfriend were tested beyond measure when the woman was hospitalized with mysterious, painful symptoms. Soon bed-bound and completely dependent, she was told by her doctors she would never ride again. In her pain, she asked her police officer boyfriend to leave, but he…
Poland’s Only Cosmonaut, Who Circled Earth in 1978, Has Died
WARSAW, Poland—Poland’s only cosmonaut, Gen. Miroslaw Hermaszewski, who circled the Earth in a Soviet spacecraft in 1978, has died. He was 81. The retired air force pilot’s death on Monday was announced via Twitter by his son-in-law, European Parliament member Ryszard Czarnecki. He later told Polish media outlets that Hermaszewski died at a hospital in…
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