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Since Russian attack on Ukraine, already 672,000 people fleeing the war entered Poland from Ukraine (as of March 4, at 07.00).

If Europe thinks it will remain the same if Ukraine is lost, then it is deeply mistaken – Mateusz MORAWIECKI declared in Kyiv.

During the Economic Forum in Karpacz on 6 September, KGHM Polska Miedź SA and SN Nuclearelectrica SA announced the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding on the project development for small modular reactors.

Poland is a trusted and willing ally of the United States for many critical reasons.  Indeed, Poland has become America’s most vital partner on a number of key security fronts in Europe, whether they be military, economic, or energy. 

The common view that Ultra shaved two years off the war is hard to sustain, but it did save the allies months in time and hundreds of thousands of lives. Britons and Poles can take pride in that achievement. Neither needs to exaggerate it

The largest number of migrants from Africa and Asia fleeing to Europe are leaving from Libya. Eric REIDY and Mateusz M. KRAWCZYK discuss the migration policies of the European Union and Libya, showing how the authorities are working together to suppress migration.

Poland celebrates its Independence Day on 11 November. On 10 November 1918, Józef Piłsudski, the man who contributed most to Poland’s liberation, arrived in Warsaw. The following day saw the end of the First World War. And yet for Poland this was just the beginning of its struggle.  

The countries of the Three Seas Initiative have made different use of their regained freedom. However, if they did not have to grapple with the consequences of aggressive Russian imperialism and were better understood in the West, they could contribute a lot to the global freedom potential. 

The war has forced several millions of Ukrainians to leave their country. The Poles have welcomed these war refugees to their homes with open arms. By an unprecedented decision of the Polish authorities, the Ukrainians were granted the same rights as the Poles, the only exception being the right to vote. 

“[…] there are no more occupiers. We’re our own masters and hosts,” rejoiced Warsaw politician and columnist Ignacy Baliński in November 1918. But Poland’s newly regained freedom still had to be defended against Russia – just as Ukraine does today.

It is no coincidence that we inaugurated the Empty Frames campaign in Polish museums right before the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s attack on Poland on 17 September 1939.

The effects of World War II – demographic, economic, infrastructural, scientific, educational and cultural – are felt by Poles until today.

For the past 30 years, the Polish economy has been developing at a high pace, reaching an annual average of 4-5%. The COVID-19 pandemic halted this rapid growth, however only in 2020, after which Poland returned to its previous fast track of development. 

The inevitable split of the Visegrad Group does not discredit Central Europe. A rejection of the often disingenuous and pro-Russian ‘conservatism’ of Orban’s party is, in fact, a necessary precondition for the rest of the region to assert itself as a serious, constructive player.

It was only with the COVID-19 pandemic that many of us became aware of this. It came as a shock to us that borders and free movement across borders in Europe could be restricted. Norwegians could no longer buy alcohol in Sweden or visit their relatives with such ease – writes prof. Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

Perhaps, instead of passing over in silence the Spanish contribution to shaping the image of Russia as a threat to Europe, it might be a good idea to explore the causes of that image?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been full of painful resonances.  From the forced deportations of countless women and children to the executions of those that would resist

When we say that a State may be obligated in certain circumstances, to make reparations to other States? – ask Sebastian Morello.

Germany never gave justice to its National Socialist past, they never compensated their victims. Heinz Reinefarth, the “Slaughterer of Warsaw,” was not only never punished but made a political career in Germany, prof. Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI argues.

The outbreak of the Second World War, which began on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by the Nazi Third Reich, is one of the events annually commemorated throughout Europe.