Poland urged to end ‘damaging’ impasse at Jewish museum
WARSAW, Poland — Two co-founders of a prominent Jewish history museum in Warsaw urged their third partner — the Polish government — to comply with an ...
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on
OSWIECIM, Poland — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of its liberation, r...
Europe’s bishops mark Auschwitz anniversary denouncing hate
WARSAW, Poland — Europe's Catholic bishops are marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a statement denouncing anti-Semitism a...
Legal confusion deepens in Poland in new challenge for EU
WARSAW, Poland — Legal confusion has deepened dramatically in Poland, with the government and the country’s high court judges on a collision course ov...
Polish parliament OKs law allowing gov’t to punish judges
WARSAW, Poland — Poland's lawmakers gave their final approval Thursday to legislation that will allow politicians to fire judges who criticize their d...
Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW, Poland — Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the...
AP PHOTOS: After Auschwitz, survivors still bear witness
Seventy-five years after the killing stopped at Auschwitz, the survivors still bear witness, and many observe the rising hatred and anti-Semitism in t...
AP PHOTOS: Auschwitz, 75 years after its liberation
OSWIECIM, Poland — On Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland. The Germans had already fled we...
Judges from across Europe march to defend Polish peers
WARSAW, Poland — Judges from across Europe, many of them dressed in their judicial robes, marched silently in Warsaw on Saturday in a show of solidari...
Polish PM accuses Putin of lying about outbreak of WWII
WARSAW, Poland — Poland's prime minister said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been lying in remarks blaming Poland for the outbreak o...
Putin rebuffs Western criticism of 1939 Stalin-Hitler pact
Russian President Vladimir Putin countered European criticism of a 1939 Soviet pact with Nazi Germany on Tuesday, charging that collusion with Adolf H...
Putin bristles at Western criticism of 1939 Soviet-Nazi pact
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday strongly rejected Western criticism of a 1939 Soviet pact with Nazi Germany, arguing that Western ...
Germany’s Merkel voices ‘shame’ during 1st Auschwitz visit
OSWIECIM, Poland — German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced a feeling of "deep shame” during her first-ever visit on Friday to the hallowed grounds of t...
Massive Polish coal mine sparks international dispute
UHELNA, Czech Republic — Polluted air, noise, dry wells.
African swine fever kills more than 20 wild boar in Poland
WARSAW, Poland — An outbreak of African swine fever in Poland near the German border has killed 21 wild boar, the agriculture minister said Wednesday.
Polish ruling party leader Kaczynski has knee surgery
WARSAW, Poland — An official says Poland's powerful ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski has successfully undergone a planned knee surgery.
Poland’s Nobel-winning writer to support art, civil rights
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Nobel Prize winning writer Olga Tokarczuk says she is starting a foundation to promote Polish literature as well as human ri...
Science warnings, US retreat add urgency to UN climate talks
MADRID — Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year’s international tal...
Survey: About 1 in 4 Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs
BERLIN — About one in four Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs, with such attitudes on the rise in eastern countries and mostly steady in the west, ac...
Polish opposition celebrates taking control of Senate
WARSAW, Poland — Poland's opposition parties elected their candidate as speaker of the Senate on Tuesday, a small victory that allows them to check th...
Olympic champ’s heartfelt speech marks end of an era at WADA
KATOWICE, Poland — The only reason Beckie Scott's going-away speech to the World Anti-Doping Agency wasn't her finest moment was because of all that l...
US gov’t rep unhappy with WADA lobbying effort
KATOWICE, Poland — A key American delegate at the World Anti-Doping Agency meetings lashed out at the agency's director for using government money in ...
IOC’s large role in anti-doping creates conflict of interest
KATOWICE, Poland — The idea made sense. Given the rampant amount of drug abuse in Olympic sports, the sports world needed a global watchdog.
Legal opinion: Poland, Hungary, Czechs broke EU migrant law
BRUSSELS — With overcrowded Greek migrant camps facing explosive new problems, a top EU legal adviser said Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic brok...
The Latest: Cyprus rescues 28 Syrians, Lebanese aboard boat
BRUSSELS — The Latest on immigration into Europe (all times local):