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Poland raises prospect of snap election in standoff over presidential vote

Reuters
Posted at May 06 06:13 PM

Poland may need to dissolve parliament and hold a snap election unless lawmakers allow a presidential vote, which the government wants to hold by postal ballot during the coronavirus crisis, the prime minister's chief of staff said on Wednesday. Read more »

Polish composer Penderecki dies at 86 after long illness

Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 06:20 AM

WARSAW/KRAKOW (Reuters) - Poland’s Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the world’s most celebrated composers, died on Sunday at the age of 86, his family said. Read more »

Priest offers drive-thru confessions to beat coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 27 08:44 AM

WARSAW, Poland - A parish priest in western Poland is offering his flock the possibility of Easter confessions from the comfort of their own car as social distancing to fight the coronavirus becomes the new norm. Read more »

Pinoy truck drivers apektado sa full border control ng Poland

Rosemary Toledo-Menta, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 08:50 AM

OPALENICA, Poland - Mula sa normal na apat na oras na biyahe mula Frankfurt (Oder) papuntang Opalenica, Poland, inabot ang biyahe ng Pinoy truck driver na si Sean Belarmino ng isang araw at 14-oras sa pagpila sa border control papasok ng Poland mula Germany. Read more »

Poland announces first coronavirus case

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 07:49 PM

The man, who had visited Germany, is "not part of a risk group" and his life is not in danger, Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski told a news conference. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 27, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 12:02 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Remembering the liberation of Auschwitz

Aleksandra Szmigiel, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 10:04 PM

A woman pays her respects after a wreath-laying ceremony at the "death wall" at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Osweiecim, Poland on Monday. Read more »

Resham Saeed finishes in top 25 of Miss Supranational 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 06:19 AM

Philippine bet Resham Saeed made it to the top 25 of Miss Supranational 2019 pageant held in Silesia, Poland early Saturday (Manila time). Read more »

Netflix to change Nazi guard documentary after Polish complaint

Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 07:55 AM

Netflix said on Thursday it would make changes to maps in a documentary that showed German Nazi death camps inside the borders of modern Poland, after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki pressed the streaming and production company to act. Read more »

Football: Poland, Russia reach Euro 2020

Jed Court, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 10:33 AM

Poland and Russia secured their places at Euro 2020 on Sunday with victories over North Macedonia and Cyprus respectively, while Germany and the Netherlands boosted their hopes of reaching the finals. Read more »

Pope Francis moves anti-communist cardinal closer to sainthood

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 06:46 PM

Pope Francis has recognized a miracle attributed to the late Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, a revered icon of his country's resistance to communism in the post-war period, a step that moves him closer to sainthood. Read more »

US approves sale of F-35 fighters to Poland

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 08:53 AM

WASHINGTON - The US government announced the approval of the sale of thirty-two F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Poland Wednesday, boosting the air capabilities of a key NATO ally.   Read more »

FIBA World Cup: Poland pulls shocker

Peter Stebbings, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 01:50 PM

Poland are shock quarter-finalists at the World Cup but the team have even grander ambitions -- proving once and for all that theirs is a basketball country. Read more »

Germany asks Polish forgiveness 80 years after WWII outbreak

Anna Maria Jakubek and Stanislaw Waszak, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 07:06 AM

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland's forgiveness 80 years after Germany's attack triggered World War II while his Polish counterpart denounced Russia's recent "imperialist" aggression against its neighbors.   Read more »

Pride and prejudice: Poland at war over gay rights before vote

Michel Viatteau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 09 05:01 PM

WARSAW - Poland's October general election is shaping up to be dominated neither by the economy nor politics as the devout Catholic country goes to war over LGBT rights, denounced by the governing conservatives and an archbishop as a "threat" to their way of life. Read more »

Karneng galing sa bansang may African swine fever, nakumpiska sa Cebu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 06:46 AM

Ipinuslit ang apektadong karne ng baboy sa Cebu at muntik nang maibenta sa mga pamilihan. Read more »

Last known survivor of Sobibor Nazi death camp dies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 04:43 AM

JERUSALEM - Semion Rosenfeld, the "last known survivor" of the Nazi death camp Sobibor, has died aged 96, the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency said Monday. Read more »

Polish priest 'very sorry' for Harry Potter book burning

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 03 10:49 PM

WARSAW - A Polish priest apologized Wednesday for burning "magic" Harry Potter books, after his actions sparked a wave of protest and comparisons with totalitarian regimes and the Inquisition. Read more »

Smuggled live tarantulas seized in Pasay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 09:27 PM

The Bureau of Customs on Monday seized 757 live tarantulas at the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay City.   Read more »

Rare albino penguin makes debut at Polish zoo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 04:51 AM

WARSAW, Poland - A rare 3-month-old albino penguin made its first public appearance at a zoo in the Polish Baltic port city of Gdansk, where its keepers claim it is the only one of its kind in captivity. Read more »