The Governmental Committee for the Standardization of Geographical Names in Warsaw (Poland) recommended using the Polish name Krulewiec for Russian Kaliningrad. The change went into effect May 9th. The publication Voice of America told in more detail. The Polish Committee stated that the Russian name of the city is "artificial and not related to ...
The Prosecutor's Office of Poland confiscated money from the accounts of the Russian embassy and the trade mission of the Russian Federation. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev. He said that we are talking about large amounts in dollars, writes Voice of America. Andreev said that the funds from the accounts ...
Poland installed barbed wire along its border with Russia just hours after rockets hit its territory, killing two people, according to the DailyMail. Today, soldiers were seen laying barbed wire near the village of Shiliny not far from…
In Poland, a political scandal erupted around a journalistic investigation that showed that the parliamentary commission investigating the circumstances of the “Smolensk disaster” in 2010 could have withheld from the public some of the essential data about the crash of the presidential plane, the BBC reports. Journalists claim that the commission had at its disposal the results...
Polish authorities have compiled a list of 45 Russian diplomats suspected of espionage. The Russian ambassador confirmed that they were being expelled from the country, the BBC reported. The Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW) is asking for the expulsion of Russians from Polish territory “in connection with Russia’s policy towards...
The US State Department warns citizens of Ukraine that the US Mission in Ukraine does not currently offer visa services. From now on, Ukrainian immigrant visas (IV), except in cases of adoption, will be processed at the Consulate General of Frankfurt, including Diversity Visa (DV) visas…
The US Embassy in Warsaw shares important information: Ukrainian citizens can receive special services. Where to apply if: You are a US citizen and you have a spouse or child from Ukraine who wants to come to the US on a nonimmigrant visa If you already have an appointment…
People freeze in the woods. The BBC reports on the migrant crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus. Shots, bonfires, tents, soldiers, tear gas and thousands of refugees - all this is observed on one of the sections of the border between Poland and Belarus, where a serious confrontation is taking place ...
Polish authorities said that the Belarusian side fired at Polish soldiers patrolling the border with Belarus. The Voice of America writes about this. According to Polish Border Guard spokeswoman Anna Michalska, there were no casualties. “Blanks were probably used,” she said. Michalska stated that for...
There is a crowd of people on the Polish-Ukrainian border. Thousands of Ukrainians want to have time to return home before Ukraine completely closes its borders. How fast the queue moves - it is not known, as, in fact, the number of people waiting to cross the border, reports TSN. Videos are published on the Internet ...