The Polish Senate passed a law criminalizing mentioning that Nazi concentration camps were Polish. It is also forbidden to claim that Poland is responsible for the crimes of the Nazis, Interfax reports. In the Polish upper chamber, the majority of senators voted for this law: 57 - for, ...
The US State Department is concerned about the possible consequences of the Polish bill, which introduces penalties for claims that Poland bears any responsibility for crimes against humanity committed by Nazi Germany on its territory during the Second World War. It is reported by the Voice of America. How…
The lower house of the Polish parliament adopted a bill introducing criminal penalties for the use of the phrase “Polish death camp” when describing the Nazi concentration camps that existed in occupied Poland, NEWSru.co.il writes about this. According to the document, the former concentration camps should be called “German concentration camps.” The adopted bill prohibits publicly...
The Polish court of Auschwitz sentenced 12 activists to real terms for a nude protest in the Auschwitz concentration camp. According to Vesti, in March 2017, 12 young people from Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Germany slaughtered a ram and took a picture naked near the former ...
An art student at an Israeli college stole several items from the Auschwitz museum in Poland, which she then used for her exhibition. This was reported by the Yediot Ahronot edition. Rotem Bides, 27, visited the museum at the site of the concentration camp six times and took out dishes from there ...
US President Donald Trump said that Russia must stop destabilizing the situation in Ukraine and providing support to what he called hostile regimes in Syria and Iran, writes BBC. “We call on Russia to stop its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere, and...
Until 2007, few people knew about Irene Sendler, but after her candidacy was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, the whole world started talking about her. Unfortunately, she then lost, but this does not diminish the importance of what she did ...
The calendar of world events for 2016 is full not only of reasons to visit unexpected places and countries, but also excuses to postpone or postpone a planned vacation. Top 9 world events that can adjust your vacation plans, compiled by CNN. 1. Presidential elections in the United ...
Poland is considering the option of expanding cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO), which may include the deployment of NATO nuclear weapons in the country. This is stated in a message on the official website of the Polish Ministry of Defense. The deputy head of this department Tomasz Shatkowski noted that Poland is planning ...
The daughter of Russian oppositionist Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in February, Zhanna, said that she would donate seven hundred thousand euros to charity and support of independent journalism in the Eastern Partnership countries. On Tuesday, Nemtsova received the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize, which is awarded by the Polish government for outstanding...