Poland Archives

France and its farmers, joined by other agricultural groups in Europe, oppose the EU-Mercosur trade deal and held protests

World

EU hopes Trump tariffs can nudge Mercosur deal past finish line

The spectre of a transatlantic trade war is also fuelling hopes of a silver lining in Europe: that a commerce deal with four South...

AFPApril 17, 2025

Poland and the Baltic state want to withdraw from the international treaty banning anti-personnel mines

World

Poland, Baltics signal plans to withdraw from landmines treaty

Poland and the Baltic states on Tuesday took a first step towards quitting a treaty banning anti-personnel mines, citing an increased security risk from...

AFPMarch 18, 2025

The defence ministers of Poalnd, Germany, France, Italy and Britain acknowledged challenges posed by Trump's administration

World

‘Very broad consensus’ emerging among Europeans on Ukraine: France

A “very broad consensus” is emerging among European nations on boosting Ukraine’s long-term security through the Ukrainian armed forces, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu...

AFPMarch 12, 2025

A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to the antenna of a Starlink satellite-based broadband system in Bakhmut in February 2023

World

After Poland spat, Musk vows Ukraine can keep Starlink

Musk vowed to maintain Ukraine's access to his Starlink satellite network, after a fierce online clash with Poland's outspoken foreign minister.

AFPMarch 9, 2025

Poland is far ahead of its allies in terms of military expenditure, aiming to spend 4.7 percent of its GDP on defence this year

World

Poland mulls mines treaty exit, plans military training for men

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday announced a slew of measures aimed at boosting his country’s defence, including a possible exit from a...

AFPMarch 7, 2025

This undated handout photo published by the Gouda Museum on June 12, 2024, and obtained on March 2, 2025, shows the painting entitled "Woman Carrying Embers", also known as "Woman Moving A Bonfire", by Flemish-Dutch master Pieter Brueghel the Younger circa 1626, shown at an exhibition at the Museum Gouda, in Gouda

World

Police, art sleuth crack case of Brueghel stolen in Poland in 1974

With the help of a well-known art detective and arts magazine journalists, Dutch police say they have cracked the case of the mysterious disappearance...

AFPMarch 3, 2025

Artificial intelligence will be used to interpret questions from members of the public

Tech & Science

‘Tell the world’: Holocaust survivors entrust memories to AI

Survivors of the Holocaust have entrusted their memories of the Nazi death camps to artificial intelligence to ensure that generations to come can access...

AFPJanuary 27, 2025

Some survivors wore scarves in the blue-and-white stripes of their death camp uniforms

World

World marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

The world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Monday, with some of the few remaining survivors attending ceremonies at the...

AFPJanuary 27, 2025