Poland’s only cosmonaut, Mirosław Hermaszewski, dies aged 81
Hermaszewski circled Earth in the Soyuz 30 spacecraft in 1978 as part of the Soviet Intercosmos programme Poland’s only cosmonaut, Gen Mirosław Hermaszewski, who circled...
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In eastern Poland, Putin’s war has turned former enemies into friends
Opposition to Russian aggression has helped Poles and Ukrainians put bitter 20th-century history behind them Patriot missiles ring the airport in the Polish border city...
Russia-Ukraine war latest: two killed in attack on Zaporizhzhia as Russia launches mass strikes across Ukraine
Kyiv and Dnipro air defence systems working to shoot down incoming rockets, officials say as Odesa and Dnipro also attacked At a glance: what we...
Polish president says missile probably came from Ukraine defences
Andrzej Duda says there is no evidence to suggest missile that landed in his country was launched by Russia Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates...
Poland considers calling meeting of Nato ministers after missile strike
Two farmers killed near border with Ukraine by what Poland has claimed were Russian-made weapons Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Poland is considering calling...
How border walls are triggering ecological disaster | George Monbiot
Like humanity, wildlife knows no boundaries. Stopping people moving also carves up habitats, driving species to extinction This is the century in which humanitarian and...
‘It’s hard, we’re neighbours’: the coalmine polluting friendships on Poland’s borders
Czechs and Germans who live in the shadow of the vast Turów mine claim it is an environmental menace. Some in Poland want to weaponise...
Pills in the post: how Covid reopened the abortion wars
Lockdown revolutionised women’s access to home treatment – and strengthened the anti-abortion backlash Kay, 34, realised her period was late a month into Britain’s lockdown....
‘We need free speech’: protests erupt across Poland over controversial media bill
The bill, yet to be signed into law, would tighten rules around foreign ownership of media Poles have staged nationwide protests including a thousands-strong rally...
