Obama Warns of the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 President Barack Obama welcomed delegates from 47 nations to Tuesday's session of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC, with a tribute to the Polish representatives in attendance and a moment of silence for their loss before striking a note of warning (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poland’s President, Top Leaders Die in Russian Plane Crash

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2010 Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and nearly half of the country's top leadership perished in a Saturday morning plane crash in foggy western Russia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Romania to Host U.S. Missile Shield

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2010 In an announcement more apt for a dinner party than a defense memorandum, Romania has agreed to host a new U missile shield in its territory aimed at protecting Western interests from the "emerging threat" of Iranian ballistic missiles. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stolen Auschwitz Sign Found in Pieces

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2009 "Arbeit macht frei." Work makes you free. Those three German words sat over the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland for the better part of a century until the 16-foot, 90-pound sign went missing Friday. Police found it in northern Poland on Sunday, cut into three pieces. Five men were arrested. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Europe Balks at Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2009 As President Barack Obama considers whether to send more American forces to fight in Afghanistan, it's looking as if European countries are unlikely to commit more of their own troops to the cause, according to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Puzzling, Dangerous U.S. Policy Comes to an End

William Pfaff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2009 President Barack Obama's cancellation of his predecessor's missile-defense scheme for Poland and the Czech Republic presumably brings to a close one of the least explicable and most dangerous American policy initiatives since the Cold War officially ended. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Putin Scores Points With the Poles

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2009 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has attempted to improve relations between his country and Poland by addressing some wrongs committed by the Soviet Union -- and later Russia -- against its Baltic neighbor in recent decades. He offered an apology in an article he penned for the Polish paper Gazeta Wyborcza that ran Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

World War II: 70 Years and We’re Still Fighting

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2009 The Germans invaded Poland on this day 70 years ago, and so began what many consider the greatest conflict in human history An estimated 60 million people would die, including 27 million Soviets and 12 million Jews, Gypsies, gays and other victims of the Nazi holocaust Most of the dead were civiliansSeventy years ago today the Germans invaded Poland, and the rest is history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Polish Politics at the Piano

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2009 Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman's debut at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles took a political turn on Sunday night when he took a moment before his final number to announce that he wouldn't play in the U.S. again as long as America pursues an imperialist agenda on the world stage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Let Them Eat Caviar

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2008 Some needy denizens of Milan will be served a rare delicacy this holiday season, after Italian customs officials seized about 88 pounds of beluga caviar from smugglers trying to sneak it in from Poland. The loot -- worth over half a million dollars -- was donated to feed the Milanese poor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poles Take Another Look at Jaruzelski

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2008 As Poland's last communist-era head of state, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski faced off with the country's growing pro-democracy Solidarity movement and drew widespread criticism and outrage for his 1981 crackdown on the organization. Now some former detractors are reconsidering his legacy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rice Pops Up in Baghdad

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2008 Where in the world is Condoleezza Rice? Well, as the ink was drying on the deal she signed to secure Poland's cooperation in the United States' controversial missile shield project, Secretary of State Rice turned up in Baghdad on Thursday for an unscheduled visit with Iraqi leaders. Surprise! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )