Latest update: 11/04/2011

- anniversary - Lech Kaczynski - Poland

Lech Kaczynski's death, one year on

On Sunday, Poland marks the first anniversary of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people, including the First Lady and a number of dignitaries. While the tragedy brought the Polish people together, the unity didn't last long; Kaczynski's supporters, including his twin brother, have hit the government with a series of accusations over his death and the crash investigation.

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By Gulliver CRAGG

23/05/2012 - CANADA

Students in Quebec march against tuition fee hike

Student protests in the Canadian province Quebec are into their fourth month. Hundreds were arrested at marches to mark 100 days since the protests began. Students are demonstrating against an 80 percent rise in tuition fees in Quebec, the Canadian province that has until now enjoyed the country's lowest rates for higher education.

23/05/2012 - EGYPT

Egyptians head to the polls

Egyptians go to the polls in the country's first truly contested presidential election on Wednesday. With an array of candidates to choose from, voters will decide who's the best man to lead them through the last phase of the country's troubled democratic transition that began with Egypt's revolution in January last year. Cairo correspondents Kathryn Stapley and Sonia Dridi talked to some of the activists whose protests in Tahrir Square changed the course of Egypt's history.

22/05/2012 - EGYPT

A troubling time for Egypt's Coptic Christians

Egyptians go to the polls tomorrow to vote for a new president for the first time since Hosni Mubarak was ousted during the revolution last year. Two of the front-runners in the presidential race with a realistic chance of winning are devout Islamists, which is troubling for Egypt's Coptic Christians. They are Egypt's largest religious minority and many of them don't think any of the candidates are capable of protecting them from the religious violence that has been steadily increasing.

22/05/2012 - WEST BANK

'The Battle of the Empty Stomachs'

Palestinians nicknamed it "the battle of the empty stomachs". For weeks, 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails refused food and drink in what became the longest ever mass hunger strike. Israel finally capitulated and a deal was reached, allowing those in isolation back onto the general wards, and visas for those family members wishing to visit from Gaza. In exchange, prisoners agreed not to carry out "security activities" such as recruiting for terrorist missions.

21/05/2012 - SERBIA

Serbia's new president - nationalist or not?

Serbia has elected a new president - and it's not the one that most people were expecting. Tomislav Nikolic has unseated Boris Tadic, the man in power since 2004. Observers are worried about the new head of state, who used to be part of the ultra-nationalist Radical Party. He once said he would prefer to be allied with Russia than join the EU, but he has since toned down the rhetoric, saying he will take Serbia to Europe after all.

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Polish nation remember 10.04.2010

by Anonyme - 15/04/2011 - 17:37

ı could not believe that french tv also supporting those horrible lies. now i can see, that everywhere ıs a problem with free media, not just in Poland..
10.04.2011 i was there. and together with me about 100 000 people was there to protest against lies to protest against tusk government who gave our country to putin. Polish nation remember 10.04.2010 can forgive but never forget

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Those guys from the pub do

by Anonyme - 11/04/2011 - 08:56

Those guys from the pub do not represent young Poles. Look at the videos and photos from yesterday. Many young people came to demand the truth about the crah.

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were not protesting against

by Anonyme - 09/04/2011 - 23:54

were not protesting against the government for leaving the invesetigation in the hands of Russia. did you see videos of Russian soldiers cutting the Polish plane into pieces with a saw? or breaking its windows? did you know the Russians left the wreckage in the rain and snow? did you know that they manipulated the copies of black boxes and never gave the original ones back? if you are reliable juornalists youll write tomorrow that we are protesting against evident manipulations in the crash investigation

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