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Jews - Poland - World War II
Yannick Haenel, writer
French writer Yannick Haenel is this year’s winner of the Interallié literature prize for his latest book ‘Jan Karski’, named after the man who tried to warn the world about the mass murder of Europe’s Jews during the Second World War.
communism - Poland - war
General Wojciech Jaruzelski
Poland, 1981, General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared a state of war. Gautier RYBINSKI revisits the event with him.
Berlin Wall - Poland
Lech Walesa, former Polish president and co-founder of Solidarnosc
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate looks back on the symbol of the Cold War and of a divided Europe.
Berlin Wall - Hungary - Poland
Gdansk, Budapest - on the trail of 1989
FRANCE 24 continues its journey across Europe as it commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. After Vienna and Bratislava, a look at Poland and Hungary.
DIPLOMACY
Romania joins Poland in backing new US anti-missile plans, Biden says
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Romania has joined Poland in embracing the new US missile defence system that replaces plans for a European missile shield. Slovakia, however, has ruled out taking part.
GERMANY
Court rejects appeal to block trial of accused Nazi guard Demjanjuk
Germany's constitutional court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by 89-year-old John Demjanjuk, accused of helping murder 27,900 Jews in a Nazi death camp, to have his scheduled Nov. 30 trial blocked.
DEFENCE
Poland ready to join new US anti-missile plans, premier says
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (right) said on Wednesday during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden (left) that Poland would take part in a new US anti-missile system that replaces plans for a European missile shield opposed by Russia.
EUROPEAN UNION
Poland signs Lisbon Treaty, Czechs last to hold out
Polish President Lech Kaczynski (photo) has ratified the EU Lisbon Treaty, leaving the Czech Republic as the only country yet to sign. The Czech president has demanded changes to the text despite mounting pressure at home and abroad.
LISBON TREATY
Poland to sign on Saturday, says presidential aide
After a series of contradictory statements over Polish plans to sign the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, an aide to President Lech Kaczynski (photo) said the signing ceremony would take place on Saturday.
EUROPEAN UNION
Confusion over Poland's signing of Lisbon Treaty
Confusion has reigned over Poland's ratification of the Lisbon Treaty on EU reform after the Polish president's twin brother denied media reports that President Lech Kaczynski will sign the treaty on Sunday, saying "it is all media speculation."
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