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A Polish grandfather left New York Sunday on his third solo trans-Atlantic crossing in a kayak, aiming to arrive in Portugal in time to celebrate his 70th birthday on firm ground in September.

• 30 мая 2016, 11:33

Former Polish leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa slammed plans by his country's incoming government to stop welcoming refugees.

• 16 ноября 2015, 14:34

Tens of thousands of protesters poured into Warsaw's streets for a demonstration organised by the far-right, marching under the slogan "Poland for the Polish" and burning an EU flag.

• 12 ноября 2015, 13:37

Poland is prepared to take Russia to court over what it sees as foot-dragging in the investigation of the 2010 air crash in which then president Lech Kaczynskidied.

• 11 ноября 2015, 13:25

The resounding victory of Poland's conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party in general election has given a boost to European eurosceptics.

• 28 октября 2015, 13:11

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned that any attempt to hold "unlawful" elections in rebel-run areas in the country's east would constitute a breach of a February peace deal.

• 10 сентября 2015, 11:36

NATO flexed its muscles in Poland during the first full drill of its new spearhead force, a structure designed to boost security on its eastern flank.

• 19 июня 2015, 13:08

NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday the alliance was implementing its biggest defence reinforcement since the Cold War.

• 18 июня 2015, 12:09

Filming is underway in Poland on a new biopic about the life of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, the first woman ever to win not one, but two, Nobel prizes.

• 18 июня 2015, 11:40

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated the winner of the presidential elections in Poland Andrzej Duda.

• 31 мая 2015, 01:29

Polish voters have opted for change and chosen the conservative and relatively unknown lawyer Andrzej Duda as their next president, spelling a possible return to power of his eurosceptic mentor.

• 26 мая 2015, 12:05

Andrzej Duda, the 43-year-old conservative MEP and lawyer who won Poland's cliffhanger presidential election on Sunday, has strong ties to the powerful Kaczynski twins.

• 25 мая 2015, 13:41

Conservative opposition challenger Andrzej Duda pulled off a surprise first-round lead in Poland's presidential ballot.

• 11 мая 2015, 15:52

Writer Yuriy Serebryanskiy has become the winner of the Russian Award for the second time.

• 28 апреля 2015, 22:32

Poland said it had denied entry to a Russian biker gang backed by the Kremlin that plans to ride through Europe to celebrate the Soviet Union's role in the World War II victory.

• 25 апреля 2015, 12:35

Poles marked the fifth anniversary of the deadly plane crash in Russia that killed then president Lech Kaczynski and 95 officials.

• 11 апреля 2015, 10:57

The Astana Arlans defeat Raffako Hussars 5:0.

• 01 апреля 2015, 00:00

A Kazakh native turned Polish human rights advocate shares her presidential ambitions.

• 03 марта 2015, 17:41

Poland's "Ida," about a young nun who discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation, won the best foreign language movie Oscar.

• 23 февраля 2015, 14:52

Kazakhstan has returned its second place at the 17th Winter Universiade overall medal count.

• 05 февраля 2015, 01:41