Ukrainian and North Korean troops have clashed in Russia’s Kursk region, Kyiv says
Pyongyang fires ballistic missiles into sea as regional tension rises and US votes
Poland
Lithuania says Russia responsible for exploding parcels in Europe
‘It’s part of military operations,’ says adviser to Lithuanian president amid concern sabotage nearly caused air disaster
Galway loses another restaurant: ‘I had depression for one month. This was my dream. But we have to close’
The couple behind Polka Polish Cuisine say high overheads and a drop in diners due to the cost of living have made their business untenable
European asylum policy continues to shift to the right
Under pressure from the far right, focus of EU leaders moves to more deportations and tighter borders
Adventures in Gdańsk: A few bars of Whiskey in the Jar later and I’m searching for my life jacket
This city with a complicated history has much to offer tourists: just watch out for the trad-singing
Poland’s Tusk says he will protect Polish security at EU summit
President Andrzej Duda joined the criticism of the asylum policy adopted by the government, saying it would harm Belarusian dissidents fleeing repression
‘We moved in with each other after seven days. We got engaged after eight months’
Kilkenny is now home to Nicole Server, from the Philippines, and Bart Pawlukojc, from Poland
Ex-Stasi officer sentenced over Berlin Wall killing in 1974
Polish man Czeslaw Kukuczka was shot in the back as he tried to escape to West Germany
Warsaw’s former police chief accused of accidentally blowing hole in headquarters with grenade launcher
Jaroslaw Szymczyk thought grenade launcher was a loudspeaker, say reports
A Romani survivor of Nazi terror: ‘Young people, babies, infants, were beaten to death’
Holocaust survivor Christian Pfeil says ‘it’s important to remind society again and again that this actually happened’, especially at a time when right-wing extremism is growing across Europe
Central Europe counts cost of floods as Storm Boris prompts evacuations in Italy
EU pledges billions to repair efforts after deadly and devastating inundation
Poland and Hungary on alert as floodwaters near peak in major cities
Central European states to seek EU help to fund recovery from deadly and devastating disaster
Germany grapples with fresh economic blow as Intel pulls plug on new plant
Site-clearing had already begun at giant new site for the troubled chipmaker
Central European floods leave trail of devastation as new areas placed on alert
Danube’s waters continue to rise in in Slovakia and Hungary, with parts of Austria and Romania inundated after heavy rains
Europe floods: At least 15 killed amid record water levels across east and centre of Continent
Czech military helicopters deployed to rescue people from homes as evacuations take place in multiple cities in several countries
At least eight dead as heavy rains and gale force winds hit central Europe
Lower Austria, the state surrounding Vienna, declared a disaster area with some 20,000 rescue crew members at work
Prague on high flood alert as central Europe faces torrential rain
Similar weather expected in southern Germany and parts of Austria, Poland, and Slovakia over coming days
Poland marks 85th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion
Prime minister Donald Tusk says lessons of the past, and present Russian aggression, underline importance of strong defence
Kaczyński party faces funding cuts after Polish election commission ruling
PiS accused of plundering state coffers to fund failed 2023 campaign
Eighty years on, Warsaw Uprising remains a proud act of Polish resistance
Calls for historical commemoration projects and more compensation for wartime survivors from Germany for suffering it inflicted
Voters must be lured back to the polls with so much always at stake
Democracy requires people to see the need to vote. France, Iran and Poland show the way
Polish parliament rejects Bill seeking to ease strict abortion law
Draft law highlighted deep divisions in Donald Tusk’s ruling coalition
Ukraine’s military recruitment drive looks to prisons and Poland to boost numbers
Modernised and expanded mobilisation system aims to stamp out corruption and draft dodging
A weekend in Krakow, where history hums below the city’s surface
As Poland’s second city, beautiful Krakow emerged from the second World War relatively unscathed in architectural terms, but not in matters of life and death
Green Border review: muscular, urgent dramatisation of the refugee crisis
Agnieszka Holland’s powerful depiction of border-crossing has angered Polish authorities and refugee agencies in equal measure
Poland clamps down on hospitals refusing to perform abortions
Clinic that denied termination to woman whose pregnancy may have endangered her life fined €127,000
US politics are in turmoil - so why is the country booming?
America thrives during times of political strife, and it’s not the only one. Maybe we overrate the importance of politics
Slovakian PM Robert Fico in ‘serious but stable’ condition after assassination attempt
Shooting has exposed an increasingly febrile and polarised political climate in Slovakia and across Europe, say commentators
EU to drop rule of law proceedings against Poland
Billions of euro in funding had been withheld over concerns about the judiciary
EU enlargement anniversary overshadowed by concerns about Russia
In a sign of the times around Europe, economic benefits of EU membership have yielded to more earnest discussions about security
I’ve been stopped entering a pub and told ‘we don’t rent to Poles’. But Ireland is my home now
Twenty years after EU accession, the Polish migrant community is regarded as too different to be fully included in Irish society, but not different enough to merit additional supports
Irish developer wins appeal over attempt to enforce €6.3m judgment
At issue is investment in Polish shopping centre project
Polish farmers suspend blockade of Ukraine border
Ukrainian farm minister Mykola Solsky praised what he said was ‘constructive work’ by Poland
Poles in Ireland: ‘You’re always going to be a blow-in, no matter how long you live in a place’
As the 20th anniversary of Poland joining the EU approaches, Poles reflect on their experiences here
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