Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has accused opposition leader Donald Tusk, a former prime minister, of implementing a Merkel-Putin pact which he likened to the pre-war Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Andrzej Duda, Poland's president, has used the 84th anniversary of the Soviet Union's 1939 invasion of Poland to warn of the modern threat of Russian imperialism.
The speaker of the lower house of the Polish parliament and the defence minister have paid tribute to the victims of the Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, 1939.
Largely credited for revolutionising the world’s luxury vodka market, the Chopin brand has released a limited 30-year-old vintage to mark its 30th birthday.
Poland's minister of defence has said that Poland is strengthening its armed forces so that the tragedy of World War II, which started 84 years ago on Friday, will never happen again.
British historian Roger Moorhouse highlighted on social media on Friday that the date marked the anniversary of Nazi Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland, which started the Second World War.
Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has used the 84th anniversary of start of WWII to demand reparations from Germany, saying they were necessary "to close a specific chapter in history."
Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has accused Russia of "twisting" history during a ceremony to mark the 84th anniversary of the start of the Second World War.
As Poland commemorates the 81st anniversary of the outbreak of WWII, the German government said the new ‘German-Polish House’ would ‘commemorate Poland’s suffering between 1939 and 1945, and the violent deaths of more than 5 million Polish citizens, including some 3 million Jewish children, women and men.’
Tomorrow marks the 80th anniversary of Akcja Góral, a record-breaking bank heist that saw the Home Army net 106 million złoty in just over two minutes.
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