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Germany should bolster ties with Poland, France - minister-designate

Commenting on Poland's problems with protecting its eastern border with Belarus against an influx of migrants brought there by the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the incoming minister said the migrants were being used as a tool by the Belarusian leader. Clemens Bilan/PAP/EPA

Annalena Baerbock, who is set to become foreign minister in Germany's new government, has said Germany should revive the Weimar Triangle, a trilateral format of cooperation between Berlin, Paris and Warsaw.

Poland upholds WWII reparation claims from Germany - DPA

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has confirmed in an interview with the German news agency DPA that Poland continues to seek war reparations from Germany.

Poland defends EU's eastern border and Germany, Polish PM says

Poland is protecting Germany by securing the EU's eastern border against an influx of “refugees,” Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, said after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Russia-Eastern Europe pipeline back at standard capacity - operator

The volume of crude oil being sent from Russia to Eastern Europe and Germany through the Druzhba pipeline has been brought back to scheduled levels, Polish pipeline operator PERN has said.

Poland and Germany clash over assessment of Belarus border situation

An EU source has told PAP that during a Brussels meeting of EU ambassadors on Belarus there was a stormy exchange between the Polish and German ambassadors after Germany claimed talks between Merkel and Lukashenko had helped de-escalate the border situation.

Poland will reject border crisis accords made without it, president says

Poland will reject all agreements regarding the migrant crisis on its border with Belarus made without its participation, the Polish president said on Wednesday.

Two of Europe’s most ground-breaking clubs underline the unifying power of football

Warsaw’s AKS Zły met FC United of Manchester in the inaugural edition of the Fenix Trophy last night, but for the majority of spectators the score line was never of importance.

German police detain armed anti-immigrant group at border

German police have arrested about 50 armed far-right activists who planned to attack migrants crossing the German-Polish border.

Duda dismisses Polish-German border control rumours

The Polish president, recalling his Monday conversation with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said that he could dispel concerns about the possibility of introducing controls on the Polish-German border.

New film tells forgotten history of how small Polish village became site for the first mass use of chemical weapons

In January 1915, the German high command sent a special, recently formed sapper regiment to Bolimów situated between Łódź and Warsaw, where they fired 18,000 shells filled with Xylyl bromide, or tear gas.

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