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US Navy veteran arrives in Poland after months in Russian detention

Taylor Dudley, a 35-year-old former US serviceman, was detained by a Russian border patrol in the Kaliningrad enclave, a Russian region sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, in April 2022. edition.cnn.com

A US Navy veteran has arrived in Poland after spending months in captivity in Russia, the CNN broadcaster has reported.

Polish-Czech joke about partitioning Russia’s Kaliningrad goes viral

An online joke about annexing the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad to the Czech Republic has gone viral, with even the US Embassy getting involved.

US Congress approves new foreign military financing for Poland

The Congress of the United States has approved USD 288.6 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Poland.

US Embassy lauds Poland's "standing up to Russia's malign activities"

The charge d'affaires at Warsaw's US embassy took to Twitter on Thursday to praise Poland for supporting democracy in Belarus and standing up to Russia.

US embassy official vows to hold Belarus to account

The head of the US embassy in Warsaw has expressed his concern over the detention of Andrzej Poczobut, a representative of the Union of Poles in Belarus, and said the embassy will hold Belarus to account.

US Embassy in Warsaw condemns two recent attacks on LGBT+ people

Bix Aliu, the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the US Embassy, referring to two recent attacks on LGBT+ people in Poland, wrote on Twitter on Thursday that the US condemns all such attacks.

Poland refutes US envoy's claims about LGBT rights - Dep FM

Poland refutes US Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher's claim that Poland is "on the wrong side of history" regarding LGBT rights, Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said on Friday. He informed that Mosbacher was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in the matter on Thursday.

V Corps reactivation significant for Polish-US military ties - envoy

US Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher tweeted on Wednesday that the upcoming reactivation of the US Army V Corps is another step towards the deployment of a forward headquarters in Poznan.

Communism would not have fallen in Europe without Solidarity - US amb

US Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher wrote on Twitter on Monday that "without the agreement signed in August which led to the creation of Solidarity, communism would not have fallen in Europe."

Polish FM urges Israel to respect Palestinians' right to protest

The Polish Foreign Ministry expressed "deep concerns" over the hostilities in the Gaza Strip where dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops during violent protests against the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

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Netflix braces itself for national backlash from diehard fans over its remake of legendary film Znachor

In anticipation of reaction to its modern-day take on the 1982 classic about an outstanding surgeon who loses his memory following an attack, Netflix posted on social media: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Honour, this is Leszek Lichota as Rafal Wilczur. Znachor is coming to Netflix in the second half of the year."

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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