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Polish scientist jailed for spying in Iran is ‘safe and sound’ after being released, say officials

Professor Maciej Walczak from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń is said to be ‘safe and sound’ after being jailed for espionage in Iran. UMK

Poland’s foreign ministry spokesman Łukasz Jasina said the scientist “is safe and sound with his family” after he was seized along with others while taking soil samples in a restricted area where rocket tests were being held.

US Navy veteran arrives in Poland after months in Russian detention

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

Pole detained over NYE knife attack on Israeli tourist in Rome

Italian police have detained a 25-year-old homeless Polish man on charges of injuring a young female tourist from Israel at Rome's main railway station, Roma Termini, on New Year's Eve.

Lukashenko takes credit for release of Polish minority leader

Aleksander Lukashenko, the Belarusian strongman, has claimed that it was thanks to his decision that a Polish minority leader was released in March after a year spent in prison and moved to house arrest.

Polish professor held in Iran for spying since LAST YEAR after ‘caught taking soil samples’ at missile test site

Microbiologist Maciej Walczak (R) from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń was seized along with several others including a British diplomat while taking soil samples in what authorities describe as a restricted area where rocket tests were being held.

Belarus detains another Polish minority official - website

Belarusian authorities have detained the deputy head of the Union of Poles in Belarus (ZPB), Renata Dziemiańczuk, a Belarusian website has reported.

Detention centre girls wow internet by posing as stars in stunning black and white calendar

In an attempt to dispel stereotypes that women in correction facilities are ‘ugly and degenerate’ the nine girls from the Juvenile Detention Centre in Zawiercie in southern Poland posed for a stunning set of photos as stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe.

Activists of Polish minority in Belarus cannot be held hostage - dep FM

Poland’s deputy foreign minister has described as “totally unacceptable” a decision by the Belarusian authorities to prolong the detention of a leading member of Belarus’s Polish community for another three months.

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.

Polish school director detained in Belarus

Anna Paniszewa, the director of the Polish School in the Belarusian city of Brest, on the Polish border, was detained on Friday after returning to Belarus from Poland.

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