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Third Pole arrested in Dutch crime reporter's murder

Specialising in coverage of crime scenes in the Netherlands, de Vries was known for his uncompromising journalism, which made him hated by the Dutch underworld. He was also known for aiding the families of murdered and abducted children. Ramon van Flymen/PAP/EPA

A 30-year-old Pole has been arrested in Poland on suspicion of involvement in last July's assassination of a popular Dutch investigative journalist Peter de Vries, Dutch prosecutors said on Monday.

Man charged with calling for murder of president and PM

A man has been arrested on charges of inciting the assassination of Poland's president and prime minister on social media, a top security official said on Monday.

Poland commemorates anniversary of freedom-fighter killings

Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland's prime minister, was among dignitaries at a ceremony on Sunday to mark the 77th anniversary of the so-called Augustow Roundup operation which saw at least 592 Polish freedom activists murdered by Russia's NKVD and SMERSH forces in 1945.

Polish president mourns Shinzo Abe

Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has expressed his shock over the murder of former Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe.

‘Cursed soldier’ hero finally laid to rest after long-lost remains found in unmarked grave

Murdered by communists in Lublin Castle in 1949, the whereabouts of Henryk Wieliczko’s body remained unknown for six decades.

Cold cases of priests ‘murdered’ by communist secret police to be reopened

According to IPN president Dr Karol Nawrocki, chief among the renewed investigations are three opposition priests who died in suspicious circumstances in 1989.

Polish woman fatally stabbed in London

A 21-year-old Polish woman has been stabbed to death near a school in the London borough of South Ealing, police said on Wednesday.

‘They stopped being children and became witnesses of terror and violence!’ Archive of postwar drawings reveals children’s harrowing experiences of WWII

Created in 1946 as part of a post-war nationwide school project, the pencil and crayon images obtained by TFN show the full, terrible experience of war from the perspective of children.

British13-year-old boy charged with killing Pole

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with stabbing a Pole to death in London, British police announced on Friday.

Prosecutors charge man with murder of Gdańsk mayor

Prosecutors in Gdańsk have charged a man who stabbed to death the city’s mayor during a televised charity event with murder, almost three years after the incident.

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