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Life sentences in Malaysia Airlines plane trial a signal for Putin

The court convicted on Thursday two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian for their role in the destruction of flight MH17 on July 17, 2014 as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Jerry Lampen/PAP/EPA

The sentencing by a Dutch court of three men for their role in shooting down a Malaysia Airlines aircraft with a Russian surface-to-air missile, is a signal to Putin that the West brings criminals to justice, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

Former death camp secretary who skipped trial is caught after police launched manhunt

The 96-year-old woman who went on the run after getting in a taxi to stand trial for WWII war crimes has been captured. 

Polish barrister wins case against Poland in ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of a Polish barrister, saying that she had not been given a fair trial as guaranteed under an article of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Pole charged with setting deadly fire in Iceland

A 60-year-old Pole has been charged with setting fire to a multi-family house, in which three Polish nationals lost their lives.

Wrongly-accused Pole gets EUR 2.86 mln in return for 18 years in jail

Tomasz Komenda, a Pole that was wrongly-sentenced to 25 years in prison for a murder he had not committed, will get a total of PLN 12.8 million (EUR 2.86 million) in compensation, a court has ruled.

Trial of women accused of insulting religious feelings of others starts

Three women have gone on trial for insulting religious feelings by producing and distributing stickers of the Virgin Mary with the LGBT rainbow added to her halo.

Tusk criticises delay in Adamowicz killer trial

Donald Tusk, the leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament and a former Polish prime minister, has criticised delays in the trial of the man accused of murdering the mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz.

Forgotten history of “Little Nuremburg” trials revealed in fascinating new book

With clues suggesting that Auschwitz beast Josef Mengele may have also stood trial in the little town of Świdnica, author Agnieszka Dobkiewicz said: “Something extraordinary happened in 1946 in a small town near Gross-Rosen, something that stands to change our knowledge of Mengele’s immediate post-war life. Certainly, it now seems plausible that he returned to this former concentration camp because of an unfinished affair…”

First patients receive potential COVID-19 jabs - Pfizer Poland head

A group of 12 people have received a potential vaccine against the COVID-19 disease as part of clinical trials carried out in Germany, Pfizer Poland Country Manager Dorota Hryniewiecka-Firlej has said in an interview with PAP.

Former SS death camp guard goes on trial

According to prosecutors, 93-year-old Bruno Dey was a “cog in the murderous machine” and is guilty of complicity in the murder of 5230 of the camp’s victims.

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Hidden railway track and wagon wheels found at ‘Hitler bunker’ reignite hopes of Amber Room discovery

The discovery was made at the site of heavy concrete bunkers in the Warmia and Mazury province that was the headquarters of Hitler’s German Army Supreme Command, just a few kilometres from Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair bunker complex.

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The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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