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Today’s news round up in Poland

Today’s news round up in Poland Kalbar/TFN

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

PM writes in German press war reparations are for unforgettable crimes

Poland's prime minister has written in Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily that a war reparations claim his government has sent Berlin is to compensate for German crimes committed against the Polish nation that "must never be forgotten."

WWII history remains topical today says Polish PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has written in a monthly British political and cultural magazine as well as in Albanian dailies that the meaning of World War II history is still topical, especially in the light of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Harrowing exhibition examines perpetrator behind one of the Warsaw Uprising’s most notorious massacres

Coinciding with the 78th anniversary of the Wola Massacre, a new exhibition organised by the Warsaw Rising Museum has opened examining the role of its primary perpetrator, Heinz Reinefarth, and his subsequent escape from justice.

Russian war crimes in Ukraine cannot be forgotten, says Polish FM

War crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine cannot be forgotten and those responsible should face justice, Poland's foreign minister and chairman of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Germany says it's responsible for WWII crimes in Poland

On the eve of the 78th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, the German Foreign Ministry admitted that Germany is responsible for World War Two crimes in Poland.

Ministers call for sanctions on states helping Russia dodge sanctions

The foreign ministers of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine have appealed for the imposition if restrictions against countries that help Russia circumvent Western sanctions for invading Ukraine.

Report on Polish war losses being translated into several languages

A comprehensive report detailing not only Nazi German war crimes during World War II but also the damage caused, has been in preparation for four years and is currently being translated into several languages, Poland's prime minister said on Wednesday.

War crimes in Ukraine will be prosecuted says Polish foreign minister

Those responsible for crimes against the Ukrainian state and nation will be brought before justice, said Zbigniew Rau, the Polish foreign minister who also chairs the Organization for the Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE).

Duda calls for Scholtz, Macron to visit Russian war crime sites

Poland's president has made frequent calls for Olaf Scholtz, the German chancellor, and President Emmanuel Macron of France to see the Ukrainian towns of Bucha and Irpin in the hope it will change their attitude, a deputy foreign minister said on Monday.

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Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
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Cell where Witold Pilecki was held before being executed opens to the public

The opening of the 2x3.5-metre cell where Pilecki awaited execution at the hands of the Soviet-installed communists coincides with the 75th anniversary of his execution at the prison in 1948.

The first report:

  • Poland among EU countries with lowest youth unemployment
  • Poland receives nearly EUR 1.9 bln advances from EC
  • Majority of Poles against abandoning veto rule in EU
  • Bundestag MPs to receive letter about Polish WWII losses
  • Kaczynski says 'no' to EU's migrant relocation proposal

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

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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