Some of the few remaining survivors of Auschwitz returned to the notorious Nazi death camp on Monday as the world marked the 80th anniversary of its liberation. How much recognition is there in Poland about what happened on Polish soil during WWII? FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih asked Jan Grabowski, co-founder of the Polish Centre for Holocaust.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived on a visit to Poland. He will take part in events marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, according to Serhii Nikiforov, the president's press secretary.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held separate meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron as well as European Council President Antonio Costa on Jan. 27 in Krakow, Poland amid a visit to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The defense ministers of Europe’s five top military spenders say they intend to continue increasing their investments in defense but described President-elect Donald Trump’s challenge for them to raise spending to 5% of their overall economic output as extremely difficult.
It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Mainstream EU leaders have breathed a sigh of relief. After a Hungarian presidency marked by what they saw as damaging freelance diplomacy, the torch has now passed to Poland, which holds the reins
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Poland to attend Auschwitz commemoration events and for bilateral meetings including with French President Emmanuel Macron, Zelensky's spokesman told reporters Monday.
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The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked by a ceremony widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.
Poland assumed the six-month presidency of the EU Council. Its theme, unsurprisingly, is security. With Russia advancing on the battlefield and Donald Trump’s commitment to NATO uncertain, Europe’s eastern border is looking wobbly.