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Polish law criminalizing some Holocaust speech takes effect

WARSAW, Poland – A Polish law that makes it a crime to falsely accuse the Polish nation of crimes committed by Nazi Germany took effect Thursday, part of a wider effort by nationalist author...

AP Explains: How past wounds fuel debate over Polish law

WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s president signed legislation Tuesday that imposes prison terms of up to three years for falsely and intentionally attributing the crimes of Nazi Germany to Poland. ...

Polish president sharply condemns weekend nationalist march

WARSAW, Poland – The Polish president has sharply condemned expressions of xenophobia and racism at a weekend march by nationalists, saying there is no place in the country for anti-Semitism...

Nationalists gather in Poland

Far-right groups from around Europe mark country’s independence

Polish workers in UK worry about possibility of Brexit

WARSAW, Poland – Hundreds of thousands of people whose personal fates hinge on whether Britain leaves the European Union or stays don’t even have a say in the matter: Polish immigrants, a co...

On Auschwitz anniversary, leader warns Jews again targets

BRZEZINKA, Poland – A Jewish leader stood before 300 survivors of the Nazis’ most notorious death camp on Tuesday and asked world leaders to prevent another Auschwitz, warning of a rise of a...

Chopin’s heart exhumed in secret, like a relic

WARSAW, Poland – As Frederic Chopin gasped for air on his deathbed in Paris in 1849, he whispered a request that became the stuff of musical legend: Remove my heart after I die and entomb it...

U.S. takes gay rights global, despite an unsure welcome

WARSAW, Poland – President Barack Obama has taken the U.S. gay-rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world to promote a cause that still divides his own country. ...