Saturday, November 16, 2024

Romania's LGBT community sees gains, ongoing rights struggle

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The last person jailed for being gay in Romania walked free in 1998.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Romania's LGBT community sees gains, ongoing rights struggle

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The last person jailed for being gay in Romania walked free in 1998.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Romania's LGBT community sees gains, ongoing rights struggle

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The last person jailed for being gay in Romania walked free in 1998.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Israel recalls top diplomat from Poland over restitution law

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel recalled its top diplomat from Poland on Saturday after the Polish president signed a law that restricts the rights of former Polish property owners, including Holocaust survivors and their descendants, to regain property seized by the country’s communist regime.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Polish lawmakers pass bill seen as limiting media freedom

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would force Discovery Inc., the U.S. owner of Poland’s largest private television network, to sell its Polish holdings and is widely viewed as an attack on media independence in Poland.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Belarus sprinter feels safe, looks to future in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — After all the turmoil of the last week, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya finally feels safe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Polish lawmakers pass bill seen as limiting media freedom

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would force Discovery Inc., the U.S. owner of Poland’s largest private television network, to sell its Polish holdings and is widely viewed as an attack on media independence in Poland.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Belarus sprinter feels safe, looks to future in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — After all the turmoil of the last week, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya finally feels safe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Belarus sprinter feels safe, looks to future in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — After all the turmoil of the last week, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya finally feels safe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Polish lawmakers pass bill seen as limiting media freedom

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would force Discovery Inc., the U.S. owner of Poland’s largest private television network, to sell its Polish holdings and is widely viewed as an attack on media independence in Poland.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP Interview: Belarus sprinter feels safe, looks to future

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — After all the turmoil of the last week, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya finally feels safe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP Interview: Belarus sprinter feels safe, looks to future

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — After all the turmoil of the last week, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya finally feels safe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Polish lawmakers pass bill seen as limiting media freedom

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would force Discovery Inc., the U.S. owner of Poland’s largest private television network, to sell its Polish holdings and is widely viewed as an attack on media independence in Poland.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Historic Warsaw store, seeking rebirth, hit by pandemic

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Jablkowski Brothers Department Store was once a Warsaw landmark that revolutionized shopping and brought goods to a modernizing society in the early 20th century. But unlike Harrods in London and other Western counterparts, the business was forced into bankruptcy and seized by Poland's communist regime …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Historic Warsaw store, seeking rebirth, hit by pandemic

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Jablkowski Brothers Department Store was once a Warsaw landmark that revolutionized shopping and brought goods to a modernizing society in the early 20th century. But unlike Harrods in London and other Western counterparts, the business was forced into bankruptcy and seized by Poland's communist regime …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Historic Warsaw store, seeking rebirth, hit by pandemic

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Jablkowski Brothers Department Store was once a Warsaw landmark that revolutionized shopping and brought goods to a modernizing society in the early 20th century. But unlike Harrods in London and other Western counterparts, the business was forced into bankruptcy and seized by Poland's communist regime …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more help to the state with the country's worst infection increase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more help to the state with the country's worst infection increase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more help to the state with the country's worst infection increase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more help to the state with the country's worst infection increase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Central Europe's hospitals slammed, can't treat all in need

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland recorded its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections Wednesday as hospitals buckle under a new surge. Hungary has the highest per capita death rate in the world. And Romanian doctors are working around the clock and having to decide who does — and doesn't …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Central Europe's hospitals slammed, can't treat all in need

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland recorded its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections Wednesday as hospitals buckle under a new surge. Hungary has the highest per capita death rate in the world. And Romanian doctors are working around the clock and having to decide who does — and doesn't …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Polish court acquits activists who put LGBT rainbow on icon

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration and offending religious feelings for producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon altered to include the LGBT rainbow.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Polish court acquits activists who put LGBT rainbow on icon

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration and offending religious feelings for producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon altered to include the LGBT rainbow.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Holocaust scholars ordered to apologize in Polish libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust researchers must apologize to a woman who claimed her deceased uncle had been slandered in a historical work that suggested he helped kill Jews during World War II.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Holocaust scholars ordered to apologize in Polish libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust researchers must apologize to a woman who claimed her deceased uncle had been slandered in a historical work that suggested he helped kill Jews during World War II.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Holocaust scholars ordered to apologize in Polish libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust researchers must apologize to a woman who claimed her deceased uncle had been slandered in a historical work that suggested he helped kill Jews during World War II.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Polish pride, free speech at stake in Holocaust libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Warsaw court is due to deliver a verdict Tuesday in a closely watched libel case in which one side sees Polish national pride at stake and the other the future independence of Holocaust research.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Poland: Near-total abortion ban takes effect amid protests

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A near-total ban on abortion has taken effect in Poland and triggered a new round of nationwide protests three months after the constitutional court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged fetuses is unconstitutional.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Poland: Near-total abortion ban takes effect amid protests

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A near-total ban on abortion has taken effect in Poland and triggered a new round of nationwide protests three months after the constitutional court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged fetuses is unconstitutional.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Poland: Near-total abortion ban takes effect amid protests

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A near-total ban on abortion has taken effect in Poland and triggered a new round of nationwide protests three months after the constitutional court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged fetuses is unconstitutional.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Poland: Near-total abortion ban takes effect amid protests

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A near-total ban on abortion has taken effect in Poland and triggered a new round of nationwide protests three months after the constitutional court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged fetuses is unconstitutional.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Jewish prayer for the souls of the people murdered in the Holocaust echoed Wednesday over where the Warsaw ghetto stood during World War II as a world paused by the coronavirus pandemic observed the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Jewish prayer for the souls of the people murdered in the Holocaust echoed Wednesday over where the Warsaw ghetto stood during World War II as a world paused by the coronavirus pandemic observed the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hungary gives 1st vaccine shots a day before EU's rollout

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hungarian doctors and health care workers began getting vaccinated Saturday with one of the continent's first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, upsetting plans for a coordinated rollout on Sunday of the first shots across the 27-nation European Union.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Germany, Hungary give 1st vaccine shots ahead of EU rollout

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany, Hungary and Slovakia began giving out their first coronavirus vaccine shots on Saturday only hours after receiving their first shipments, upsetting the European Union's plans for a coordinated rollout Sunday across the bloc's 27 nations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hungary gives 1st vaccine shots a day before EU's rollout

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hungarian doctors and health care workers began getting vaccinated Saturday with one of the continent's first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, upsetting plans for a coordinated rollout on Sunday of the first shots across the 27-nation European Union.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

EU nations eagerly kick off mass COVID-19 vaccinations

ROME (AP) — European Union nations kicked off a coordinated effort Sunday to give COVID-19 vaccinations to the most vulnerable among the bloc's nearly 450 million people, marking a moment of hope in the continent's battle against the worst public health crisis in a century.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Germany, Hungary give 1st vaccine shots ahead of EU rollout

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany, Hungary and Slovakia began giving out their first coronavirus vaccine shots on Saturday only hours after receiving their first shipments, upsetting the European Union's plans for a coordinated rollout Sunday across the bloc's 27 nations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hungary gives 1st vaccine shots a day before EU's rollout

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hungarian doctors and health care workers began getting vaccinated Saturday with one of the continent's first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, upsetting plans for a coordinated rollout on Sunday of the first shots across the 27-nation European Union.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

European Union nations kick off mass COVID-19 vaccinations

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Union nations officially kicked off a coordinated effort Sunday to give COVID-19 vaccinations to some of the most vulnerable among their nearly 450 million people, marking a moment of hope in the continent's battle against the worst public health crisis in a century.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

European Union nations kick off mass COVID-19 vaccinations

WARSAW, Poland (AP) —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

EU launches vaccine rollout, historic day in virus fight

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Medical workers, nursing home residents and politicians are set to be vaccinated against the coronavirus across the European Union on Sunday, part of an effort by the bloc's 27 nations to roll out shots in a coordinated and equitable fashion.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Germany, Hungary give 1st vaccine shots ahead of EU rollout

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany, Hungary and Slovakia began giving out their first coronavirus vaccine shots on Saturday only hours after receiving their first shipments, upsetting the European Union's plans for a coordinated rollout Sunday across the bloc's 27 nations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hungary gives 1st vaccine shots a day before EU's rollout

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hungarian doctors and health care workers began getting vaccinated Saturday with one of the continent's first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, upsetting plans for a coordinated rollout on Sunday of the first shots across the 27-nation European Union.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive across EU before rollout

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The first shipments of coronavirus vaccines have arrived across the European Union as authorities prepared to administer the first shots to the most vulnerable people in a coordinated effort on Sunday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A season of fear, not cheer, as virus changes Christmas

Montserrat Parello lost her husband eight years ago, and Christmas gatherings with children and grandchildren had helped her deal with her loneliness. But this year, the 83-year-old will be alone for the holiday at her home in Barcelona, due to the risk of infection from the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A season of fear, not cheer, as virus changes Christmas

Montserrat Parello lost her husband eight years ago, and Christmas gatherings with children and grandchildren had helped her deal with her loneliness. But this year, the 83-year-old will be alone for the holiday at her home in Barcelona, due to the risk of infection from the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A season of fear, not cheer, as virus changes Christmas

Montserrat Parello lost her husband eight years ago, and Christmas gatherings with children and grandchildren had helped her deal with her loneliness. But this year, the 83-year-old will be alone for the holiday at her home in Barcelona, due to the risk of infection from the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A season of fear, not cheer, as virus changes Christmas

Montserrat Parello lost her husband eight years ago, and Christmas gatherings with children and grandchildren had helped her deal with her loneliness. But this year, the 83-year-old will be alone for the holiday at her home in Barcelona, due to the risk of infection from the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A season of fear, not cheer, as virus changes Christmas

Montserrat Parello lost her husband eight years ago, and Christmas gatherings with children and grandchildren had helped her deal with her loneliness. But this year, the 83-year-old will be alone for the holiday at her home in Barcelona, due to the risk of infection from the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Investigation opened after women's symbol put on Polish flag

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors have opened an investigation into whether the Polish flag was publicly insulted after a family in Warsaw hung a flag from their balcony combined with a lightning bolt, a symbol for women's rights in Poland.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Poles protest on anniversary of communist-era crackdown

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands marched Sunday in Warsaw and other Polish cities to protest the country's right-wing government, the latest demonstrations after a high court ruled to tighten the country's already restrictive abortion law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Poles protest on anniversary of communist-era crackdown

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands marched Sunday in Warsaw and other Polish cities to protest the country's right-wing government, the latest demonstrations after a high court ruled to tighten the country's already restrictive abortion law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Poles voice fears of 'Polexit' as govt defies EU over budget

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As the Polish government plays a game of chicken with the European Union over its next long-term budget, some Poles are voicing fears that a drawn-out conflict could put their country on a path toward an eventual departure from the bloc, or “Polexit.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Polish state oil refiner buying key private media company

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's state-run oil company, PKN Orlen, announced Monday that it was buying Polska Press, a large private media group currently under German control that owns a wide swath of daily and weekly newspapers in the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Polish state oil refiner buying key private media company

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's state-run oil company, PKN Orlen, announced Monday that it was buying Polska Press, a large private media group currently under German control that owns a wide swath of daily and weekly newspapers in the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Poland says it's not backing down ahead of EU budget summit

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish government officials insisted on Friday that they are sticking to their tough negotiating position ahead of a key European Union summit next week that should finalize the bloc's next seven-year budget and a major pandemic recovery package.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Poland says it's not backing down ahead of EU budget summit

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish government officials insisted on Friday that they are sticking to their tough negotiating position ahead of a key European Union summit next week that should finalize the bloc's next seven-year budget and a major pandemic recovery package.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Rage and hope fuel women's revolt over abortion in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Karolina Micula had used her bare chest in political protest once before.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Police call tear-gassed Polish lawmaker a protest threat

Polish police said Sunday that an officer who sprayed tear gas into the face of a member of parliament during a protest probably did so because he perceived the politician as a threat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Police block Warsaw march against abortion ruling, force use

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police blocked protesters from marching in Poland's capital as demonstrations took place across the country against an attempt to restrict abortion rights and recent police violence.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Poland: Marches oppose abortion restriction, police violence

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Protesters marched in Warsaw and other Polish cities Saturday against an attempt to restrict abortion rights and the police violence that occurred in response to other recent protests over reproductive rights.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Photojournalist detained at Poland's latest abortion protest

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police detained several people and charged a female photojournalist with assaulting a police officer as women-led protests over abortion rights flared up again on Monday in Poland.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

EU hit by new crisis, this time over money and values

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The European Union still hasn't completely sorted out its messy post-divorce relationship with Britain — but it has already been plunged into another major crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Polish police criticized for using tear gas on protesters

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police came under criticism on Thursday for using tear gas and force on mostly female and young protesters during the latest in a string of women-led protests against a top court ruling restricting abortion.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Warsaw mayor slams police for turning tear gas on protesters

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw's mayor on Thursday criticized police for using tear gas on mostly female protesters at the latest in a string of women-led protests against a top court ruling restricting abortion.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

EU hit by new crisis, this time over money and values

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The European Union still hasn't completely sorted out its messy post-divorce relationship with Britain — but it has already been plunged into another major crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

EU hit by new crisis, this time over money and values

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The European Union still hasn't completely sorted out its messy post-divorce relationship with Britain — but it has already been plunged into another major crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

EU urges Poland, Hungary to sign up to big money budget

BRUSSELS (AP) — With the European Union on the verge of an embarrassing crisis, EU officials and a large majority of member states urged Poland and Hungary on Tuesday to lift their veto of a huge budget and coronavirus recovery package, saying it threatens to derail the bloc's efforts to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland, Hungary veto EU budget over rule-of-law issue

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and Hungary on Monday vetoed the European Union's next seven-year budget and a massive coronavirus recovery plan due to a new mechanism that links EU funding to the rule of law, plunging the 27-nation bloc into a political crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland, Hungary veto EU budget over rule-of-law issue

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and Hungary on Monday vetoed the European Union's next seven-year budget and a massive coronavirus recovery plan due to a new mechanism that links EU funding to the rule of law, plunging the 27-nation bloc into a political crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland, Hungary threaten EU budget over rule-of-law issue

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The governments of Poland and Hungary threatened Monday to veto the European Union's next seven-year budget and coronavirus recovery plan due to a new mechanism that would link funding to the rule of law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Gulbinowicz, Polish cardinal accused of abuse, dies at 97

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Henryk Gulbinowicz, a prominent Polish cardinal who only days ago was sanctioned by the Vatican over accusations he had sexually abused a seminarian and covered up abuse in another case, has died. He was 97.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland: Tens of thousands hold new protest over abortion ban

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched Friday through downtown Warsaw to the house of Poland's ruling party leader in what women's rights activists planned as the largest demonstration in nine days of protests against a near-total ban on abortions in Poland.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Why an abortion law ruling triggered mass protests in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is a largely conservative country compared to much of Europe, a place where churches fill up on Sundays and Roman Catholicism is deeply interwoven with the national identity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Polish activists gather for new mass protest on abortion ban

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of people were converging late Friday on a downtown Warsaw roundabout, for what women's rights activists vowed would be the largest in nine days of mass protests against a near-total ban on abortions in Poland. They chanted obscenities against the government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Why an abortion law ruling trigged mass protests in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is a largely conservative country compared to much of Europe, a place where churches fill up on Sundays and Roman Catholicism is deeply interwoven with the national identity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland activists vow largest protest yet over abortion ban

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Throngs of people poured into downtown Warsaw on Friday to join what women's rights activists vowed would be the largest street demonstration in more than a week of mass nationwide protests against a court ruling that further restricts abortion rights in Poland.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Short of medics as virus surges, central Europe sounds alarm

KYJOV, Czech Republic (AP) — Soldiers in Poland are giving coronavirus tests. American National Guard troops with medical training are headed to the Czech Republic to work alongside doctors there. A Czech university student is running blood samples to labs, and the mayor of the capital is taking shifts at …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poles join strike as protests against abortion ruling expand

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — People across Poland stayed off their jobs and huge crowds poured onto the streets for a seventh straight day of protests Wednesday, enraged over a top court ruling that bans abortions in cases of fetal abnormalities.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poles join strike as protests of abortion ruling expand

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — People across Poland stayed off their jobs and huge crowds poured onto the streets for a seventh straight day of protests Wednesday, enraged over a top court ruling that bans abortions in cases of fetal abnormalities.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poles join nationwide strike in protest of abortion ruling

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — People across Poland stayed off their jobs and crowds gathered for a seventh straight day of street protests Wednesday in a mass outpouring of anger at a top court ruling that bans abortions in cases of fetal abnormalities.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poles join nationwide strike in revolt over abortion ruling

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — People across Poland are vowing to stay off their jobs on Wednesday as part of a nationwide strike to protest a top court ruling that bans abortions in cases of congenitally damaged fetuses.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poles protest abortion ban in churches and on streets

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women's rights activists furious over a tightening of Poland's already restrictive abortion law staged protests outside and inside churches Sunday, disrupting Masses and finding themselves confronted with accusations of “barbaric” behavior.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poles protest abortion ban in churches and on streets

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women's rights activists furious over a tightening of Poland's already restrictive abortion law staged protests outside and inside churches Sunday, disrupting Masses and finding themselves confronted with accusations of “barbaric” behavior.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Polish women enter churches to protest abortion restriction

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women's rights activists furious over a tightening of Poland's already restrictive abortion law staged protests outside and inside churches on Sunday, disrupting Masses and finding themselves confronted with accusations of “barbaric” behavior.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Polish women bring abortion restriction protests to churches

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women's rights activists in Poland staged protests during Sunday church services in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation against a tightening of the nation's already restrictive abortion law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Polish women protest new abortion restriction in churches

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women's rights activists in Poland staged protests during Sunday church services in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation against a tightening of the nation's already restrictive abortion law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland's president has coronavirus, apologizes to contacts

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda says he feels well despite testing positive for the coronavirus, and he apologized Saturday to everyone who must quarantine because they had contact with him.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland's president has coronavirus, apologizes to contacts

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda says he feels well despite testing positive for the coronavirus, and he apologized Saturday to everyone who must quarantine because they had contact with him.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus but is feeling well, his spokesman said Saturday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poles vent fury at court's further restrictions on abortions

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of protesters vented fury across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional, effectively narrowing one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poles vent fury at court's further restrictions on abortions

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of protesters vented fury across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional, effectively narrowing one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poles vent fury at new ban on abortions of defective fetuses

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Throngs of protesters vented anger Friday across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional, effectively narrowing one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland sees more protests over ruling that limits abortions

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Throngs of protesters vented anger Friday across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional, effectively narrowing one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Polish academics protest 'fundamentalist' education minister

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Activists dressed as security guards climbed onto a balcony of a Polish Education Ministry building early Wednesday and hung a banner protesting the appointment of a new minister whom they consider to be a religious fundamentalist and a danger to the nation's youth and universities.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Polish court ruling to determine fate of human rights office

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s constitutional court is considering a ruling that will determine the fate of one of the last state bodies that has kept its independence from the populist right-wing government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Poland turning National Stadium into COVID-19 field hospital

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's government is transforming the National Stadium in Warsaw into a field hospital to handle the surging number of people infected with the coronavirus, and expects it to be operational within days, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Polish leader vows to veto EU budget in face of 'blackmail'

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's ruling party leader is threatening to veto the European Union's economic recovery plan and long-term budget if the bloc decides to link funding to respect for rule of law,
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Virus deaths rise, Sweden sticks to ‘low-scale’ lockdown

Chief epidemiologist insists that Sweden’s approach still seems to make sense
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Polish president OKs $510M for public media amid campaign

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's president has signed a bill earmarking nearly 2 billion zlotys ($510 million) to fund public television and radio, broadcast outlets that have become mouthpieces for the country's right-wing government and given the president positive coverage as he campaigns for reelection.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Powerful quake spares lives, but strikes at Italy's identity

NORCIA, Italy (AP) — The third powerful earthquake to hit Italy in two months spared human life Sunday but struck at the nation’s identity, destroying a Benedictine cathedral, a medieval tower and other beloved landmarks that had survived the earlier jolts across a mountainous region of small historic towns.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO