Ghosts of Polish-Ukrainian past resurface with divisive Bandera commemorations
Krakow, Poland – January 1st marked the 114th birthday of Ukrainian nationalist leader and militant Stepan Bandera. This year, theContinue Reading
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Krakow, Poland – January 1st marked the 114th birthday of Ukrainian nationalist leader and militant Stepan Bandera. This year, theContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s latest provocation has not gone down well among its neighbours. Anger hasContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – After a heavy defeat, the opposition turns to infighting and ponders what to do. Meanwhile, Fidesz’s intelligentsiaContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Hungarians will go to the polls on April 3 to decide who will represent them in parliament in theContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Flying from France to the Czech Republic a few years ago, I’ll always remember the strikingContinue Reading
On November 30, 1808, 125 Polish “chevaux-légers” serving in Napoleon’s army famously hurled themselves through the fog at the BattleContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – Coinciding with the celebration of the Armistice in other countries, Independence Day is celebrated in Poland on November 11 to commemorateContinue Reading
On November 3, 1806, leading the first units of the French army, Polish General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski entered Poznań andContinue Reading
On November 2, 1938, orchestrated by the foreign ministers of Germany, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and of Italy, Galeazzo Ciano, theContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s National Independence Day march, held every year in Warsaw on November 11, has once again beenContinue Reading