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It is clearly not Communism but nationalism which is today, as much as ever, the major political force in Poland. Because Soviet policy vis-à-vis West Germany meets with the approval of virtually all ...
Poland’s milk bars are seldom so spectacular as the remnants of the Soviet 1920s — though modern architecture fans would ...
Sunday's elections in Poland may be the most important since 1989, when the nation threw off communist rule. Those activists who once fought communism are now divided – and many are worried ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Dariusz Stola began working with Poland’s anti-communist Solidarity movement in 1983. He was just 19 but already appalled by the way the regime imposed its harsh ...
Poland added $31,339 to its GDP per capita at PPP between 1990 and 2023. The only one of these ten countries to have added more is Malta, which is a small island country that really isn’t ...
Today, Poland is heralded as the success story of the Soviet Bloc's transition from communism to capitalism. Gross domestic product per capita went from an inflation-adjusted $1,731 in 1990 to ...
An exhibition of photographs by acclaimed photojournalist Chris Niedenthal documenting life in communist-era Poland has ...
The Polish cannabis market has shown significant growth potential. It quadrupled from in 2021 and is expected to more than double by 2026. As of 2021, over 2.3 million people in Poland consumed ...
Many of Poland's leaders were shocked when Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago. Once behind the so-called Iron Curtain under Communism and controlled by the Soviet Union, Poland is a longtime ...
Who is Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s new president? Nawrocki, 42, is a conservative historian and amateur boxer. He contested as an independent candidate, backed by the outgoing president, Andrzej ...