Topic: Warsaw

Global News Blog Poland: Your Ché Guevara T-shirt can land you in jail

Poland's revised criminal code includes a ban on communist symbols, such as the red star or hammer and sickle, though one artist says "they are no longer meaningful."
01/20/2010 03:37 pm

How the world views Obama at one year

While Obama remains a ‘rock star’ in many countries, skeptics don’t see much tangible change in US policy.
01/14/2010 02:05 pm

Global News Blog Whale Wars: The aggressive tactics of Sea Shepherd Paul Watson

A collision Tuesday with a Japanese whalers destroyed a $2 million high-tech speedboat operated by Paul Watson and his anti-whaling outfit, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It was probably the costliest collision yet for the group. But Watson has a long roster of mishaps at sea.
01/06/2010 04:37 pm

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China execution of Briton Akmal Shaikh stresses UK ties

China executed Briton Akmal Shaikh Tuesday for drug smuggling despite assertions by British officials and the man's family that he was mentally unstable. Shaikh's lawyers said he had been framed.
12/29/2009 09:39 am

US, Poland status of forces pact deepens military cooperation

The US, Poland status of forces pact signed Friday allows deployment of a missile defense system to go forward. An earlier proposal for a more robust missile system had drawn the ire of Russia.
12/11/2009 04:25 pm

Would Russia really use nuclear weapons against neighbors?

A new Russian doctrine – which says it can use nuclear weapons preemptively against small regional adversaries – is seen either as a sign of aggression or bluster to mask insecurity.
11/17/2009 12:00 am

Opinion World leaders recall the fall of the Berlin Wall

Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, George H.W. Bush, and Francois Mitterrand give their account of 1989.
11/09/2009 12:00 am

Fall of the Berlin Wall: Timeline

A history of the events that caused the Berlin Wall to fall on November 9, 1989.
11/08/2009 12:00 am

Supreme Court to decide: What kind of innovations get a patent?

The Supreme Court on Monday takes up this fundamental question in patent law. The answer holds billion-dollar implications for the US economy.
11/08/2009 12:00 am

Global News Blog In Prague, Biden shops toned-down missile shield to Czechs, Poles

US Vice President Joe Biden toured Eastern Europe this week with a new missile-defense plan designed to reassure the Czech Republic and Poland that they aren't being forgotten as relations warm with Moscow.
10/23/2009 01:00 am

Why Europe welcomes US missile defense shield decision

German analysts say this gives the US and Europe more leeway in negotiations with Russia, and give Poland a ‘healthier’ foreign policy.
09/22/2009 01:00 am

Opinion Seventy years after World War II's start, old enemies take stock

Polish enmity toward Germany is gone, but tension with Russia remains.
09/01/2009 01:00 am

Global News Blog As Putin heads to Poland, WWII disputes on display

The Russian president is being pressed for an apology for the secret deal the Soviets made to carve up Poland with the Nazis.
08/31/2009 01:00 am

Global News Blog Hey Microsoft, what happened to the black guy?

Software giant Microsoft is apologizing for digitally removing a black man from an ad that ran in Poland. Was this racism or a mirror of Polish society?
08/26/2009 01:00 am

Opinion The Holocaust's shadow over Israel's choices

The Jewish state's fixation with preventing annihilation actually undermines its security.
08/17/2009 01:00 am

Global News Blog Poland: Starbucks conquers again

08/06/2009 01:00 am

Impasse with China erodes Dalai Lama's patience

On his recent European tour, Tibet's exiled leader preached compassion, but expressed frustration over 'lies and hypocrisy' from Beijing
06/10/2009 01:00 am

Obama lays out steps for a nuclear free world

In Prague speech Sunday, the US president talked about Iran, North Korea, Russia, and how to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
04/05/2009 01:00 am

As NATO leaders meet, how will they deal with Russia?

Some advocate inviting Russia to join. Russian President Medvedev wants a new security architecture that includes his country.
04/03/2009 01:00 am

Opinion Russia: Unclenching its fist?

Improved Polish-Russian ties bode well for the US.
03/24/2009 01:00 am

Opinion Europe's off-again, on-again crush on Obama

Europe wants a strong US lead – as long as it's in the 'right' direction.
02/27/2009 12:00 am

Eastern Europe’s fall puts Continent on edge

Latvia’s collapse and the sinking East is hurting Western banks, and the ideals of unity.
02/26/2009 12:00 am

Poles find solidarity in milk bars

In gleaming Warsaw, the lure of a pungent cabbage soup and communal seating still draws crowds to Soviet-era canteens.
01/26/2009 12:00 am

Review: 'Defiance'

Based on a true story, movie traces the history of a ragtag community of Jewish civilians who escape into the woods to flee the invading Nazis.
01/17/2009 12:00 am