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The world needs to keep this joyful aspect of travelling alive
The effort involved in sending a postcard has changed its status. Nowadays, when your loved ones receive a postcard, they know you’ve gone to a lot of effort.
- by Tim Richards
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Germany is tightening border controls. How will it affect the EU?
The immigration crackdown will start next week. What happens to the free movement in the European Schengen zone?
- by Sarah Marsh, Jan Lopatka and Alan Charlish
Poland to clamp down on Russian diplomats’ movement
Relations between Poland and Russia have deteriorated sharply since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into neighbouring Ukraine in February 2022.
- by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk
Forget the Med: Europe’s new, surprising, summer holiday hotspot
It’s easy to forget there are beaches in Europe beyond those fringing the Mediterranean Sea. But a change in weather patterns is driving a shift in attitudes.
- by Sarah Marshall
Rare editions of Russian author’s books are vanishing from libraries around Europe
Authorities paint a picture of a network of associates, some blood relatives, travelling across Europe by bus with library cards sometimes under assumed names to scout rare Russian books.
- by Rachel Donadio
EU approves new laws to address illegal migration – few admit to being happy with them
The plan was drawn up after 1.3 million people, mostly those fleeing war in Syria and Iraq, sought refuge in Europe in 2015, overwhelming the EU’s asylum system to collapse.
- by Lorne Cook
Europe has entered ‘pre-war era’, says Poland’s prime minister
“I know it sounds devastating, especially to people of the younger generation, but we have to mentally get used to the arrival of a new era,” said the Polish leader.
- by Rob Harris
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Russia-Ukraine war
Missile violates Polish airspace as Russia pounds Ukraine
Russia has violated Poland’s airspace for the third time since President Vladimir Putin launched his country’s invasion of Ukraine.
- by Aliaksandr Kudrytski and Vanessa Gera
Europe, US, NATO shoot down Macron’s suggestion of ground troops for Ukraine
The French president dared to raise the taboo subject, drawing the ire of the Kremlin that said a wider war would be inevitable.
- by Lorne Cook and Karel Janicek
Jubilation and high expectations as Poland marks end of right-wing rule
In a cathartic moment for many, centrist political veteran Donald Tusk has become Poland’s next prime minister, marking a dramatic shift in the European political landscape.
- by Emily Rauhala and Kate Brady
This city is not pretty, but it has something that makes it beautiful
Warsaw will never make it onto most-beautiful-city lists. It isn’t even Poland’s most beautiful city.
- by Brian Johnston
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/poland-ed6