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Poland, Lithuania, Romania: inside Europe's Guantanamo Bays
A white horse struggles to drag itself along after abandoning the exhausted body of Vincent Gallo through the snow. The animal is soiled with human blood. Such is the breathtaking epilogue of Essential Killing, the latest feature length film from Jerzy Skolimowski, where the American actor portrays a Taliban deported to a secret CIA base hidden in a forest in Mazovie, Poland. In the screenplay by the Polish writer, the prisoner still has the possibility to escape. Terrorist suspects who land in total secrecy in the airport of Szymany in Poland do not have such luck. An investigation ensues.
lech kaczynski, cia flights, abuses, guantánamo, lithuania, human rights, united states
Kaczynski crash investigation: Russia blames Poland, Poland sees red
Scandal, mockery, insult. These were the words with which millions of Poles greeted the official report by Russian investigators on the crash of the Polish presidential aeroplane, made public on 12 January. The Russians see Poland as solely to blame for the accident. Warsaw is not issuing denials, but claims the investigation is incomplete
lech kaczynski, russian federation, smolensk, moscow, jaroslaw kaczynski, poland, politics
Flying coffins and Polish president plane crash: in search of answers
Russia and Poland have announced they are taking control of the Polish president Lech Kaczyński’s plane crash under their control. The shared investigation is one of many rapprochement strategies between the two countries, But more than six months after the investigation of the Polish national tragedy began, will the Russians be as transparent as they promised?
lech kaczynski, warsaw, post-soviet states, russian federation, warsaw, security, moscou
World's tallest jesus and crossing out secularism in Poland
Every country has its own vision of secularism.In late November, a 51-metre Jesus Christ statue was erected in western Poland, 14 metres taller than its colleague in Rio de Janeiro. Though privately funded, the Polish state is still looking for that perfect balance between sacrum and profanum in the public domain - takes its various crossings with the cross
lech kaczynski, warsaw, religion, religion and democracy, secularity, civil society, society
Poland: 'Cold Lech' beer slogan controversy
Not a good idea to advertise a beer near the Polish Pantheon of Krakow. Especially if said beer has the same name as a Polish former president lying 'cold' in his grave in the Polish pantheon. It certainly gave the opposition party the jitters
lech kaczynski, best of cafebabel.com, society, poland, politics
Polish elections: Jaroslaw Kaczynski, hamster candidate
A second Kaczynski mandate would be going back to the Middle Ages, warns Artur Kurasinski, owner of Polish new media agency Revolver Interactive. He brings politically incorrect 'hamsters' back to life on his 2005-launched website chomiks.com. The presidential elections take place on 20 June, after late incumbent Lech Kaczynski was killed in April
lech kaczynski, bronisław komorowski, animals, artur kurasinski, internet, warsaw, youth
Polish people: 'united in diversity' in Vilnius
It wasn't the economic weakness of the crisis but the ideological one that harmed Europe most. Who wanted to be be part of the dominoes in the name of solidarity? Unfortunately, the dominoes of each member state provoked nationalist reactions. The region comprising the Lithuanian capital is one of the fewest cities where two nations claim to be at home
lech kaczynski, eucrisis on the ground, identity, nationalism, right wing extremism, youth, vilnius
Goodbye, Lech Kaczynski
Between 10 and 18 April, Poland tragically lost and buried the body of president Lech Kaczynski in Kraków's Wawel Castle. 96 died in total in the plane crash in Smolensk in Russia, including the First Lady Maria and high-profile political personalities, as they were en route to pay their respects at the 70th anniversary of the infamous Katyn massacre. After being dubbed the 'second Katyn', the debate is now on who will take the mantle in presidential elections in June 2010, now that a leading eurosceptic and conservative figure is so suddenly gone
Mandatory chemical castration for paedophiles in Poland
On 22 October, the Polish senate decided on more severe punishments for sex offenders, with only one abstention. Chemical castration already exists as an option for sex offenders in Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Sweden, and, more controversially, in the Czech Republic
lech kaczynski, media, sex, sexuality, donald tusk, warsaw, pedophily
Tories, Klaus and Kaczyński: EU 'three kings' vs Lisbon treaty
The eurosceptic Pole Lech Kaczyński plans to sign the EU reform document in the next few days, Czech president Václav Klaus refuses and British conservative leader David Cameron again promises his country a referendum if he is elected prime minister in 2010 and the treaty has still not taken effect. The Irish, Czech, German and Hungarian press react
lech kaczynski, vaclav klaus, vote, eurotopics, david cameron, european media, referendum
Europe 70 years after the outbreak of WWII
The German invasion of Poland seventy years ago on September 1, 1939, marked the start of world war II. The repercussions of the war are still felt across Europe today. The Estonian, Austrian, British and Portuguese media comment
lech kaczynski, estonia, gdansk, germany, second world war , cold war, margaret thatcher
Poland in mourning after Kamien Pomorsk hostel fire
On 12 April, a terrible tragedy at a hostel fire in a northwestern Polish town killed 21 people, including 13 children, whilst 23 still remain missing
Palikot, Berlusconi, Sarkozy - politicians sin
Impulsive, inappropriately affectionate, big heads - are politicians full of virtue? Videos
lech kaczynski, angela merkel, churchill, king juan carlos i, silvio berlusconi, viktor yanukovych, video
Poles vote abroad in early elections
More than 170, 000 Poles voted abroad in parliamentary elections last Sunday, 21 October. Why did they care? 'We want to go back some day', most said. 'And we want to have something to come back to.'
lech kaczynski, elections, ireland, central and eastern europe, poland, european union
Nationalism = 'Kaczinski' in Euro-speak
On the eve of the Intergovernmental Conference, Poland is still raking up the past
lech kaczynski, european council, history, spain, france, poland, european union
Brown, Sarkozy and gang - sceptic fantastics
Is Europe increasingly Eurosceptic as with the arrival of a new generation of new leaders?
lech kaczynski, jaroslaw kaczynski, european constitution, romania, united kingdom, tony blair, brussels
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