Lech Walesa

Independent website onet.pl used aerial images to calculate that at least 300,000 took to the streets. The centre of Warsaw was completely paralysed and protesters had to walk across the city to get to the meeting place on Sunday at noon.

Nobel Peace Laureate and former President of Poland Lech Walesa called for the population of Russia to be reduced to 50 million people, "Figaro" reported, quoted by Ukrainsworld.

Former first ladies, Jolanta Kwaśniewska and Anna Komorowska, spoke during the protest in Michałowo, eastern Poland, on October 23, 2021. Photo: Attila Husejnow A woman standing next to an armed border guard, holds a placard that reads "This time a Polish extermination camp" during the protest in Michałowo, eastern Poland, on October 23, 2021. Photo: Attila Husejnow

GERB Chairman Boyko Borisov will participate tomorrow, May 24th, at the final election event of the EPP candidate for EC President Manfred Weber, the GERB press center announced on Thursday. Together with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria will be the leader of the list of GERB and UDF for the European elections Mariya Gabriel.

Poland’s president on Monday (24 July) vetoed controversial judicial reforms that had prompted huge street protests and threats of unprecedented EU sanctions.

President Andrzej Duda’s veto was a surprise move as he is a close ally of the ruling rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) party that had pushed the reforms.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, who passed away on May 26, 2017 at the age of 89, was one of the U.S.'s most highly praised foreign and security policy gurus of the past half-century.

Lech Walesa, a national hero 26 years ago for his role in ending Communist rule in Poland as the leader of Solidarity, has little political power in the country today, but he still has his voice. Last week he raised it, to condemn the new Polish government that emerged from last October's election.
   

The ninth annual Festival of Tolerance starts on Sunday in Zagreb, with a rich programme of films, exhibitions, concerts, seminars and discussions.

Polish ex-president: Putin declared war on world

WARSAW -- Former Polish president Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "declaring war on the world."

Walesa believes that Putin does not respect the international obligations of Russia to Ukraine and territorial integrity guarantees it provided.

The ninth Bookfest, the most important book fair in Romania, opened on Thursday and will stay open until June 1.

Under the slogan “Quo Vadis, Poland To the next Nobel?” this year's fair will have a Polish flavour, with a series of events promoting Polish literature in Romania. Danuta Walesa, the wife of former Polish leader Lech Walesa, is among this year’s guests.