Poland

Germany welcomes China climate goals, wants more EU action

9:23 pm September 30, 2020

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed China‘s plan to be carbon-neutral by 2060, contrasting it with the US failure to abide by the goals of the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord. In a speech Wednesday to Germany’s parliament, Merkel stressed the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement last week as the European Union debates ramping up its own medium- […]

Official says Polish ‘LGBT-free zones’ have no place in EU

7:47 pm September 16, 2020

Brussels: A top European Union official strongly denounced the stigmatization of LGBT people by authorities in Poland, saying on Wednesday that “LGBT-free zones” that have been declared in parts of the country have no place in the EU. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in her first State of the Union address, said that […]

Climate activists block Warsaw street against gov’t inaction

10:12 pm September 7, 2020

Warsaw: A few hundred Polish climate activists blocked traffic in downtown Warsaw Monday to spur the government into better protection of the environment. It was the second action since Saturday by Poland’s chapter of the international Extinction Rebellion climate protection group that says world leaders are not doing enough to counter climate change. With chants […]

Scores detained as students march against Belarus president

8:58 pm September 1, 2020

Kiev: Authorities in Belarus detained scores of protesters Tuesday as university students took to the streets of the capital of Minsk on the first day of classes to demand that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko resign after an election the opposition has denounced as rigged. Hundreds of students gathered outside universities across Minsk and marched through the city center to the Education Ministry, continuing […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo opens anti-China, anti-Russia tour in Czech Republic

8:28 pm August 11, 2020

Prague: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe expected to focus on threats to the region posed by Russia and China. Amid post-election violence and concerns about significant democratic backsliding in nearby Belarus, Pompeo plans to use his visit to push his hosts to counter Russian and Chinese […]