‘NATO has presented a united assertive stance towards Russian demands,’ insists Polish presidential official
Poland’s National Security Bureau head Paweł Soloch insisted the price for Russian withdrawal from aggression in Ukraine cannot be the resignation of allied projects on NATO’s eastern flank
US gas supply to EU is 5x higher than that of Russia’s Gazprom so far in January
Russian Gazprom has cause to worry as American liquid gas becomes more dominant among key recipients, writes Iwona Trusewicz
‘Poland is not the USSR’s orphan,’ Polish official hits back at Russian minister
Chief of the Polish President’s cabinet Paweł Szrot responded to Russia’s claims that NATO was taking over countries “orphaned” by the collapse of the Soviet Union
Conservatives angered after Polish president vetoes law banning foreigners from owning national media outlets
Some conservatives are accusing Poland’s president of “capitulation”
US and Poland hold talks on Ukraine and NATO
Polish and American security advisors discussed the situation surrounding Ukrainian and Russian demands directed at NATO and the US
The positives and negatives of ambassador Mark Brzeziński
Mark Brzeziński will be a new U.S. ambassador to Poland in uncertain times
‘The current situation reeks of a new Yalta’ – Polish MEP warns over potential deal between US and Russia
MEP Patryk Jaki warns that a period of pause in geopolitics is ending and a new reshuffling of powers and resources is taking place throughout the world
‘Withdraw troops from Poland’ – Putin’s latest ultimatum to NATO
Should Russia’s demands be accepted, it would be the end of NATO, warns a Polish expert
Poland’s new media law could see U.S. broadcast giant kicked out of national market
The U.S. media conglomerate Discovery could be seriously affected by the new Polish media law
Why are the French immune to the progressive Western ideology coming from the US and UK?
France has rejected much of Anglo-Saxon progressive ideology, and we seldom hear about progressive ideas coming from the French, writes Grzegorz Górny
EU extends sanctions on Russia, threatens ‘massive consequences’ in the case of an attack on Ukraine
During the Thursday summit in Brussels, EU leaders made the decision to extend economic sanctions against Russia for the next six months
Poland is becoming a frontline country
Russia is forcing a revision of the rules of the post-Cold War international order and Poland’s future depends on the West’s response, writes Marek A. Cichocki
To Ukraine with love (and weapons) – commentary
The United States is only one decision away from sending large transports of armaments to Ukraine, but many other states have already done so, writes Andrzej Łomanowski in his analysis for ‘Rzeczpospolita’ daily
First US Abrams tanks to join the Polish army in 2022, announces Polish defense minister
The Polish defense minister also discussed the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border with the US secretary of defense
Polish ambassador to Ukraine: Nord Stream 2 effects force us to politically consolidate
Ambassador Bartosz Cichocki believes that the political and security situation in Central-Eastern Europe is deteriorating
Who was the US photographer who documented Warsaw’s suffering in 1939?
Eighty-two years ago, on Sept. 15, 1939, American photographer Julien Bryan appealed to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt via radio to send aid to Warsaw, which was besieged by Nazi Germany’s armed forces
America is receding into an ‘island strategy’
Can the West – and America in particular – still think and operate strategically in politics?
Rage, pride, and tears – 9/11, 20 years later
The Muslim terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 struck not only the Twin Towers but Western civilization as a whole, writes Polish writer and journalist Tomasz Łysiak
Poland to increase natural gas purchases from the US over next 20 years, decrease reliance on Russia
Poland’s energy independence from Russia is growing
Traditional America with its patriotic values is long gone, says Polish professor and politician
“Today, American society is much more polarized, differentiated, atomized, and in huge cities, jaded. Even American elites are people with completely different approaches to life than 20 or 30 years ago, when traditional American values were still alive.”
Bloodbath at Kabul Airport: 70 dead, including 13 US troops; 150 wounded in ISIS bombings
At least 70 people, including a dozen U.S. service members, were killed on Thursday when Islamic State militants detonated two bombs that ripped through crowds outside of the American-controlled airport in Kabul, Pentagon officials said.
Le Pen: Fall of Kabul shows Biden admin’s inability to protect interests of the free world
Marine Le Pen has harshly criticized the Biden administration for ceding Kabul and Afghanistan to Taliban fighters, stating that it shows the US is no longer able to defend the interests of the free world.
Report: Washington refuses joint US–Israel declaration against Poland, views Israeli foreign minister as ‘a problem’
The United States administration is allegedly displeased with Yair Lapid’s harsh criticism of Poland over the “restitution law”
All Islamic extremist organizations will have their base in Afghanistan, warns Polish expert on terrorism
The Afghanistan debacle is a disaster for the USA’s image, says Polish expert
Polish President Duda signals veto of media law amendment
The president’s potential veto changes the entire situation surrounding the controversial bill, writes political columnist of “Rzeczpospolita” daily Michał Kolanko
Morawiecki responds to Blinken: Media law is not aimed at any particular television station
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki responds to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent statement on the bills passed by Polish parliament
Opinion: Media law amendment is Poland’s attempt to conduct independent foreign policy
Polish elites have grown weary of Poland undertaking independent foreign policy initiatives, writes Rafał Woś, columnist for salon24.pl
Polish parliament passes “media bill” met with violent protests and strong American reaction
Poland’s parliament has voted in favor of a bill that prevents non-Europeans from having controlling ownership stakes in Polish media companies
Polish presidential minister responds to US senators’ letter to president Duda concerning restitution law amendment
“President Duda’s possible signing of the bill will be guided by the highest interest of the Republic of Poland and its citizens in mind,” said Minister Jakub Kumoch
Polish PM Morawiecki: We must reach an agreement with the EU
Poland is eager to continue good and equal relations with both the European Union and the United States, declares Morawiecki
No worse vision for the world than the one shown in John Lennon’s “Imagine”, says American bishop
According to bishop Robert Barron, the anti-religious ideas presented in “Imagine” are the same line of thinking which led to the evils of totalitarianism
America sees Germany as its greatest European ally, not Central Europe
Poland must understand the special relationship between the United States and Germany, writes political scientist and philosopher Marek A. Cichocki
Poland should receive compensation for NS2 in the area of security, says former Polish FM
Russia will use Nord Stream 2 not only for energy blackmail but also to increase Baltic military presence under the pretext of protecting gas installations, warns former FM Witold Waszczykowski
Polish President Duda: German-American declaration on Nord Stream 2 weakens European security
The agreement between Germany and America on the controversial Baltic gas pipeline could encourage Russia to conduct a policy of fait accompli, says Andrzej Duda
US Department of State confirms agreement with Germany over Nord Stream 2
“This will end poorly for everyone involved”
American senators ask Polish President Duda to veto property restitution bill
Both Democrat and Republican senators have signed an open letter which criticizes the recently passed law on war property restitution
USA and Germany reach initial agreement on Nord Stream 2
According to reports, Washington is to exact pressure on Poland and Ukraine to accept the agreement on the controversial pipeline
Are we witnesses to the fall of America, our modern Rome?
America is transforming in its role as a superpower with no small amount of chaos, and Europe must be prepared to adapt, writes political scientist and philosopher Marek A. Cichocki
Biden-Merkel summit: Germany does not accept United States’ plans
Despite the Biden-Merkel summit not bringing about breakthrough decisions, it will still have serious consequences, writes former Polish Minister of Defense Jan Parys
Poland to purchase 250 American Abrams tanks for USD 6 billion
“We want peace, but in the case of a disaster our defense will be stronger”
Report: Poland among top 10 countries in terms of number of Bitcoin ATMs
Poland ranks 7th in the world in number of Bitcoin ATMs
Whiteness is a ‘malignant, parasitic-like condition’ with ‘no permanent cure,’ claims US psychoanalytical journal
In what appears to be the type of rhetoric that led to genocide in the past, a US psychoanalytical journal has published a controversial piece that claims Whiteness is “malignant” and “parasitic”
Diplomats engaging in pro-LGBT propaganda are a disgrace, says senior Polish editor
The LGBT movement is a form of neo-colonialism and imperialism in the pursuit of social engineering that has taken root in the West, according to the Polish editor
Polish reactions to Biden-Putin summit: No breakthrough but victory for Putin
Putin walked away with a victory from his summit with Biden, argue commentator Piotr Cywiński and former Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Witold Waszczykowski
Is NATO preparing to kick Turkey out of the alliance?
The NATO summit featured tough talk on China and Russia, but there was silence on perhaps the biggest story taking place behind the scenes
Biden in reassurance mode at NATO summit
The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, praised Biden for initiating the meetings with him and also with the heads of the Baltic states and Romania
Merkel confirms Polish fears about Nord Stream 2
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that she and Joe Biden are on the same page over the Russian-German gas pipeline
Poland expects America to engage in European security
Polish Presidential Minister Krzysztof Szczerski said that he expected the US to confirm at the NATO summit reassurances given on the question of European and NATO east flank security
Tusk fails to speak up for Poland
Donald Tusk has stayed totally silent with regard to the US administration’s U-turn on Nord Stream 2, but when Tusk was in power, he followed without question the interests of Germany and Western Europe, writes Marek Pyza
Polish foreign minister slams US, says he learned about Nord Stream 2 sanctions waiver from the media
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau says President Biden seems to think Europe is Germany alone
Polish PMi: Strengthening the ‘Three Seas’ is in the best interest of US and Western Europe alike
In an interview for American ‘Newsweek’, Mateusz Morawiecki emphasized the need to develop Eastern Europe in relation to the West, to strengthen EU presence in the transatlantic community
Barack Obama calls Poland and Hungary ‘authoritarian’
Polish social media users pointed out the former US president’s ignorance of history and noted that this was not his first harmful opinion directed against Poland
Will Germany pay the price for recent change in US policy towards Nord Stream 2?
“Biden’s potential agreement with Germany won’t be credible to European interests,” states professor of political science Marek A. Cichocki
Biden’s attempt to appease Putin will fail, says Polish professor
Polish political scientist, professor Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski, warns that Central Europe will bear the price of the United States’ failed attempts at an alliance with Russia
US: Retired senior military officer says Biden administration replacing White Americans with migrants
Head of French armed forces: ‘We’re heading towards a reorganization of the world order’
Europe cannot pick sides in the battle between the US and China, warns a top French general
Biden: Nord Stream 2 sanctions would be counterproductive to European relations
US President Joe Biden told a Polish journalist exactly why he has waived sanctions against the Russian-German pipeline project
Americans’ support for BLM declines, but US State Department promotes the radical movement at embassies worldwide
At the same time that support for the Black Lives Matter movement plummets in the US, the Biden administration ramps up its support at the State Department, which may violate the Hatch Act
Opinion: Nord Stream 2 is a double warning for Poland
Poland must draw vital conclusions from the German-American agreement on Nord Stream 2 and reevaluate its relations with both countries, writes foreign columnist of ‘Rzeczpospolita’ daily, Jędrzej Bielecki
Former Polish FM: Central Europe will pay a high price for the waiving of American sanctions against Nord Stream 2
PiS MEP and former Polish FM Witold Waszczykowski believes that Biden’s administration made a mistake negotiating with the Russians
Biden administration drops sanctions against Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, delivering major victory to Putin
President Joe Biden is to waive the application of sanctions against the main Russian-German company responsible for Nord Stream 2’s construction
New signatures added to US officers’ open letter warning of end to constitutional republic
The Biden administration has launched a “full-blown assault on our Constitutional rights in a dictatorial manner”, reads the letter
The latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict may help Netanyahu stay in power
The Biden administration will not be as fully supportive of Israel’s actions as Donald Trump had been, writes the head of Rzeczpospolita daily foreign desk, Jerzy Haszczyński
Conflict in Israel could indirectly threaten Central Europe, warns former Polish FM
Witold Waszczykowski cautioned that the more the U.S. is entangled in global problems, the higher the risk that it will pay less attention to Poland’s security
NATO’s withdrawal from Afghanistan may cause turmoil in Central Asia
Central Asia may become a new area of struggle for influence between the region’s powers, writes foreign affairs columnist of portal wpolityce.pl Marek Budzisz
Opinion: Putin is pushing Biden into Duda’s arms
Joe Biden’s presence at the Bucharest Nine summit was a step forward in thawing Polish-American relations, writes Jędrzej Bielecki for Rzeczpospolita daily
Joe Biden to take part online in Bucharest Nine summit on Monday
Biden’s presence at the summit is an important signal of US engagement in the security of NATO’s Eastern flank and Poland’s security, says Polish Presidential Minister Krzysztof Szczerski
Polish PM wants more US engagement with Three Seas Initiative
The Polish PM believes that the Three Seas is a project which is ‘still underestimated’ by the American side
‘Solidarity’ priest Jerzy Popiełuszko’s statue vandalized in New York
Unknown culprits added a Hitler moustache to Popiełuszko’s statue, covered it with a black bag and painted anti-Polish slogans such as “No Polish”
Report: Global military spending on the rise despite pandemic
Poland’s defense spending has increased 60 percent between 2011 and 2020, according to the latest report out of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Nord Stream 2 nears completion as second ship begins laying final section of pipes
The Russian vessel Akademik Cherskiy has started laying pipes on the bottom of the Baltic Sea
Opinion: Racial justice in the Chauvin case
From a fairly simple criminal case, the death of George Floyd turned into a political one, writes political commentator Robert Gwiazdowski for Rzeczpospolita daily
Moscow is blaming U.S. and Poland for the situation in Ukraine
Russian propaganda: the United States, Poland, Ukraine and other Western countries are causing provocations in Donetsk
Hungarian official criticizes CNN for manipulating US election results
Two dozen US fighter planes arrive in Poland
Twenty-four F-15 and F-16 fighters from the US Air Force arrived in Poland on Monday as part of the periodic Polish-American training program prepared by the so-called aviation detachment
Despite trends in Hollywood, fantasy and science fiction aren’t giving into political correctness
Polish writer Piotr Relich asks if it is still possible for art presenting evangelical truths to be created by a Hollywood which hates Christ and is a tool of mass manipulation and stupefaction
Poland expels three Russian diplomats
The Polish foreign ministry emphasized that Poland is completely aligned with US policy towards Russia
US politicians echo Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson’s report on demographic change and its role in Democratic Party’s power
A top Republican senator questions whether Democrats are using open borders to gain power
First F-35s to arrive in Poland in 2026
The first group of Polish pilots returned from the US where they were trained on F-35 simulators
Biden’s America? Border patrol agency expects over 1 million illegal migrants to enter US this year; 2 million expected to reach the US-Mexico border in 2021
The crisis at the US-Mexican border is spiraling out of control
Polish-US nuclear energy agreement possible within less than 2 years
Despite offers from both French and South Korean nuclear industries, the US is the most likely to construct nuclear power plants in Poland
Will the Biden administration stop Nord Stream 2?
Despite the withdrawal of 22 companies from the pipeline project in fear of US sanctions, Russia is positive that Nord Stream 2 will be completed as early as Fall 2021
Slanderous New Yorker article is part of an undeclared war against Poland, says influential conservative writer and commentator
The article claiming Polish responsibility for the deaths of millions of Jews is part of an organized effort to force reparations out of Poland in the form of heirless Jewish property, explains Rafał Ziemkiewicz
Polish sporting rifles and guns are a slam hit on the US market
The sport versions of the ‘Beryl’ rifles are selling immediately whenever stocks are resupplied in the United States, according to the gun producer ‘Łucznik’
Poles blamed for murder of 3 million Jews during WWII in New Yorker article
Deputy FM Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk has announced a decisive response from Polish diplomacy against the article’s misleading claims
Mexico’s president slams ‘migrant president’ Biden as over 100,000 illegal migrant apprehensions occur in February
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that President Joe Biden is fueling the migration crisis and empowering cartels who are making millions in human trafficking
US Republicans warn Biden against ‘backdoor agreement’ with Germany on Nord Stream 2
Influential Republicans in Congress have urged President Joe Biden to not accept any deals with Germany and to impose additional sanctions on Nord Stream 2
Polish foreign policy turns to China as it finally begins playing on ‘two political pianos’
Poland’s main asset in international politics is its geographic location, and the country is starting to use it to its advantage, writes columnist with the pseudonym ‘Thansunke Witko’
Donald Trump’s speech to conservatives is also important to Poles
Former President Donald Trump’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference emphasizes that we must fight for that which defines our civilization by being proud of our history and openly loving our country, writes Michał Karnowski for portal wpolityce.pl
Poland has become a whipping boy for the liberal elite
The US Department of State spokesman’s statement concerning the charges against Polish Women’s Strike leader Marta Lempart is the result of a much more efficient response by the liberal side of the conflict
‘Try to be less white’ — Coca-Cola’s training program is a racist message in an anti-racist costume
I dread to think about what would’ve happened if the Coca-Cola training course had used the word “black” instead of “white”, writes Grzegorz Górny for Polish portal wpolityce.pl
Polish and US heads of diplomacy conduct first telephone conversation
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed priorities for cooperation
Poland cannot permit a strategic vacuum
The change of administration in Washington along with German and French ambitions for autonomy may lead to a disastrous scenario for Central Europe, warns political scientist Marek A. Cichocki
Polish FM: Nord Stream 2 is driving a wedge between allies
Despite efforts from Poland, it looks unlikely that German companies will face US sanctions for constructing Nord Stream 2
US Secretary of State Blinken backs Three Seas Initiative
The US and Poland see eye-to-eye on the Three Seas Initiative
Mining the moon? Polish startup signs lunar mining contract with US firm
A Polish startup is joining forces with a US company in a mission that truly sounds like science-fiction