Poland’s presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security. The challenges and contradictions of defending the bloc and its values are stark at Poland's border with Belarus, Russia's ally ...

However, illegal migrants bused to the border by Russian and Belarusian authorities increasingly use garden ladders to scale the wall and get into Poland.

NATO scrambled its warplanes early today in response to a fierce Russian bombardment of Ukraine close to its border with Poland. The Russian strikes - hitting vital energy facilities in the ...

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which has slightly reduced the inconvenience associated with protests at the border," Rzeczpospolita quoted him as saying. He stressed that "the list of what is considered critical infrastructure has ...

The Polish authorities have absented themselves from responsibility for migrants dying on the border with Belarus, leaving NGOs and activists to find and identify bodies lying in the forest areas.

The decision also seems to be a concession to President Andrzej Duda, who publicly called for a safe passage for Israeli ... to overshadow the start of Poland's EU Council presidency stint.

Doctors Without Borders says this could have “dramatic consequences.” It’s urged Poland “to drastically change course of action” and do all it can to protect migrants and refugees.