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The Joy of Six: fairytale domestic cup runs from around Europe

Half a dozen teams from outside their nation’s top flight who made it all the way to a domestic cup final

The Guardian - UK

How Jan. 27 came to be International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

When, in the late 1980s, I began my research on the architectural history of the Auschwitz death camp, Jan. 27 wasn’t marked on any official calendar as a special day of commemoration.

The Conversation

“New Year’s Day set the template for a more direct sonic vision for U2 - and marked the point at which they shifted their gaze towards political issues around the globe”: The making of an ’80s rock classic

It was a defining moment for Bono and the boys

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1970 review – puppet Soviets plot alongside real-life footage of landmark Polish protest

The first stirrings of revolt behind the Iron Curtain are retold in this intriguing documentary hybrid

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine Urges Action Against Russia's Aggression, Poland Supports Efforts

Learn about Ukraine's new military strategy to combat Putin's aggression, the importance of US support, and the insights of Nobel Prize winner Lech Walesa.

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Polish democracy champion Lech Walesa turns 80 and comments on his country's upcoming election

Former Polish President Lech Walesa says he is supporting opposition leader Donald Tusk’s effort to oust Poland’s conservative government in the country’s parliamentary election next month

The Independent UK

Lech Walesa joins hundreds of thousands of Poles in anti-govt march in Warsaw

An enormous anti-government march took place in Poland's capital Sunday, with citizens traveling from across the country to voice their anger at a right-wing administration that has eroded democratic norms and created fears the nation is following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy.

France 24

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A queen in the age of television

The monarch appeared in numerous illuminating documentaries over the years.

The Independent UK

Gorbachev played a positive role, but 'under duress', Walesa says

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, played a positive role in ending the Cold War, but he did it "under duress", as Communism was already disintegrating, former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader Lech Walesa said on Thursday.

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Former Polish president Walesa is in hospital with an infection

Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, is in hospital with an infection and will remain there for at least a week, his spokesman said on Monday.

Reuters

Polish trooper helps Lech Walesa with flat tire on highway

A Connecticut state trooper who is a native of Poland got quite the surprise while responding to an SUV with a flat tire — a passenger in the vehicle happened to be former Polish President Lech Walesa

The Independent UK

Biden sends subtle message to Polish leaders on democracy

President Joe Biden used his speech in Poland's capital to forcefully denounce Russia's Vladimir Putin, but Biden seemed to have a more subtle message for his Polish hosts

The Independent UK

Zelensky to receive ‘Ronald Reagan Freedom Award’ also presented to Gorbachev, Thatcher

Other world leaders who’ve been so honoured include former president George HW Bush, Polish president Lech Walesa, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Soviet dissident turned Israeli politician Natan Sharansky

The Independent UK

Poland's ex-president Solidarity leader Walesa has COVID

Poland's former president and former Solidarity pro-democracy movement leader, Lech Walesa, says he has COVID-19

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Former Polish president, Solidarity leader Walesa has COVID

Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, has coronavirus, he said on Friday.

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