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In this image made from video provided by NTV, Belarus Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya enters the Polish embassy in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Tsimanouskaya plans to seek asylum in Poland, an activist group said Monday, after the athlete alleged that her team’s officials tried to force her to fly home, where she feared she wouldn’t be safe from an autocratic government that recently was accused of diverting a plane in order to arrest a dissident journalist. (NTV via AP)
Poland grants visa to Belarus Olympian who fears for safety

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 02, 2021 05:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 12, 2020 file photo, Poland's main ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski wears a mask for protection against the coronavirus in parliament in Warsaw, Poland, during work on new legislation that is to ensure the health and safety of the postponed presidential election to be held this summer. Poland’s governing right-wing coalition lost its slim majority in parliament Friday June 25, 2021, after three lawmakers left it, criticizing government policies — mainly on phasing out coal. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
Polish ruling right-wing coalition loses parliament majority

By Monika Scislowska Jun. 25, 2021 12:55 PM EDT

Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, right, walks with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto during a meeting of foreign ministers from four central European countries known as the Visegrad Four in Lodz, Poland, Friday, May 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Europe's 4 Visegrad nations lift some travel restrictions

By Monika Scislowska May. 14, 2021 07:11 AM EDT

Poland's lawmakers after voting – some in parliament, some remotely – in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Polish lawmakers have voted to approve the nation’s spending plan for the 58 billion euros ($70 billion) it expects to receive from the European Union’s pandemic recovery plan. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Polish lawmakers OK spending plan for EU recovery funds

May. 04, 2021 03:43 PM EDT

Poland sends its virus recovery plan to EU for approval

May. 03, 2021 12:51 PM EDT
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it has sent European Union officials its spending plan for the 58 billion euros ($70 billion) it expects to...

Ukraine, Baltics, Poland leaders meet on Polish holiday

By Monika Scislowska May. 03, 2021 04:21 AM EDT
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lithuania's president said Monday that his country will never accept Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and Moscow's...

Polish right-wing government wins left's support on EU funds

Apr. 27, 2021 08:47 AM EDT
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s governing conservative party moved closer Tuesday to securing parliamentary support for a national plan on spending the country...

A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 reacts at a crematorium in Jammu, India, Sunday, April.25, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
The Latest: Ontario getting military help for pandemic surge

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 02:36 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 6, 2021, file photo, boxes stand next vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in the pharmacy of National Jewish Hospital for distribution in east Denver. The drug maker decided Tuesday, April 13, to delay deliveries to Europe after the American regulator recommended a pause in the vaccine's use in the United States while very rare blood clot cases are examined. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Europe scrambles as J&J vaccine delay deals another blow

By Joseph Wilson Apr. 14, 2021 09:55 AM EDT

Medical workers tend to a patient affected with the COVID-19 in the Amiens Picardie hospital Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Amiens, north of Paris. European countries scrambled Monday, April 5 to tamp down a surge in COVID-19 cases and ramp up vaccinations, hoping to spare hospitals from becoming overwhelmed by the pandemic's latest deadly wave of infections. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
European countries scramble to tamp down latest virus surge

By Rafal Niedzielski And Angela Charlton Apr. 05, 2021 02:34 PM EDT

A woman crosses a street as police surround a bar they raid in Warsaw, Poland, Friday March 26, 2021. A raft of new pandemic restrictions take effect in Poland on Saturday to slow the spread of infection in what has become of the new global hot spot for the virus, but even earlier restrictions are being defied by some.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Some Poles flout virus rules as harder lockdown takes effect

By Vanessa Gera And Rafal Niedzielski Mar. 27, 2021 04:54 AM EDT

In break from region, hard-hit Hungary to loosen lockdown

By Justin Spike Mar. 26, 2021 01:02 PM EDT
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Despite struggling with the worst COVID-19 death rate in the world and record new infections, Hungary announced plans Friday to scale...

A cyclist passes in front of an ambulance by an infectious diseases hospital in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, March 25, 2021. Amid a sharp spike in new infections and hospitalizations that are bringing the health care to its limits, Poland has stepped up pandemic measures for two weeks starting Saturday, including fewer people to be allowed into churches at the holiday time. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Poland orders stricter pandemic measures for Easter period

By Vanessa Gera Mar. 25, 2021 06:30 AM EDT

European Council President Charles Michel, second left, talks to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, right on a screen, during a video conference ahead of a EU summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Stephanie Lecocq, Photo Pool via AP)
The Latest: Philippine leader orders mayors investigated

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 07:03 AM EDT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a media conference prior to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)
NATO prepares 'virus-free' zone for summit; Biden invited

By Lorne Cook Mar. 23, 2021 06:33 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2021, file photo, Clarendon Alternative Elementary School second grader Haruki Ishiyama works on his computer as students and parents attend distance learning Zoom classes at Midtown Terrace Playground in San Francisco. San Francisco Unified School District officials said in a statement that they reached the arrangement with the teachers union to "return as many students as possible in focal groups to nearly a full school day, 5 days a week," the Chronicle reported, Friday, March 5. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
The Latest: Arkansas Gov: end of mask mandate at month's end

By The Associated Press Mar. 21, 2021 03:03 AM EDT

Accountant Tercio Galdino and wife Alicea, dressed in their astronaut costumes, pose for a photo backdropped by Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 20, 2021. The Galdinos have come up with a unique way for protecting themselves and drawing awareness around COVID-19 protective measures – by dressing as astronauts. The pair first began to traverse the iconic beaches fully suited in mid 2020 at the height of the first wave of the pandemic in Brazil, now as cases surge once again they are taking their ‘astronaut walks’ back to the promenades. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
The Latest: UNLV now plans in-person spring graduation

By The Associated Press Mar. 20, 2021 06:52 AM EDT

Giovanni Rezza speaks during a news conference in Rome, Friday, March 19, 2021. Italy’s pharmaceutical agency has formally lifted its temporary ban on AstraZeneca vaccinations after the European Medicines Agency ruled the shots were safe and effective. The head of prevention at the Health Ministry, Dr. Giovanni Rezza, said Italy only reluctantly halted the campaign out of an abundance of caution. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Europe after clot scare

By Vanessa Gera Mar. 19, 2021 04:47 AM EDT

Poland, Hungary file complaint at EU court over budget rule

By Vanesa Gera Mar. 11, 2021 08:34 AM EST
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The right-wing governments of Poland and Hungary filed a complaint with the European Union's supreme court on Thursday challenging a new...

Paramedics transport a patient with COVID-19 disease from the Usti nad Orlici Hospital, Czech Republic, to the Raciborz Hospital in Poland, on March 9, 2021. (Josef Vostarek/CTK via AP) SLOVAKIA OUT
COVID-19 patients moved abroad as Czech hospitals struggle

By Karel Janicek Mar. 09, 2021 09:11 AM EST