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A group of women's rights activists protest against Poland's strict anti-abortion law, outside the top constitutional court, in Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 26, 2022. The government of Poland, where a near-total abortion ban is in place, faced accusations Monday, June 6, 2022, of creating a “pregnancy register” as the country expands the amount of medical data being digitally saved on patients. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

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Poland, with near-total abortion ban, to record pregnancies
By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press
Mon,06/06/22-10:35AM , 95 Reads
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The government of Poland, where a near-total abortion ban is in place, faced accusations Monday of creating a “pregnancy register” as the country expands the amount of medical data being digitally saved on patients.
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Volunteers from Belarus practice at a shooting range near Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, May 20, 2022. Belarusians are among those who have answered a call by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for foreign fighters to go to Ukraine and join the International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

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'A long journey': Volunteers from Belarus fight for Ukraine
By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press
Sun,05/22/22-2:53AM , 115 Reads
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — One is a restaurateur who fled Belarus when he learned he was about to be arrested for criticizing President Alexander Lukashenko. Another was given the choice of either denouncing fellow opposition activists or being jailed. And one is certain his brother was killed by the country’s security forces.
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Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland, Andrii Deshchytsia, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 20, 2022. Ukraine's ambassador to neighboring Poland says his country is grateful for the welcome that Poles have given to millions of Ukrainians, but hopes the European Union will soon release billions of euros to Poland so that helping those fleeing the war does not come “at the cost of the Polish people.” Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia said that while there have been no real social tensions in the three months since Ukrainians began crossing into Poland seeking safety, he worries they could appear in the future given how much Poland has done. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

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Poles need EU funds as they help Ukrainians, ambassador says
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Sat,05/21/22-5:01AM , 76 Reads
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukraine's ambassador to neighboring Poland says his nation is grateful for the welcome that Poles have given to millions of Ukrainian refugees, but he hopes the European Union will soon release billions of euros to Poland so that the assistance does not come “at the cost of the Polish people."
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Activists, including Arkadiusz Szczurek, left, take part in a protest outside an outlet of French home improvement retailer Leroy Merlin in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday May 7, 2022. In the weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, a protest movement was born in Poland urging people to boycott companies that have chosen to keep operating in Russia. (AP Photo/Pawel Kuczynski)

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Protesters vent fury at French company for staying in Russia
By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press
Thu,05/12/22-2:58AM , 139 Reads
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A man in a Russian military uniform stood at the entrance of a large home improvement store in Poland's capital, saluting shoppers and thanking them for funding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
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