It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into Austria ...
TODAY is the 85th anniversary of the first of a series of mass deportations from Poland’s eastern borderlands to Siberia.
Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, in an interview on Radio ZET, stated that Poland will establish its first ...
of border. It’s become a buffer zone since Belarus’ ally, Russia, invaded neighboring Ukraine three years ago. Similar fortifications farther north line Poland's frontier with the Russian region of ...
Polish border guards look east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Lorne Cooke “We have tightened our visa policy ...