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Poland Approves New Restrictions on Abortion Poland’s government put into effect on Wednesday a constitutional court decision banning terminations of pregnancies with fetal defects, three months after the court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged fetuses is unconstitutional. The constitutional court of Poland, a deeply Catholic country, issued on Wednesday a justification of a controversial October 2020 ruling that bans abortions in cases of fetuses with congenital defects, even o...

On future of Norway Top diplomats in Warsaw told the WBJ about the future from their countries’ perspective in the coronavirus era. What is the opinion of Anders Eide, Norwegian ambassador? Source: Picryl How high are your country’s hopes for 2021 in light of the vaccine announcement/s? A number of Covid-19 vaccines are being tested. Several different vaccines look likely to be approved relatively soon. Norway is co-chair of the ACT-A facility cou...

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Armed with red paint and defying coronavirus restrictions, hundreds of Poles rallied in Warsaw Thursday against a controversial court verdict imposing a near-total ban on abortion.

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against a verdict restricting abortion rights in Warsaw, Poland, January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

More than 26 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the US, CDC data shows From CNN’s Deidre McPhillips Drivers wait in line at a mega COVID-19 vaccination site set up in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on January 27. Damian Dovarganes/AP More than 26 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the United States, according to data published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An average of about 1.2 million doses have been ad...

MADRID The economic side-effects of the COVID19 pandemic in Spain have been devastating for the country’s vulnerable labour market as almost 623,000 people lost their job last year, according to fresh data released Tuesday by Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE). Read more. /// BERLIN Travel restrictions are on their way, says Seehofer. After initially waiting for a European solution, Germany is going to ban travel from countries with high levels of infection from the mutated coronav...

In Poland, thousands of people have been taking to the streets since a strict new abortion law came into effect. In Warsaw, some protesters clashed with police and several were arrested. The law amounts to a near-total ban on terminating pregnancies.

"Covid-19 is not just a health and economic crisis. It is a corruption crisis. And one that we are currently failing to manage," Delia Ferreira Rubio, Transparency International's chair said.

Adam Bodnar, Poland’s ombudsman for human rights, tweeted support for the protests, saying, “the state wants to further limit women’s rights, risk their lives, and condemn them to torture. This offensive is opposed by civil society. I appeal to the police to respect the citizens’ right to spontaneous, peaceful protest.” Europe’s strictest laws Poland already has some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, and most of the small number of legal abortions that take place in the coun...