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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has hosted talks with populist politicians from Italy and Poland as they sought to create a new right-wing political force on the European stage

Sami Steigmann crashes Clubhouse feature Sami Steigmann crashes Clubhouse The 81-year-old Holocaust survivor will engage in a cross-racial, intergenerational conversation via the social-media platform with thousands in honor of Yom Hashoah. (April 1, 2021 / JNS) On a blustery day in late January, Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann, 81, made his debut on Clubhouse—the buzzy, audio-based, social-media platform that launched in the venture capital and Hollywood communities last spring and now con...

Twenty years ago on April 1, the mayor of Amsterdam married four couples in City Hall as the Netherlands became the first country in the world with legalized same-sex marriages.

Populist leaders meet, seek European renaissance Sign In JUSTIN SPIKE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, speaks during a joint press conference with Polands prime minister, Matteusz Morawiecki and former interior minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban hosted talks with right-wing politicians, Polands prime minister, Matteusz Morawiecki, and former interio...

A recent survey suggests that that Poles are becoming increasingly skeptical about China. By April 01, 2021 Advertisement Throughout the last decade, Poland has tried hard to strengthen its ties with China. It joined Beijing’s 17+1 format, endorsed the Belt and Road Initiative, and signed two agreements on strategic cooperation with China. As a result, just like many other Central and Eastern European countries, it was deemed by some a “Chinese Trojan horse” for its alleged closeness wit...

The Power of the Polish Women’s Strike Translated from the Polish by Sean Gasper Bye ON MARCH 8TH, 2021, International Women’s Day, I drew a lightning bolt on my mask in red lipstick, put a thermos in my backpack, and went out into the street to demand my rights. That day, instead of receiving the traditional Women’s Day gifts—a patriarchal carnation and pair of stockings—I stood for six hours at a Warsaw traffic circle, trapped inside a police cordon as the temperature dropped below ...

Director Steven Spielberg has optioned the book for a motion picture and signed Batalion to co-write the screenplay.

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish health care was plunged into confusion on Thursday after a surprise overnight decision to widen eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines triggered the crash of an online registration system, just as new infections soared to a new daily high. FILE PHOTO: A health worker in protective suit waits for people at a test center in front of a hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Warsaw, Poland October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Kacper Pempe...

BBC News By Adam Easton image copyrightAnna Adamowicz image captionAnna Adamowicz (L) and her wife Agnieszka are raising 13-year-old Pola but a proposed law would stop Agnieszka adopting her Thirteen-year-old Pola is one of an estimated 50,000 children in Poland being raised by same-sex couples. Like most of those children, Pola is growing up with her biological mother, Anna Adamowicz, together with her wife, Agnieszka. Pola was born during Annas previous relationship with a man and her father ...

It was not immediately clear whether an investigation would be opened. If it is, and should charges be pressed, they would carry a potential sentence of up to three years in prison. The allegations concern abuse by a village priest in the 1980s of a man who was then a minor. In the 1990s, the alleged victim informed the local bishop but said there was no reaction. In 2007, another priest informed a different bishop in a detailed letter. That bishop had a legal obligation to notify prosecutors, ...