Poland wants the EU focused on security. Its border with Belarus highlights the challenges
Poland's six-month presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security. As Europe’s biggest land war in decades rages, fewer places highlight the challenges and contradictions of defending the bloc and its values more starkly than the border with Belarus.
Poland focuses on border security at start of EU presidency
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that protecting borders is a 'sacred duty', but humanitarian organisations have expressed concerns. #EuropeNews
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Poland's EU Presidency: At the Forefront of Security and Migration Debate
Poland's EU presidency focuses on security amid tensions along its borders with Belarus and Ukraine. With 13,000 guards patrolling, the border serves as a defense against Russia's hybrid warfare. Poland tightens visa policies and suspends asylum rights,
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State Border Committee: since beginning of 2025, almost 8,000 foreigners visited Belarus without visas
Starting from January 1st, 7,803 foreigners from 38 countries included in the visa-free list have arrived in Belarus, and most of them
Poland's Belarus border fence: A controversial deterrent
Poland has established a border fence equipped with modern surveillance technology to prevent people from entering from Belarus. Rights activists accuse border guards of practicing a "pushback" strategy.
Who needs "Poland on the Neman" instead of Belarus?
Fugitive oppositionists who have found themselves in the countries of the European Union are already preparing for the presidential elections in Belarus, which will be held on January 26. At the same time,
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Over 295,000 Ukrainians enter Belarus since end-Feb 2022 - Belarusian border committee
MINSK. Jan 20 (Interfax) - Over 295,000 citizens of Ukraine have entered Belarus since the end of February, 2022, the Belarusian State Border Committee said.
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Poland will not recognize Belarus presidential election: upper-house Speaker
Poland will not recognize Belarus’ upcoming presidential election, scheduled for January 26, upper-house Speaker Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska said on Thursday.
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Poland wants EU focused on security. Its border with Belarus highlights challenges
Polish border guards look east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland on Jan 16. (AP)
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Polish man gets life sentence for raping and killing a woman who had fled Belarus
A Polish court on Friday convicted a man of raping, robbing and killing a Belarussian woman in Warsaw and handed him a life sentence in prison with a requirement for therapy. The Regional Court in ...
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Zelensky Claims Putin Ally Lukashenko Called to Apologize For Strikes Launched From Belarus: 'Its Not Me, It's Putin'
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's Prime Minister in Lviv, on December 17, 2024 YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP via Getty Images Zelensky said ...
Australian Open 2025: Schedule, draws, brackets, order of play
Carlos Alcaraz had a much quieter offseason. He is an Australian Open shy of a career Grand Slam. If the Spaniard wins in Melbourne in 2025 or 2026, he will become the youngest man to complete the career Slam. The Australian Open main draw singles tournaments run from Jan. 12-26.