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France / Poland - Interview with Patrick Édery, editor-in-chief of the new French-language news site of Solidarity’s weekly magazine: "The voice that Solidarity brings is democratic, anti-populicide, and completely non-authoritarian." Patrick Édery is a French entrepreneur married to a Polish woman and…

Culture

Who was Wacław Felczak?

The Editorial Board July 20, 2020

Who was Wacław Felczak? – A Hungarian Perspective Fel-tsak or Fel-tʂak? Thanks to the different pronunciation in Polish and Hungarian, this question was quite common among the Hungarian participants on the Summer University in Krasiczyn, Poland, both in 2018 and 2019. A…

Society

The Beginning of a Diplomatic Crisis Between Poland and Norway?

Olivier Bault March 29, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland/Norway - Case of the Barnevernet (Norwegian Child Welfare Services) - A Polish consul has disrupted the Norwegian establishment Is it a retaliatory measure after the asylum granted to a Norwegian mother and her 2-year-old daughter? In reality Sławomir Kowalski…

Society

Lech Walesa, aka agent Bolek

Olivier Bault February 5, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - In February 2016, documents recovered from the widow of General Kiszczak, former Minister of Interior of General Jaruzelski, confirmed what many Poles had been convinced of for a long time: before becoming the charismatic leader of Solidarity (Solidarność),…

Society

Lech Wałęsa, national hero and communist informant?

The Editorial Board February 29, 2016

Poland, Warsaw - Former Polish President and founder of the "Solidarność " organization Lech Wałęsa said today that he might sue the National Remembrance Institute (IPN), regarding its accusations of being a paid informant during the communist-era. Wałęsa denies the allegations and…

Legendary workers’ union Solidarity to the rescue of freedom of expression in France

Who was Wacław Felczak?

The Beginning of a Diplomatic Crisis Between Poland and Norway?

Lech Walesa, aka agent Bolek

Lech Wałęsa, national hero and communist informant?