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By Rhod Mackenzie

"This is utter blasphemy.
This is the response and reaction  of politicians and media analysts in their evaluation of the statements made by the current Polish President Karol Navrocki regarding his statement that the Soviet Union was directly  involved in the onset of World War...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It appears that Poland is aspiring to become a leading hub for the transit of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imported into Europe. Warsaw has decided to become one of the focal points in European gas transit  following the EU's decision to end its importation of  Russian pipeline ga...

By Rhod Mackenzie

One of the most striking political phenomena of 2025 in Poland is the growing popularity of forces advocating for the  improvement of  relations with Russia. To whom exactly does this development pertain, and what is the reason for its direct relevance to Poles' fatigue with the...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Dmitry Kasatkin, Russia's Chargé d'Affaires in Riga, has started that the dismantling of the railway that links the ports of Latvia to Russia to the rail system across Russia to Central Asia and to China  is going to would have a seriously negative impact on Latvia's commericial...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The authorities in Poland are implementing stricter measures in relation to welfare and other benefits paid to so called refugees from Ukraine . Rhod Mackenzie looks at how previousy Poland , the country did make some cuts to benefits for so called displaced persons, but now ther...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Recently in the news we had the EU claiming that Russia would have to pay reparations to the Ukraine over the conflict there,then at a meeting in Germany between the Chancellor Alexander Metz and the Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk the Polish PM demanded reparations from German...