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Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located in the east-central region of the country and has a population of roughly 1.8 million.

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A man holds a sign 'Europe don't give up!"

Brussels must address Polish provocations

If Warsaw doesn't want to play by the rules of the European Union, the EU should take decisive action.
PoliticsOctober 23, 2021
Protesters gather near the Polish capital's iconic skyscraper, the Palace of Culture, at a protest demanding abortion rights, in Warsaw, Poland

Poland protests mark one year since abortion ban

Rights groups have asked the European Commission to clamp down on Poland for defying "EU values."
HealthOctober 23, 2021
People wear face masks due to the spread of coronavirus while doing shopping at the outdoor marketplace in Sedziszow, Poland

Inflation spurs rate hike in Poland

Rising inflation suggest economic recovery is going well in the EU's east. But at what cost?
BusinessOctober 11, 2021
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks at conservative conference

Hungary passes resolution in support of Polish court ruling

Hungary's prime minister signed a resolution supporting a ruling that gave the Polish constitution primacy over EU law.
Rule of LawOctober 9, 2021
Angela Merkel and Mateusz Morawiecki in Berlin

Merkel in Warsaw: a difficult adieu

Chancellor Merkel is heading to Warsaw for a farewell visit amid worsening political ties between the two nations.
PoliticsSeptember 10, 2021
EU flag symbol on a building in Poland

EU and Poland battle it out over the rule of law

If the Polish government doesn't give in on its fight over the rule of law with the EU it could face hefty fines.
Rule of LawAugust 15, 2021
2. Weltkrieg Ghetto Nationalsozialismus

How Jewish women fought the Nazis

They smuggled weapons and died in combat: Judy Batalion recovers the important stories of Jewish female resistance.
HistoryAugust 2, 2021
Laschet sits on a bench next to uprising veteran Wanda Traczyk-Stawska

Aspiring German chancellor in Warsaw

Armin Laschet toured a museum to commemorate the Polish uprising against Nazi occupation in 1944.
HistoryAugust 1, 2021
People take part in the Equality Parade in Warsaw, Poland

Poland: Thousands march for LGBTQ+ rights

Despite a backlash against LGBTQ+ rights, campaigners say the Warsaw pride parade shows: "We are not going to give up."
Human RightsJune 19, 2021
Stasi headquarters in East Berlin in 1985

East Germany, Poland shared deep distrust

Officially they were "socialist brother countries." But their intelligence services shared mutual distrust and dislike.
HistoryMarch 13, 2021
EU ringt um Finanzpaket I M. Morawiecki -und V. Orban

Is Warsaw facing de facto Polexit?

Brussels is increasingly tired of Poland’s budgetary recalcitrance and wants to get tough — again.
BusinessDecember 7, 2020
Black and white photo of Willy Brandt' kneeling before the wreath at the memorial with photographers crowding in to capture the moment

50 years since Willy Brandt's historic gesture in Poland

The "Warsaw Genuflection" opened the way to reconciliation, but some today dismiss it as an "empty gesture."
HistoryDecember 6, 2020
Women's rights protesters took the streets in Warsaw

Polish police attempt to block women's rights protest

Warsaw police tried to break up a women's rights march against the tightening of Poland's abortion law.
PoliticsNovember 29, 2020
Women protesting new Polish abortion rules

Poland: Protesters stage biggest abortion rights rally yet

Thousands of pro-choice activists have defied coronavirus restrictions to demonstrate for a ninth straight day.
Law and JusticeOctober 30, 2020
A ten-year-old Polish girl named Kazimiera Mika, mourns the death of her older sister, who was killed in a field in Warsaw during a German air raid.

World War II: The photo that shocked the world

A photo of a young girl bent over her sister's lifeless body taken in Warsaw in 1939 changed how the world saw the war.
SocietyOctober 29, 2020
Polen Warschau | Skulptur St. John Paul II | Maurizio Cattelan

John Paul II gets 'iconic' makeover

A Polish artist unveiled Saint John Paul II statue as thieves stole a vial of his blood in Italy.
ReligionSeptember 24, 2020
Wladyslaw Szpilman, Pianist, 1946

'The Pianist': Władysław Szpilman mementos to be auctioned

The family of Holocaust-surviving composer and hero of Oscar-winning film 'The Pianist' will sell war-era items.
CultureSeptember 22, 2020
A protester mounts a car in Warsaw

Poland: Police arrest dozens of pro-LGBT protesters

Polish authorities have described LGBT+ rights as an "invasive ideology."
SocietyAugust 8, 2020
A fruit market near Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw's mean strawberry streets

If prices are falling, why do customers in Poland have to pay more for their strawberries?
BusinessJuly 17, 2020
Zusammenarbeit deutscher und polnischer Umweltaktivisten

Warsaw weighs nuclear options

Poland was one of the few Soviet satellites not to have nuclear power, but could US influence help change that?
BusinessJune 19, 2020
DW Euromaxx, Polens Sternepionier Wojciech Modest Amaro

Poland‘s Star Chef Wojciech Modest Amaro

The concept of Poland‘s first star chef is ‘tradition meets the 21st century‘.
LifestyleApril 4, 202004:26 min
US fighter jet F-35A Lightning II

'Fort Trump': Poland buys US jets to bolster bilateral ties

The sale of 32 fighter jets for $4.6 billion (€4.2 billion) is one of the biggest in Polish history. What happens next?
PoliticsJanuary 31, 2020
Aufstand im Warschauer Ghetto

Jewish property: Warsaw's restitution problem

Poland was one of 47 countries to sign the Terezin Declaration on Holocaust Era Assets and Related Issues.
BusinessJanuary 27, 2020
Russian embassy in Sofia

Bulgaria to expel two Russian spying suspects

Previously, three Russians were charged with the attempted murder of a Bulgarian arms manufacturer.
PoliticsJanuary 24, 2020
Photo collage of von dem Bach-Zelewski with his children and in a Nazi SS uniform

'Daddy was a man of honor'

Ilse, 85, still calls her father "daddy" and gets annoyed when she hears she should be ashamed of the Nazi officer.
HistoryJanuary 2, 2020
The mayors of Prague, Budapest, Bratislava and Warsaw pose for a photo

Eastern European mayors forge anti-populism pact

The mayors of the Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia's capitals formed a new alliance that seeks EU support.
PoliticsDecember 16, 2019
Protesters hold up their mobile phones and wave flags

Polish protesters back suspended judge

Thousands joined anti-government rallies across the country to show their support for the embattled judiciary.
PoliticsDecember 1, 2019
The Warsaw skyline

'Little Visegrad' — A pact of capitals

The young mayors of Warsaw, Budapest, Prague and Bratislava are coming together to fight for the rule of law.
PoliticsNovember 11, 2019
DW Sendung To the Point E Totale

30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall: What happened to the euphoria?

Germany celebrates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. A success story for everyone?
PoliticsNovember 7, 201926:01 min
Vice President Mike Pence, USA

US criticizes Germany for not meeting NATO spending

In Warsaw, Vice President Mike Pence has chided Germany for allowing the US to bear the "burden of defending Europe."
PoliticsSeptember 2, 2019
NATO soldiers in Poland

Poland: Cozying up to the US?

Warsaw hopes visiting US envoys will want to talk about strengthening NATO's eastern flank, even without Donald Trump.
PoliticsAugust 30, 2019
Heiko Maas and Jacek Czaputowicz seen through a bullet hole in a wall at the 75th anniversary event for the Warsaw uprising

Warsaw: Germany's guilt, shame and atonement

Despite a dark history, Germany and Poland are keen to look to the future. But that's not always easy.
HistoryAugust 2, 2019
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas during a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument of the Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw

'Deep shame' for Nazi atrocities in Poland

Germany's foreign minister said his presence at the Warsaw Uprising anniversary was proof of "strong mutual trust."
PoliticsAugust 1, 2019
Pride Parade in Bialystok, Poland

Homophobia still deeply entrenched in Poland

Researchers say homophobia is more widespread in Poland than in most other eastern European countries.
SocietyJuly 23, 2019
Greenpeace campaign at Belchatow power plant

EU climate goals ditched

Poland said it will put its own economy first after rejecting an EU bid for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
BusinessJune 26, 2019
People wave rainbow flags during the Baltic gay pride parade on the streets of Warsaw

Warsaw: Tens of thousands march for gay rights

The LGBT community has come under sustained attack in recent months by the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party.
SocietyJune 9, 2019
'Poland in Europe' march in Warsaw

Thousands march in Warsaw for pro-EU vote

EU Council President Donald Tusk joined thousands in Warsaw to call on the left to vote in upcoming EU elections.
PoliticsMay 18, 2019
Polish far-right protest in Warsaw

Far-right Poles protest compensating stolen Jewish property

Polish nationalists say that Poland should not be required to pay compensation for assets stolen from Jews.
SocietyMay 11, 2019
Anti-Iran protesters in Warsaw

US demands EU allies leave Iran nuclear deal

The US is seeking allies in Central and Eastern Europe, teaming up with Poland for a Mideast conference in Warsaw.
PoliticsFebruary 14, 2019
film still from Who will write our history, a man standing at a table, rolling a document

How Warsaw Ghetto diarists fought Nazi lies

The documentary "Who Will Write Our History" tells the story of the creators of a secret archive in the Warsaw Ghetto.
CultureJanuary 25, 2019
Tschechoslowakei 1969, Beerdigung Jan Palach, Selbstverbrennung

Awakening Czechs to Oppression

50 years since Czech student Jan Palach set himself on fire in the middle of Prague, we talk to people who knew him.
SocietyJanuary 18, 201908:08 min
Public mourning in Gdansk

Poland divided as Gdansk mourns Pawel Adamowicz

Right-wing groups had threatened the mayor.
PoliticsJanuary 17, 2019
Simcha Rotem Ghetto

Last Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter dies

As German forces were mobilizing to liquidate the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943, Simcha "Kazik" Rotem resisted and fought back.
Human RightsDecember 23, 2018
DW Stammtisch, Hauptstadtbüro

Stammtisch: Poles apart

This week our Stammtisch hosts Damien McGuiness and Nina Haase are joined by Anna Noryskiewicz and Tom Nuttall.
PoliticsNovember 16, 201838:45 min
Polish independence day far-right march

Court approves Warsaw 'independence march'

Organizers of the far-right march were emboldened the ruling, saying it has made them "victorious."
PoliticsNovember 8, 2018
Protesters light flares and carry Polish flags during a rally, organised by far-right, nationalist groups, to mark 99th anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2017

Warsaw bans far-right anniversary march

Warsaw's mayor wants to avoid the racism that plagued last year's independence day celebrations in Poland's capital.
PoliticsNovember 8, 2018
Toyota-Werk in Polen

Warsaw kick-starts electric car road trip

As Europe turns its back on diesel, the rush is on for electric and hybrid — and Poland wants to be in on the action.
BusinessNovember 6, 2018
Prices of gold have fallen 10 percent this year

Warsaw and Budapest go nuts for gold

Hungary's and Poland's gold hikes reflect unease with current global events.
BusinessOctober 31, 2018
Warsaw's Chopin airport

Poland's flights of fancy?

The Polish government wants to build a massive new airport near Warsaw, but does it really make economic sense?
BusinessOctober 8, 2018
Berlin Askanischer Platz

Call renewed for Berlin Polish monument

A former German Parliament speaker has renewed a German call for a Berlin site to honor Polish victims of Nazi terror.
PoliticsSeptember 28, 2018