NEWS WATCH: Prayers At Funeral Of Poland’s Last Communist Leader
Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WARSAW, POLAND (BosNewsLife)-- Lech Walesa, head of the Solidarity movement that ended Communism in Poland, has knelt in prayer at a Catholic funeral mass for General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the Communist leader who for decades was his sworn enemy
BREAKING NEWS: EU Chair Poland Demands Iran Halts Pastor’s Execution
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
MISSION WATCH: Africa Peacekeepers Reach Embattled Polish Missionaries
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
BANGUI/WARSAW (BosNewsLife)-- International peacekeepers have reached Polish Christian missionaries who were trapped in weeks of looting and violence in troubled Central African Republic, Polish media reported Friday, February 14.
Polish Church Mourns Death Cardinal Glemp
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By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
WARSAW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Poland's Catholic Church is mourning Cardinal Jozef Glemp who has died at the age of 83 after an often turbulent life in which he supported the country's peaceful struggle against communism.
NEWS WATCH: East Europe Officials Say US Backing Away from Missile Defense System
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WARSAW/PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Poland and the Czech Republic are reacting to U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a Europe-based missile defense system. Several officials in the region have warned that the move will improve Washington's relations with Moscow at the expense of other Eastern European allies.
NEWS WATCH: 19 Miners Rescued From Poland Mine
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WARSAW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Nineteen miners have been pulled alive from a copper mine in southern Poland after a small earthquake trapped them.
NEWS WATCH: Poland Confirms Execution In Pakistan Of Engineer
By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife News Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos reporting from BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
ISLAMABAD/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Poland confirmed Monday, February 9, the authenticity of video footage showing the beheading in Pakistan of a Polish engineer abducted over four months ago by Islamic militants linked to the groups Taliban and possibly Al-Qaeda.
Rebels Release Polish Priest Amid Fighting In East Ukraine
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent
KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- An ethnic Polish priest who was abducted by armed pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine has been freed, but his release did little to ease tensions as Ukrainian government forces advanced to the rebel-held stronghold of Donetsk.
Germany’s Merkel visits Auschwitz amid rising anti-semitism
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WARSAW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz amid concerns...