2014: The Year of Anniversaries

It’s a big year for commemorations in Poland this year. We illuminate them with a photo essay, focusing mainly on the people behind the anniversary.

Yes, Mr. President! *

(*President Poland, of course.)

Isabelle Sokolnicka’s optimism may be contagious…
all the more reason to read on.

On the Edge: Poland’s Role as Border State of NATO and the European Union

Poland, which lies on the Eastern front of NATO and the EU, sometimes finds itself in the middle of East-West political posturing.

A Pole at the Head of the European Parliament

This year Poles celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism in Poland: the roundtable talks and the first democratic parliamentary elections, bringing about almost unbelievable changes to Europe. With the election of Jerzy Buzek as the President of the European Parliament, the last remaining symbols of the old divisions are dropping.