Media Watch- April 9
Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Wesołego Alleluja
Christ has risen! Happy Easter
How Poland became the new ‘center of gravity’ in Europe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/07/poland-center-gravity-heart-europe-nato-history/
Poland’s War on Two Fronts
Long at odds with the E.U. over its domestic policies, the right-wing government is winning allies with its staunch defense of Ukraine. Which battle matters most?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/magazine/poland-eu-ukraine-war.html
Army’s new Poland garrison went from Warsaw’s wish list to high US priority
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-03-28/army-poland-base-9627391.html
Putin’s Shakespearean Demons
Imagine the condition in the heart of Europe today had NATO’s boundaries stayed frozen after 1989.
Nord Stream Deep Dive Finds Putin’s Fingerprints
Reports have blamed Britain, the US, and pro-Ukrainian saboteurs for the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage. Publicly available data tell a different story.
https://cepa.org/article/nord-stream-deep-dive-finds-putins-fingerprints/
Finland joins NATO in blow to Russia
Finland has formally joined NATO, becoming the Western military alliance’s 31st member in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3146041
Finland's NATO entry is direct result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine: NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3145780
How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Pushed Finland and Sweden Toward NATO
Divisions emerge in NATO over giving Ukraine a pathway to membership
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/world/europe/ukraine-nato-membership.html
Ukraine’s Success Risks Splitting Its Friends
West European countries fear Russian defeat; their eastern allies yearn for it.
https://cepa.org/article/ukraines-success-risks-splitting-its-friends/
Minister of European Affairs on aid to Ukraine
The decision of Poland and Slovakia to deliver MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine should be an example for other countries
https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/56802/news
Ukraine’s Zelensky receives Polish Order of White Eagle
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3146484
Zelensky Gets Hero’s Welcome in Poland, Cementing Ukraine’s Ties
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/world/europe/russia-ukraine-zelensky-poland.html
Polish-Ukrainian friendship masks a bitter, bloody history
Volhynia's shadow still looms over Warsaw-Kiev relations
https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/56847/news
Strong message to Russia from Duda and Zelenskiy
https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/56843/news
The Russians Took Their Children. These Mothers Went and Got Them Back.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/todayspaper/ukrainian-children-mothers-russia.html
US says Russia likely behind top-secret document leak
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3148143
Polish activist cleared of charges in Belarus: officials
Andżelika Borys, head of the Union of Poles in Belarus, has been cleared of false charges by the Belarusian authorities, the Polish government has said.
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3146088
The John Paul II Case: This Is the Message that the Polish Bishops Asked to Be Read in All Parishes
Do Your Research Before Judging Poland's Catholic Church
By Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
Poland’s first couple pay tribute to late Pope John Paul II in Vatican
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3145487
Polish Leaders Hope Defense of a Dead Pope Propels Them to Re-Election
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/world/europe/poland-election-pope-john-paul-ii.html
A disappointing Olympic decision on Russia
by Lucja Swiatkowski Cannon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/a-disappointing-olympic-decision-on-russia
Pole lives shorter than average European
https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/56807/news
The International Battle Over Bruno Schulz’s Holocaust-Era Art
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/books/review/bruno-schulz-benjamin-balint.html