Media Watch - August 15
Poles apart: The EU will never understand Poland
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/poles-apart-the-eu-will-never-understand-poland
EU and Poland battle it out over the rule of law
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-and-poland-battle-it-out-over-the-rule-of-law/a-58865296
Why Poland Is Getting on the Nerves of the U.S. and the EU
Netanyahu-era Declaration Rejecting Polish Blame for Holocaust 'Not in Effect'
CEPA Event Summary: Zapad 2021
http://www.pac1944.org/featured-stories/cepa-event-summary-zapad-2021/
Poles protest bill silencing US-owned TV network
Uproar as Poland Acts to Muzzle Critics
https://cepa.org/uproar-as-poland-acts-to-muzzle-critics/
[The sign in the photo reads: “There is no freedom without free media” – TM]
Poland’s Government Wins Vote on Media Bill, Despite Losing Majority
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/world/europe/polands-media-law-passes.html
Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat
Poland's Armed Forces to be expanded, says Defence Minister
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/2789171
Poland’s ruling populists risk isolation in bid to stay in power
https://www.timesofisrael.com/polands-ruling-populists-risk-isolation-in-bid-to-stay-in-power/
August 15, Armed Forces Day
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7989/Artykul/2789562
Video: Victims of Communism Foundation on Battle of Warsaw, August 15 1920
https://twitter.com/VoCommunism/status/1426894617748938753
Polish Heritage in the US Capital: 9 Important Sites in Washington, D.C.
https://culture.pl/en/article/polish-heritage-in-the-us-capital-9-important-sites-in-washington-dc
[They missed several more: Mosaic by Jan deRosen in the Catholic Cathedral, sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Pope JP2 by Gordon Kray in that cathedral, grave of Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski (Civil War general and first cousin of Fryderyk Chopin) in Arlington National Cemetery -TM]
A Century in Stanislaw Lem’s Cosmos
The “Solaris” author’s centenary is being celebrated from Poland to the International Space Station. The range of his work is similarly dizzying.