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Court 'should dismiss' Hungary-Poland bid to stop EU cash conditions

Hungary and Poland are trying to stop EU cash handouts from being conditional on respect for rule of law and other key values of the bloc.

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Poland’s apple bounty makes it the orchard of Europe

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Symbols of love, sin, fertility and immortality, apples have played a leading role in tales and myths since ancient times.

Poland

'Full-blown war on women': Bid to further curb abortion sparks anger

Abortions are only allowed in Poland in cases of rape or incest, or if the woman’s life or health is in danger.

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Berlin: 6000 green lights in solidarity with migrants in Belarus

A collective of NGOs placed 6,000 green lights in front of the Bundestag to demand the reception of migrants blocked at the border between Poland and Belarus.

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Belarus

Belarus will not force migrants to return home, says Lukashenko

Lukashenko made his first public appearance at the Polish border since the start of the crisis.

Ukraine

Ukraine sends 8,500 troops to its Belarus border over migrants fear

The Belarus-Poland border crisis has sparked fears in Kyiv that migrants will soon be sent Ukraine's way.

Poland

Poland reports more migrant crossing attempts from Belarus

There were 267 attempts to cross the border fence from Belarus on Tuesday.

Belarus

Belarus' Lukashenko says EU should take in more migrants

Lukashenko called on the EU to take in 2,000 migrants stranded in Belarus. The EU says Belarus has lured migrants to the country as part of a "hybrid attack" on the bloc.

Poland

Poland 'will not yield to blackmail' over Belarus migrant crisis

He went on to warn that "today the target is Poland, but tomorrow it will be Germany, Belgium, France or Spain".

Poland

Demonstrators on Poland-Belarus border demand more help for migrants

Demonstrators in Poland - close to the Belarusian border - demand that the government does more to help migrants.

Poland

Donald Tusk driving license suspended for three months for speeding

The former EU official turned Hungarian opposition leader was driving more than double the speed limit in a 50km zone.

Belarus

Poland says migrants are still trying to cross the border from Belarus

"The new method has been adopted by migrants and Belarusian services," Poland's defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak said.

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Europe's week: Belarus border crisis dominates agenda

Tensions between Minsk and Brussels continued to simmer over migrants attempting to cross into the bloc.

Belarus

Poland confirms Belarus border camp cleared as migrants given shelter

The latest moves are being seen as a sign that Lukashenko is now keen to defuse the crisis the EU and the West accuse him of orchestrating.

Latvia

Latvia installs 'temporary' fence on Belarus border to stop migrants

Latvia and other Baltic states have been nervous about a potential influx of migrants from Belarus following the crisis on the Polish border.

Belarus

Belarus: Iraqi migrants caught in border tensions fly home

374 Iraqi migrants boarded the first repatriation flight that left Minsk on Thursday amid severe border tensions with Poland.

Belarus

Lukashenko and Merkel agree to EU talks over Belarus migrant crisis

The announcement for Belarus-EU negotiations comes a day after the bloc announced it would issue a fifth raft of sanctions over the border crisis.

Poland

Water cannon and grenades as tensions rise on Belarus-Poland border

Warsaw says people were armed with gas grenades supplied by Belarus, which they threw over the fence towards Polish guards.

Lithuania

Poland-Belarus: Baltic leaders call on EU to tighten asylum policy

On Monday, hundreds of migrants found themselves trapped at a border crossing unable to go forward or backward between Poland and Belarus.

Belarus

Families mourn young migrants who died at Belarus-Poland border

A Syrian teenager who died trying to cross the frontier was buried in Poland on Monday, while the bodies of two Iraqi men were flown home.

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