Highlights from this month's print and digital editions:
NEWSMARK
Putin’s potential victory in Ukraine would be a disaster for the whole of Europe, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with CNN. Sikorski stressed that such an outcome would be disastrous not only for Kyiv but also for Ukraine’s neighbors, Europe, and the entire U.S. alliance system.
On January 9, 2024, General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Russia has lost 365,990 soldiers since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. Meanwhile, U.S. officials say the total number of Ukrainian and Russian troops killed or wounded since the war began is nearing 500,000.
Poland and Hungary are being sued in civil court by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer over refusal to take delivery of and pay for COVID-19 vaccines as part of a deal the European Commission made with Pfizer in 2021.
Poland’s new government has announced a halt to planned logging in what it says are some of the country’s most valuable forests.
A historic factory in the Polish city of Bielsko-Biala, which has operated since 1948 and produced the iconic Fiat 126p “Maluch” will close with the loss of over 450 jobs.
EDITORIAL
This Lent, a Little Sacrifice Could Go a Long Way
FEATURE
Peasantmania Returns
BOOK REVIEW
Resilience Through the Horrors of War
POLKA NEWS
A Holiday Wrap-Up and What’s on the Horizon
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- Buffalo Polonia's “Mother Church” Reaches Out
- Swiatla, Kamera, Akcja!
- What Goes into A Soup?
- Stefanski Rises to the Challenge
- 125 Years of Independence Commemorated
- Still the Best Medicine
- Hospital Asks for New Trial in “Take Care of Maya” Case
- Webinar to Examine “Polish Americans Today”
- EU Praises Efforts by Poland’s New Government To Restore Rule of Law
- Bridge Builder Modjeski Honored on Mears Memorial Anniversary
- Embassy Celebration of Independence Day
- 2023 Chopiniana, An Annual Salute to Chopin
- Opera singer Ewa Podles Passes
- Response: About the Survey of Students’ Knowledge of Poland and its Heritage
- Ups and Downs for Agniezka Holland
- Holland is not Sacrosanct
- Helping Those Less Fortunate
- Poland Remains Competitive
- Despite Minimum Wage Increase
- Polonia Places: St. Stanislaus RC Church in Boswell, Pennsylvania
- Preservation: St. Adalbert’s Awarded $250,000 Matching Grant
- Genealogy: Keep Your Family History Simple and Readable
- Wasik, Kacprzak Present a Double-Event Webinar
- Poland Receives 29 U.S. Abrams Battle Tanks
- Chicago Consulate co-sponsors Minnesota and St. Louis Sculptures
- 2023 Aquila Polonica Article Prize Winner Announced
- “A History of Polish Literature” to be published in United States
- A Crash Course in History, Culture, and Language
- PACC Hosts Christmas Luncheon
- Pierogi Kitchen Replaces BBQ Joint
- First Hand Records Releases Witczyk’s New Baroque
- The KF Accepting Applications for Scholarships and Studies & Research Grants
- Skowronski Polish Studies Scholarship
- Poland’s Response the Ukrainian War Crisis: The Warsaw Experience
- Warsaw rebuilt?
- Language and Culture Classes from Washington
- and more!