The two countries have been seeking reconciliation over difficult historical issues.
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Ukraine finds remains of 30 people in search for victims of massacre by Polish WWII partisans
Poland recently granted permission for Ukraine to conduct a search for the victims.
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Remains of 115 Polish WWII soldiers exhumed in Ukraine
The soldiers died defending Lviv, then known as Lwów, when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland.
US ambassador inaugurates planned Polish-American Centre at Kraków’s Kościuszko Mound
The facility “will serve as a living symbol of friendship, understanding, and transatlantic cooperation”.
Poland recovers looted painting that once hung in SS officers’ club in occupied Warsaw
The owner of the painting has donated it to Warsaw’s National Museum after learning of its provenance.
Ninth-century Arabic silver coins found near Viking trading centre in Poland
The dirhams may have belonged to merchants travelling to or from the nearby Viking Age port of Truso.
Russia condemns Polish city’s “barbaric” removal of Monument of Gratitude to the Red Army
The fate of the monument has been subject to a long-running legal and political battle in Rzeszów.
Prosecutors drop case in which Wałęsa was accused of lying about being communist collaborator
“Truth has triumphed over an attempt to rewrite history,” wrote the justice minister.
American Nobel laureate receives Polish citizenship
Victor Ambros says he wants to “help improve the international position of Polish science”.
Polish right-wing opposition MPs call for Independence Day march in Ukrainian city of Lviv
Lviv was historically part of Poland and still has an ethnic Polish minority population.
European Parliament strips Polish far-right leader of immunity to face Holocaust denial charge
It is the sixth time that the EP has lifted Braun’s immunity, and the second time for charges of Holocaust denial.
Polish far-right leader Braun vandalises Ukrainian monument with hammer
The memorial is dedicated to soldiers from the UPA, which fought against Soviets but was also responsible for massacring Poles.
“We remember where Germany in the hands of a far-right, pro-Russian party can lead,” says Polish FM
The rise of the far-right AfD in Germany has been watched with particular concern in Poland.
Poland’s oldest operating electric train, 63-year-old “Granny”, returns to the tracks after a refurb
The train has been in operation since 1963.
