A former shipyard worker whose 1980 firing triggered the labor protest that spawned Poland's Solidarity movement was awarded $23,000 on Tuesday for her imprisonment more than two decades ago more »
Spaniards have voted overwhelmingly to back the EU's new constitution in a referendum at the weekend more »
Since 1993, the EU has provided the republic with 153 million euros (US $182 million) worth of humanitarian aid. more »
Chinese authorities shut down more than 12,000 Internet bars last year, state media said on Sunday more »
Around 30 activists from environmental group Greenpeace blocked the entrance to the office of Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka for nearly two hours to demand that Poland ban imports of genetically modified produce more »
Survivors marked 65 years yesterday since Soviet occupiers began sending Poles to Siberian labour camps more »
Europe needs more, not fewer, economic migrants despite public fears and high unemployment in core West European countries, EU Labour and Social Affairs Commissioner Vladimir Spidla said on Wednesday more »
Immigration to Israel Drops as More Russian Jews Prefer Germany more »
A leaked list containing the names of some 240,000 people who allegedly spied for Poland's former communist regime has overtaken sex as the hottest search item on the Internet in Poland more »
Several European Parliament members have urged the EU to match a proposed ban on Nazi signs with one on communist symbols like the hammer and sickle more »