When did the Polish flag appear? What colour is it actually? What is the proper way to display it? What should you do with it when a storm is coming? And who wrote poems about it? Worthy of its very ...

1287, the Mongolian Golden Horde launches a major campaign against the Kingdom of Poland. This would be the third time a Mongol army invaded the country; the Poles knew well that they were facing ...

The 134th annual Polish Constitution Day Parade rolled down Columbus Drive in Chicago on Saturday. The festivities this year marked the 1,000th anniversary of the Kingdom of Poland, and with more ...

Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The 134th annual Polish Constitution Day Parade rolled down Columbus Drive in Chicago on Saturday. The festivities this year marked the 1,000th anniversary of the Kingdom of ...

Polish filmmaker and LGBTQ+ activist Bart Staszewski holds a rainbow Pride-themed flag on the gallery of the Polish Parliament as designated Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk gives a speech to ...

In Poland, Mr. Trzaskowski hopes to slow Europe’s Trump-empowered tide of right-wing populism — by wrapping himself in the Polish flag, at least at campaign stops outside Warsaw and liberal ...

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