Poland

This month Russia is staging huge joint military exercises with Belarus. History suggests Putin is getting ready to stage another invasion

And then along came a new, hard-right conservative president – a man with no answers to the country’s problems

A new book of Polish short stories reveals the inventive mischievousness of the nation’s writers

Yet another had right opportunist has exploited the opening in European politics that the left continues to ignore

However his works might have been assembled and whatever dissembling he did when talking about his life, Jerzy Kosiński was a master storyteller

Under communism, Polish artists were given freedom to produce posters advertising Hollywood films in a way their makers never dreamed of

Poland’s capital city boasts a variety of museums commemorating history, but MSN Warsaw has a futuristic approach to culture

The making of an extraordinary memento that survived the concentration camp and a death march designed to bury the truth

We cannot finesse our way out of the problem that the American people have swung isolationist

A remarkable new documentary sees the son of commandant Rudolph Höss meet a survivor of his father’s murder factory

Poland’s economy is thriving, thanks to the benefits of being in the EU. No wonder Brexiteers see it as a threat

Poland’s pensioners will not be swayed from their belief that Tusk sold their country to Russia and Germany

But is the new prime minister brave or foolish - or both?

A husband-and-wife team filmed a classic Polish novel, then made another film from paintings of it. Why?

The populists have been stopped in their tracks. It will soon be Britain’s turn to do likewise

The ruling hard right party doesn’t have the votes to form a government. Can Donald Tusk put together a centrist ruling coalition?

The people are heading to the polls this weekend and whatever the result, Poland will remain starkly divided

Can Donald Tusk turn back the populist tide in this weekend’s election? Or will PiS deal yet another blow to the EU’s hopes of unity?

The Confederates are far from what you would expect – don’t write them off as cranks

A new Netflix drama sees a 17-year-old Polish migrant return from exile in Wales to battle racism, sexism and Romany traditions

How a 19th-century British aristocrat became the face of a Polish mining town

Understandably, many Jews have reservations abut Poland. Today, baseball is helping change that, one game at a time

By 2030 its economy will be bigger than Britain’s. Why are we being left behind?

A new book eschews cosy nostalgia to explore the fractures that Europe’s picture postcard tourist traps keep hidden

Keir Starmer’s target is laudable, but it requires a political sea change

Jerzy Skolimowski and a donkey team up to create an avant-garde classic

Jerzy Połomski, one of the most-loved entertainers in Polish history, has died at the age of 89

How an ex-WAG popstar brought and won a case at the European Court of Human Rights

Broad Peak explores the life story of Maciej Berbeka, the Polish mountaineer who returned to the summit of his obsession and, sadly, never left

Jan Kiepura's ability to break down the barrier between performer and audience meant he was a shoo-in as a leading man as the talkie arrived

A new Polish crime thriller is riveting - but also stressful, banal and not a great deal of fun to watch

The new Netflix drama sets aside political quibbles and moments of cultural discord, settling instead for lighter watching