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Portugal's European affairs secretary Ana Paula Zacarias speaks during a debate on a controversial near-total ban on abortion in Poland, during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

Poland’s abortion ruling focus of debate in EU parliament

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Poland's President Andrzej Duda touches ellbows with the Czech President Milos Zeman to greet him for for a two-day summit with the presidents of Hungary and The Czech Republic marking 30 years of the Visegrad Group, an informal body of political and economic cooperation in the region, at the presidential residence in the Hel Peninsula, Poland, on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.(Jakub Szymczuk / KPRP via AP )

Central Europe presidents mark 30 years of Visegrad Group

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FILE - In this Wednesday Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, people protest against new anti-abortion laws, near the ruling Law and Justice party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland. Polish women’s rights activists and left-wing lawmakers have on Wednesday, Feb, 3, 2021 presented a plan to collect signatures in support of proposed reforms to legalize abortion in the predominantly Catholic country. The plan comes in reaction to the recent imposition of a near-total ban on abortion in Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)

Polish activists seek support for liberalizing abortion law

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Polish farmers seek cash after virus-infected minks culled

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In this 1943 photo, a group of Polish Jews are led away for deportation by German SS soldiers, during the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto by German troops after an uprising in the Jewish quarter. Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland's nationalist government. A verdict is expected Feb. 9. (AP Photo, B/W File)

Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Olympic cycling silver medalist Szurkowski dies at 75

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This image released by PBS shows Tamara Lawrance, left, and Hayley Atwell in a scene from the miniseries &quot;The Long Song&quot; debuting Jan. 31 on &quot;Masterpiece.&quot; (Carlos Rodriguez/Heyday Television-PBS via AP)

In ‘Long Song,’ ‘Small Axe,’ British actor makes her mark

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Police officers are reflected on a mirror held by a protester during a protest against a new anti-abortion law in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. A near-total ban on abortion has taken effect in Poland three months after a top court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged fetuses is unconstitutional. Led by a women’s rights group, people poured onto the streets of Warsaw and other cities for the second evening in a row on Thursday to protest the move. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poles hold more protests over abortion; activist released

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

People protest against new anti-abortion laws, near the ruling Law and Justice party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland Wednesday Jan. 27, 2021, to protest after the country's top court on Wednesday confirmed its highly divisive ruling that will further tighten the predominantly Catholic nation's strict anti-abortion law. The Constitutional Tribunal published the justification of its decision, which will take immediate effect.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland: Near-total abortion ban takes effect amid protests

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

In this Dec. 8, 2020, file photo, Pope Francis delivers his message during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, on the Immaculate Conception day, at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

Pope Francis marking Holocaust warns another extermination possible

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Elderly people wait in line to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the temporary hospital at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Overload of online registration system and reduced deliveries of the Pfizer vaccines are causing delays in the national inoculation procedure that currently aims at vaccinating people aged over 70. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s population rapidly shrinking under pandemic

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A man delivers a supply of heating gas to Warsaw's popular Piw Paw pub in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, a business that is struggling to survive under lockdown by organizing legal, small-scale educative meetings and courses for beer lovers. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish president backs lockdown despite business frustration

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Polish clinic wants to care for man in life-support dispute

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Human rights activists show an altered image with colors symbolizing LGBT rights as they gathered outside the provincial court in Plock, Poland, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Three activists went on trial Wednesday at the court on charges of having offending religious sentiment by adding the LGBT rainbow symbol to posters of the revered icon, The Black Madonna and Baby Jesus, and publicly displaying the altered image on garbage bins and mobile toilets. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland: 3 on trial over LGBT sign on posters of revered icon

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI - Associated Press

Poland: Church cancels lease of liberal Catholic magazine

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The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo is covered by layers of fog, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. With the arrival of cold and foggy winter weather, eastern Europe is facing another health hazard in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, namely dangerous air pollution. (AP Photo/Eldar Emric)

Air pollution in eastern Europe adds to pandemic health woes

By ELDAR EMRIC - Associated Press

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks as he arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. European Union leaders meet for a year-end summit that will address anything from climate, sanctions against Turkey to budget and virus recovery plans. Brexit will be discussed on the sidelines. (John Thys, Pool via AP)

EU strikes deal on landmark budget, virus recovery fund

By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Forensic experts inspect the debris after an explosion in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday morning Dec. 8, 2020. Two Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands were badly damaged by explosions early Tuesday but no injuries were reported police said. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Explosion damages Polish store near Amsterdam, 3rd in 2 days

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Sources: EU close to sealing major budget, virus fund deal

By RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this Jan. 11, 2020, file photo, protesters carry an EU flag at an anti-government protest in Warsaw, Poland. Some Poles are afraid that a drawn-out conflict with the EU over the next budget and values could put them on a path toward an eventual departure from the bloc, or "Polexit." Poland's conservative government denies that it has ever wanted to leave the 27-member bloc and popular support for EU membership runs very high. But critics fear the combative tone of some Polish leaders could create momentum which could accidentally bring the nation to the exit door. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poles voice fears of ‘Polexit’ as gov’t defies EU over budget

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press