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Poland’s chief auditor slammed over alleged shady contacts

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A woman holds an upside down portrait of French President Emmanuel Macron during a climate demonstration, in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Scuffles broke out in Paris between some violent activists and police which responded with tear gas at a march for climate gathering thousands of people in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Macron urges French climate protesters to target Poland

By SYLVIE CORBET and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda sign a joint defense declaration agreement at the InterContinental Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S., Poland sign defense deal, work to ease visas

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this image taken from Polsat TV video, a man holds a balloon he found in Troszkowo, Poland, Tuesday Sept. 10, 2019. A young English woman has been surprised after she released a helium balloon in Birmingham earlier this month to commemorate the anniversary of her father’s death. The balloon ended up traveling more than 1,000 miles (1,700 kilometers), crossing land and sea to land in a field in northern Poland. (Polsat TV via AP)

Balloon sent in memory of British dad lands in Polish field

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Germany's Marcel Halstenberg celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Euro 2020 group C qualifying soccer match between Northern Ireland and Germany at Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Germany, Netherlands win as Croatia drops points

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Leader of Poland's ruling party Jaroslaw Kaczynski , right, arrives for a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Poland’s ruling party opens campaign pledging new benefits

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FILE - In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019 file photo, Gov. Tom Wolf listens as Pennsylvania lawmakers come together in an unusual joint session to commemorate the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11 people last year at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. When Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf visits Holocaust memorials in Lithuania and Poland, he'll carry the mezuzah that was outside the office door of Rabbi Jeffrey Myers when a gunman killed 11 people in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue. Wolf said Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 that he called Myers ahead of his trip to the two countries, where he'll also visit Pennsylvania National Guard troops and meet with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Governor to take Tree of Life mezuzah to Holocaust memorials

By MARC LEVY - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, speak before signing an agreement in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. and Poland signed an agreement on Monday to cooperate on new 5G technology amid growing concerns about Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Poland pressured to say if it bought Israeli phone spyware

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

US Vice President Mike Pence, left, and US Ambassador to Ireland Edward Crawford speak to the media at the ambassador's residence in Phoenix park, Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The Vice President is currently in Ireland for a two day visit. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Mike Pence: Stay at Trump property in Ireland was ‘logical’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE-In this Thursday, June 25, 2015 file photo, Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska opens a session of the Polish parliament after she was chosen for the post of parliament speaker. Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska currently a deputy parliament speaker, has been chosen as the prime minister candidate of a centrist and pro-European coalition ahead of Poland's parliamentary election on Oct. 13. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz/file)

Polish opposition names surprise candidate for prime minster

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, arrives with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki for a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

The Latest: Russia tweets reminder of Soviet role in WWII

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, center right, and Polish President Andrzej Duda, center left, attend ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of World War II in Wielun, Poland, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

WWII’s start marked in Poland with German remorse, warning

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019 file photo, workers erect a stage ahead of upcoming ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, in Warsaw, Poland. In Poland and across Eastern Europe, many feel that their people’s suffering has never been adequately recognized, or that they have been unfairly tarnished for their behavior at that time, grievances politicians have been exploiting to promote myths of national innocence in a new age of nationalism. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

WWII: A memory battleground on the 80th anniversary

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Poland's President Andrzej Duda,right, welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy before talks on bilateral relations and Ukraine's ties with Europe under the new government, in front of the Presidential Place in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Zelenskiy is in Warsaw with members of his new Cabinet and will attend ceremonies marking 80 years of the start of World War II on Sunday.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Ukraine, Poland want continued sanctions on Russia

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Vice President Pence visits Vermont ahead of trip to Poland

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Polish soldiers take part in a changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. The square will be the site of commemorations Sunday marking the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, to be attended by over 40 world leaders, including President Donald Trump.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland, US agree on 6 sites for more US troops, debating 7th

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President Donald Trump arrives with Vice President Mike Pence, and Gen. John &quot;Jay&quot; Raymond, for a ceremony to establish the U.S. Space Command in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump cancelling Poland trip is a blow for ruling populists

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 file photo, rescue helicopter and ambulance assist people injured by a lighting strike that struck in Poland's southern Tatra Mountains during a sudden thunderstorm, in Zakopane, Poland. An official in southern Poland says that three people have been hit by lighting while trekking in the Tatra Mountains, where a thunderstorm killed five people last week. The head of the Tatra National Park guards said Friday, Aug. 30 that the three were hit by lightning during a storm while trekking between Hala Gasienicowa and Kuznice, south of the Zakopane mountain resort. (AP Photo/Bartlomiej Jurecki, file)

Family of 3 injured by lightning in Polish Tatra Mountains

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Rescue helicopter have brought to hospital the first people injured by a lighting that struck in Poland's southern Tatra Mountains during a sudden thunderstorm, in Zakopane, Poland, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Bartlomiej Jurecki)

Polish official: Deadly lightning storm like terror attack

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Body of missing wealthy Polish film producer is found

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press