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People take part in a gay pride parade in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday, June 8, 2019. The Equality Parade is the largest gay pride parade in central and Eastern Europe. It brought thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw at a time when the LGBT rights movement in Poland is targeted by hate speeches and a government campaign depicting it as a threat to families and society. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Mayor joins pride parade amid Poland’s anti-LGBT campaign

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Israel's Eran Zahavi celebrates after he scored goal during their Euro 2020 group G qualifying soccer match between Latvia and Israel in Riga, Latvia, Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)

Spain, Poland stay perfect in Euro 2020 qualifying

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Polish court backs citizenship for LGBT couple’s child

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Gdansk Shipyard workers lay flowers at a monument to workers slain during 1970 anti-communist protests as they mark 30 years since partly-free elections that ousted communists from power in Poland and started a chain reaction in the region, in Gdansk, Poland, Tuesday, June 4, 2019.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s democracy anniversary exposes political divisions

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 2018, file photo, Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, returns a shot against Paraguay's Veronica Cepede Royg during their first round match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

The Latest: Serena Williams storms back after losing 1st set

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Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of PiS party ,Law and Justice, gives a speech after announcing the first results of the European parliament election in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, May 26, 2019.The poster on the wall reads &quot;Poland heart of Europe&quot;. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s ruling right-wing party tops the polls

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

In this photo taken on May 15, 2019, Barbara Borowiecka, a survivor of alleged abuse as a minor by a prominent Solidarity-era priest gestures during an interview with The Associated Press. A documentary film with testimony by victims of clerical abuse in Poland is so harrowing that it has forced an unprecedented reckoning with the problem in one of Europe’s most deeply Catholic societies. In December, Borowiecka, 62, told Polish media about being abused when she was 11 by Henryk Jankowski, a prominent prelate in Lech Walesa’s anti-communist Solidarity movement in Gdansk, where a monument of him stood. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

‘Revolution’ in Poland as nation confronts priestly abuse

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Poland's ruling party lawmaker Arkadiusz Mularczyk talks to The Associated Press in the parliament building in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, about a report that assesses Poland's World War II losses and that, he says, will be given to German government. Contrary to Germany claims, Mularczyk says there are no documents or records suggesting that Poles has ever renounced its right to seek reparations from Berlin.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Official: Poland entitled to seek German WWII reparations

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Sextuplets born in Poland; mother and newborns doing well

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Polish court says founders of financial scam guilty of fraud

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EU’s Tusk leads pro-Europe march in Poland before key vote

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Poland’s church head says film on sex abuse not an attack

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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 file photo, Deputy Secretary of State for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Marek Magierowski poses for photographs ahead of the ministerial meeting of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries in Budapest, Hungary. Poland's prime minister on Wednesday May 15, 2019 condemned what he described as a &quot;xenophobic&quot; attack on the country's ambassador to Israel, Marek Magierowski, on a Tel Aviv street. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP, File)

Poland demands reaction over assault of ambassador to Israel

By VANESSA GERA and ARON HELLER - Associated Press

People walk by the Temple of Divine Providence, a major church in the Polish capital,in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, May 13, 2019. A new documentary about pedophile priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic societies, eliciting an apology from the church hierarchy and prompting one priest to leave the clergy.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish lawmaker panned for excusing priest who abused girls

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Poland’s report on WWII damages readied for war anniversary

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People stand in the Temple of Divine Providence, a major church in the Polish capital, on Monday May 13, 2019. A new documentary about pedophile priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic societies, eliciting an apology from the church hierarchy and prompting one priest to leave the clergy.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland airs tougher sex abuse penalties amid church crisis

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Archbishop Wojciech Polak, right, of Poland, addresses the media during a news conference at the episcopate building in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Poland's Catholic Church leaders revealed Thursday they have recorded cases of 382 priests abusing minors since 1990. At left is Archbishop Henryk Gadecki, the head of Poland's Roman Catholic Episcopate. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland shaken by documentary about pedophile priests

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Thousands of Polish nationalists march to the U.S. Embassy, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, May 11, 2019. Thousands of Polish nationalists have marched to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, protesting that the U.S. is putting pressure on Poland to compensate Jews whose families lost property during the Holocaust.The protesters included far-right groups and their supporters. They said the United States has no right to interfere in Polish affairs and that the U.S. government is putting &quot;Jewish interests&quot; over the interests of Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland cancels Israeli visit over Holocaust restitution

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Thousands of Polish nationalists march to the U.S. Embassy, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, May 11, 2019. Thousands of Polish nationalists have marched to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, protesting that the U.S. is putting pressure on Poland to compensate Jews whose families lost property during the Holocaust. The protesters included far-right groups and their supporters. They said the United States has no right to interfere in Polish affairs and that the U.S. government is putting "Jewish interests" over the interests of Poland. The T-shirts read in Polish "This is Poland not Polin" (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland nationalists protest U.S. over Holocaust compensation

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Thousands of Polish nationalists march to the U.S. Embassy, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, May 11, 2019. Thousands of Polish nationalists have marched to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, protesting that the U.S. is putting pressure on Poland to compensate Jews whose families lost property during the Holocaust.The protesters included far-right groups and their supporters. They said the United States has no right to interfere in Polish affairs and that the U.S. government is putting &quot;Jewish interests&quot; over the interests of Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish nationalists protest US over Holocaust claims

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press