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Online Travel Service Booked Vacationer In Foreign Hotel Shuttered For Two Years

Jubb flew to Warsaw Chopin Airport by herself on July 13 and got a taxi to the hotel.

Zenger · Aug 11, 2022

EU to stand firm in clash with Poland over cash, officials say

Brussels is unlikely to back down on its demand that Poland respect the rule of law to receive post-pandemic recovery funds, officials said, despite threats from Warsaw that it could block decision-making within the European Union.

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

Angry British tourist turns up at holiday hotel to find it shut down two years ago

She told how problems began when she failed to get hold of anyone at Anton Apartments Piekna to let them know of her late arrival in the Polish capital of Warsaw.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 10, 2022

Woman on Expedia holiday arrives at hotel to find it closed for past two years

Patricia Jubb from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire landed at Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland and travelled to her Anton Apartments Piekna accommodation, only to discover she had no where to stay

Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022

Belarus jails journalist for Polish broadcaster; Warsaw vows response

A Belarusian court convicted a journalist for Polish broadcaster Belsat TV to five years in jail on Wednesday, a verdict Warsaw described as unacceptable and one that it would respond to.

Reuters · Aug 3, 2022

Poles mark 1944 uprising against Nazis; compare to Ukraine

Poles are marking the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, a doomed revolt against Nazi German forces during World War II

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

Sting calls war in Ukraine ‘an absurdity based on a lie’ during concert in Poland

He also warned the audience during a concert in Warsaw that democracy is under threat worldwide

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2022

Sting Warns during Warsaw Concert of Threats to Democracy

British musician Sting interrupted a concert in Warsaw on Saturday evening to warn his audience that democracy is under attack worldwide and to denounce the war in Ukraine as “an absurdity based upon a lie.” He asked a popular Polish actor, Maciej Stuhr, to come onstage to translate his warning…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 31, 2022

Sting warns during Warsaw concert of threats to democracy

British musician Sting has interrupted a concert in Warsaw to warn his audience that democracy is under attack worldwide

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022

‘Channelling our anger’: Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra heads for the Proms

Ukraine’s 74-person ensemble, most of whom had spent war at home, begin European tour to rousing reception in Warsaw

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2022