NEWS WATCH: US VP Warns Europe of Missile Threats
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has called on America's European allies to step-up their defense efforts, saying they the face growing security threats from outside Europe. Biden made the comments in Bucharest, Romania Thursday, October 22, before ending his Central and Eastern European tour in the Czech Republic.
BREAKING NEWS: EU Chair Poland Demands Iran Halts Pastor’s Execution
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
Rebels Release Polish Priest Amid Fighting In East Ukraine
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent
KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- An ethnic Polish priest who was abducted by armed pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine has been freed, but his release did little to ease tensions as Ukrainian government forces advanced to the rebel-held stronghold of Donetsk.
Poland Parliamentarians Back Resolution Defending Persecuted Christians
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST/WARSAW (BosNewsLife)-- A parliamentary commission has urged Poland's parliament to support a resolution in defense of persecuted Christians, following the killing of a Polish missionary priest and a Christian minister in Pakistan.
NEWS WATCH: Poland, Ukraine Remember 70th Anniversary Of Massacre; President Attacked
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Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
LUTSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Poland's president Bronislaw Komorowski was struck with an egg in north western Ukraine while marking the 70th anniversary of a notorious massacre during World War Two. The incident came after politicians of both nations attended a mass aimed at reconciliation, something Pope Francis had encouraged.
MISSION WATCH: Africa Peacekeepers Reach Embattled Polish Missionaries
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
BANGUI/WARSAW (BosNewsLife)-- International peacekeepers have reached Polish Christian missionaries who were trapped in weeks of looting and violence in troubled Central African Republic, Polish media reported Friday, February 14.
NEWS WATCH: New Polish European Parliament President Faces Difficult Tasks
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST/WARSAW (BosNewsLife)-- The new president of the European Parliament, former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek, has pledged to make the European Union more accessible to average citizens following a record-low voter turnout in recent European elections. As the first East European politician to take up the post, Buzek faces a difficult task as the bloc suffers under a global economic crisis and tensions over necessary reforms.
Germany’s Merkel visits Auschwitz amid rising anti-semitism
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WARSAW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz amid concerns...
NEWS WATCH: Germany To Prosecute 30 Auschwitz Guards
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BERLIN/WARSAW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Prosecutors in Germany have called for dozens of former Nazi guards to be tried for facilitating mass murder at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland during World War Two.