Poland's foreign minister has given condolences after the Malaysian Airlines crash in Ukraine on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, amid claims it was shot down.
“Unspeakable horror for the passengers of downed flight MH17. Condolences to families, justice for perpetrators and those who enabled them,” Polish foreign minister...
Freedom and solidarity are the fundamental values that should underlie human relations, reads a Warsaw Declaration of Freedom presented at Wednesday's celebrations of the 25th anniversary of overthrowing communism in Warsaw.
"We, the citizens of a free and uniting Europe, solidary in our love of freedom and other common values...
The Secret Service agent credited with saving President Ronald Reagan's life on the day he was shot outside a Washington hotel has died.
The EU has condemned the “rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation” in Iraq, as Islamic militants purportedly kill hundreds of Iraq's minority Yazidis.
"We are appalled by the rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation with hundreds of thousands civilians, mainly from minorities, fleeing the areas of conflict as a result of persecution...
The American NBC broadcaster has mistakenly described a new documentary film on the 1944 Warsaw Rising against occupying Nazis as being about the 1943 Jewish Ghetto Uprising.
The NBC web site published a trailer of a forthcoming film that threads together archival footage from the Warsaw Rising, an insurgency led...
Every three years The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival hosts local and visiting theaters from the US and all over the world. The actors of these theaters use no ordinary puppets that are usually only fit for children. Instead, the modern puppet theater integrates human acting theater with puppets,...
U.S. Representative Luis V. Gutierrez and Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa invite you to their November 16, 2015 U.S. Citizenship and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Renewal Workshop at Northeastern Illinois University's El Centro.
Fill out the form: www.aldermancarlosrosa.org/november16 to reserve your spot for the November 16 workshop. Space is limited...
Springfiled, Illinois -The Governor’s Highway Safety Association and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility has awarded the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) a special grant to conduct ten Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) classes statewide. Illinois is one of only four states, along with Texas, Florida and Nevada,...
Feminists thronged the Polish capital on Sunday for an annual march marking International Women's Day. This year, the so-called Manifa demonstration is highlighting the plight of Poland's disabled women, and the barriers they face.
Likewise, marchers are drawing attention to the problem of sexual harrassment of women in general, and domestic...
The financial data and pension debt of every local government, school district or other taxing agency that taxes a home or other property in Cook County is listed on nearly 1.8 million bills mailed to property owners, County Treasurer Maria Pappas said today.
From seven to 20 taxing bodies levy...
