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Oct
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Freeze! Polish cops snag thief who pretended to be mannequin

Freeze! Polish cops snag thief who pretended to be mannequin

WORLD
A Polish man has been arrested after he pretended to be a mannequin in front of a store window before stealing from a shopping centre after it closed, police in Warsaw said. "A 22-year-old with a bag in his hand froze motionless, pretending to be a mannequin in front of a shop window," police said in a statement. "In this way, he wanted to avoid being exposed by the cameras." After the shopping centre closed the man on one occasion robbed a jewellery stand, according to police. On another occasion he went into a restaurant to eat, before slipping under…
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Apr
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Russia pledges harsh response after Polish ‘seizure’ of embassy school

Russia pledges harsh response after Polish ‘seizure’ of embassy school

WORLD
RUSSIA promised it would respond harshly to what it said was Poland's illegal seizure of its embassy school in Warsaw, an act it called a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. Polish state-run news channel TVP Info had earlier reported that police had shown up outside the Russian embassy school on Kieleckiej Street in Warsaw on Saturday morning. When asked about the incident, a Polish foreign ministry spokesman told Reuters the building housing the embassy school belonged to the Polish state. Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement that the Polish authorities had burst onto the embassy…
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Apr
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Poles march to defend Pope John Paul II against abuse cover-up accusations

Poles march to defend Pope John Paul II against abuse cover-up accusations

RELIGION
AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA and KUBA STEZYCKI THOUSANDS of Poles marched through Warsaw and other cities to show their support for the late Pope John Paul II in the face of what they said were false allegations that he concealed child abuse in the Catholic Church. The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party faces a tough election later this year, and other religious conservatives have said any calls to re-examine his legacy amount to a plot to discredit the nation's biggest moral authority. That argument resonates strongly with many older Poles who John Paul inspired to stand up to Communism in the 1970s and '80s, although…
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