Marek Domagalski
Rzeczpospolita
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Turkey: Mass trial ends in mass convictions
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Germany: Is Amazon breaking labor laws?
feature Amazon is running what amounts to a labor camp right here in Germany.
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France: Hollande’s zigzag presidency
feature Now that a law in favor of gay marriage is actually being drafted, we’re seeing the president’s will buckle.
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Poland: History’s verdict is finally in
feature The generals who declared a “state of war” and sent tanks into the streets in 1981 have now been held accountable for perpetrating a national trauma, said Agaton Kozinski at Polska.
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Spain: Is Basque terrorism really history?
feature The Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, or Basque Homeland and Freedom, announced last week that it was giving up violence.
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Belarus: Where even clapping is illegal
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France: The burka ban comes into force
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