Media Watch- June 18

Video: How a small city in Poland gained global significance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcHDuGHfsxw Polish, French, German leaders voice ‘unwavering support’ for Ukraine in Paris https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3187852 Polish, Ukrainian presidents discuss security, defence aid https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3189336 Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania combat Russian propaganda: Polish UN envoy to UN https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3190275 Bipartisan group of US senators to travel to Poland amid Russia-Ukraine war The senators will meet with military and government leaders stationed in Poland https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bipartisan-group-senators-travel-poland ‘ The Polish first lady has met with a group of Ukrainian psychiatrists and physiotherapists who are being trained in Poland on how to treat war-affected patients. https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3190166 Poland is becoming ‘a military superpower’: Finnish daily https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3187445 NATO Members Use a Major Air Exercise to Send a Message to Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/12/world/europe/nato-exercises-germany.html NATO Goes Back to Defense Basics https://cepa.org/article/nato-goes-back-to-defense-basics/ Allies Pressure Biden to Hasten NATO Membership for Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/us/politics/biden-nato-ukraine.html Biden says US will not make it easier for Ukraine to join NATO https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3191259 Polish lawmakers pass resolution in support of Ukraine’s NATO bid https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3190795 Polish general set to take charge of Eurocorps https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/Artykul/3188891 Poland seeks ally in Greece in campaign for World War II reparations https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/13/poland-greece-germany-nazi-wwii-reparations/60583408-09ee-11ee-8132-a84600f3bb9b_story.html Germany must pay WWII reparations to Poland: Greek ex-president https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3188376 Law and Justice may postpone fall parliamentary elections According to the former PM of the leftist government (Leszek Miller), if the ratings of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) continue to fall, the party will make a controversial decision and postpone the parliamentary elections, imposing a state of emergency under some pretext. https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/57323/news Poland may face losing its voice in the EU https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/57334/news Poland's nuclear project has received its first safety certification https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/57321/news "This is a terrible black hole in the history of civilisation" Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Gliński addresses the anniversary of the first mass transport of prisoners to Auschwitz. https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3189112 US chipmaker Intel to build USD 4.6 bn plant in Poland https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7786/Artykul/3190488 Polish deputy PM [Piotr Glinski, who is also Minister of Culture] accuses Germany of refusing to help recover art stolen in WWII https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3189707 As more schools target ‘Maus,’ Art Spiegelman’s fears are deepening https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/14/art-spiegelman-maus-book-bans/ [But the bans are not over the content, but the fact that one panel shows the image of a naked woman in a bathtub – Spiegelman’s mother, who committed suicide – TM]