The Latest Breaking News from Lech Walesa

The Joy of Six: fairytale domestic cup runs from around Europe

Half a dozen teams from outside their nation’s top flight who made it all the way to a domestic cup final

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2025

How Jan. 27 came to be International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

When, in the late 1980s, I began my research on the architectural history of the Auschwitz death camp, Jan. 27 wasn’t marked on any official calendar as a special day of commemoration.

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2025

“New Year’s Day set the template for a more direct sonic vision for U2 - and marked the point at which they shifted their gaze towards political issues around the globe”: The making of an ’80s rock classic

It was a defining moment for Bono and the boys

MusicRadar · Jan 1, 2025

A queen in the age of television

The monarch appeared in numerous illuminating documentaries over the years.

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022

Gorbachev played a positive role, but 'under duress', Walesa says

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, played a positive role in ending the Cold War, but he did it "under duress", as Communism was already disintegrating, former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader Lech Walesa said on Thursday.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

Former Polish president Walesa is in hospital with an infection

Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, is in hospital with an infection and will remain there for at least a week, his spokesman said on Monday.

Reuters · Aug 8, 2022

Polish trooper helps Lech Walesa with flat tire on highway

A Connecticut state trooper who is a native of Poland got quite the surprise while responding to an SUV with a flat tire — a passenger in the vehicle happened to be former Polish President Lech Walesa

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

Biden sends subtle message to Polish leaders on democracy

President Joe Biden used his speech in Poland's capital to forcefully denounce Russia's Vladimir Putin, but Biden seemed to have a more subtle message for his Polish hosts

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2022

Zelensky to receive ‘Ronald Reagan Freedom Award’ also presented to Gorbachev, Thatcher

Other world leaders who’ve been so honoured include former president George HW Bush, Polish president Lech Walesa, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Soviet dissident turned Israeli politician Natan Sharansky

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022

Poland's ex-president Solidarity leader Walesa has COVID

Poland's former president and former Solidarity pro-democracy movement leader, Lech Walesa, says he has COVID-19

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022