MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | The Seattle Times

May 16, 2022 at 9:25 am

Yellen meets war refugees in Poland, pushes food crisis plan VIEW

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has met with Ukrainian refugees and urged the need to confront Russian brutality as she visited Poland ahead of a...

Business

FILE – A Belarusian worker on duty at a gas compressor station of the Yamal-Europe pipeline near Nesvizh, some 130 km (81 miles) southwest of the capital Minsk, Belarus, Dec. 29, 2006. Officials in Poland and Bulgaria say Russia is suspending their countriesâ€™ natural gas deliveries starting on Wednesday. The governments of the two European countries said Tuesday April 26, 2022, that Russian energy giant Gazprom informed them it was halting gas supplies. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) LBJ104 LBJ104

April 26, 2022 at 11:16 am

Poland, Bulgaria say Russia suspending natural gas supplies

Officials in Poland and Bulgaria say Russia is suspending deliveries of natural gas to their countries starting Wednesday.

Business

April 22, 2022 at 4:57 am

New blasts at Polish coal mine halt search for 7 missing

New blasts at a Polish coal mine have injured 10 rescue workers and have forced authorities to suspend the search for seven coal miners and...

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FILE – Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded the country. The agency announced the milestone in Europeâ€™s biggest refugee crisis since World War II on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File) XLON501 XLON501

April 20, 2022 at 5:29 am

Ukraine war refugees top 5 million as assault intensifies VIEW

The U.N. refugee agency says more than 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded the country.

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April 9, 2022 at 11:45 am

Anxious about refugees, Polish cities reject memorial sirens VIEW

Anxious about the wellbeing of Ukrainian refugees, city mayors across Poland are refusing the government's instructions to sound air raid sirens as part of memorial...

March 31, 2022 at 6:06 am

Ukraine refugees encouraged to find jobs as war exodus slows VIEW

As the number of people fleeing Ukraine slows, authorities in Poland and other neighboring nations are encouraging refugees from the war to find jobs, especially...

FILE -A pumpjack of Wintershall DEA extracting crude oil at an old oil field in Emlichheim, Germany, Friday, March 18, 2022. The German government said Wednesday it was triggering the early warning level for gas supplies amid concerns that Russia could cut off supplies unless it is paid in rubles. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner,file) MAS104 MAS104

March 29, 2022 at 11:41 pm

Germany warns on Russian gas, Poland to end oil imports VIEW

Germany and Austria have activated early warning plans amid concerns that Moscow could cut natural gas deliveries.

Business

March 29, 2022 at 6:46 am

Google chief: IT focus on reliable information for Ukraine

The CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google, Sundar Pichai says the IT companies are focused on providing reliable information about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukrainian refugees talk near a special application point at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Hundreds of refugees from Ukraine waiting in line to apply for Polish ID numbers that will entitle them to work, free health care and education. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) XB123 XB123

March 19, 2022 at 3:50 pm

Priceless paper: Refugees get IDs for new lives in Poland

Hoping to restore some normalcy after fleeing the war in Ukraine, thousands of refugees waited in lines in Warsaw to receive local identification papers.

Applicants wait in line at the main passport office in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, March 14, 2022. Russia’s invasion of Poland’s neighbor Ukraine has spurred the Poles to take extra measures for their security. On Sunday, a Russian missile strike in western Ukraine, some 15 miles from Poland, killed at least 35 people. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) FS119 FS119

March 14, 2022 at 2:49 pm

Russian missile strike near NATO’s Poland stirs anxiety VIEW

A Russian attack that killed at least 35 people in western Ukraine, close to NATO member Poland, has spurred Poles to seek passports, stock up...