Lech Walesa

Walesa says Gorbachev played a positive role, but ‘under duress’

GDANSK, (Reuters) - 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…

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Former Polish president Walesa is in hospital with an infection

WARSAW (Reuters) - 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…

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Former Polish president, Solidarity leader Walesa sick with COVID

Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, has the coronavirus, he said. Originally a shipyard electrician…

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Poland’s Walesa in emotional video message

Polish freedom icon Lech Walesa issued an emotional video message on social media Sunday before going to hospital for surgery. "I'm reporting to the hospital. What comes next, only time…

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Photo Story – Polish Presidential Vote

Former president of Poland and Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa casts his ballot at a polling station during presidential elections, in Gdansk, northern Poland, 12 July 2020. EPA-EFE/Adam Read more…

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On this day, 1980, massive strikes take place in Gdansk shipyards

On this day in 1980 , workers in Gdansk, Poland, took control of the Lenin Shipyard and demanded pay raises and the right to form a union free from communist…

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