FILE - Lech Walesa former President of Poland, speaks after being awarded withthe "Golden Medal for services to reconciliation and understanding among peoples" in Berlin, Monday Sept. 26, 2022. Poland ...

FILE - In this file photo taken in Gdansk, Poland, April 6, 2016, Poland's former president and legendary Solidarity freedom movement founder Lech Walesa acts with expression as he repeats his denials ...

WARSAW, Poland – A Polish court ruled Thursday that Lech Walesa, the anti-communist dissident and former president of Poland, must apologize to the head of Poland's ruling party in a slander case.

He and former Polish political prisoners voiced “horror and disgust” at President Trump’s scolding of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last week, saying it reminded them of encounters with ...

A San Francisco supervisor said he’s open to reconsidering the name of Lech Walesa Street following homophobic comments made by the Polish democratic leader and union organizer who toppled his country ...

Last year, when former Polish president Lech Walesa quickly shifted from a symbol of democracy to the world's most illustrious homophobe, SF Weekly pondered which would take longer: Lech Walesa's ...

His father was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Sent his wife to accept his Nobel Prize, as he feared he would not be allowed to return to Poland. Timeline 1961-1965 - Works as a car mechanic.

Solidarity hero Lech Walesa warned Tuesday of a “worldwide revolt against capitalism” if the Occupy Wall Street protesters are ignored. “The demonstrations in New York are against this system,” said ...

Former Polish president Lech Walesa. When former Polish president Lech Walesa pops into a chat room to discuss politics, people have a hard time believing they're debating issues with the man largely ...

WARSAW — Lech Walesa, Poland’s 80-year-old former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, said Thursday that he is improving after being hospitalized with a bad case of COVID-19. A post on Walesa’s ...