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Right-wing bloc wins narrow majority in Sweden, marking major political shift
A right-wing bloc that includes a nationalist anti-immigration party won a narrow majority in Sweden's parliament on Wednesday. It was a major political shift in the Scandinavian country that had a decades-long history of welcoming refugees but is grappling with a crime wave linked with immigration.
Cats classified as 'invasive alien species' by Polish institute
There is a growing scientific consensus that domestic cats have a harmful impact on biodiversity given the number of birds and mammals they hunt and kill.
U of O Holocaust scholar wins libel case on appeal in Poland
An appellate court in Poland on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars - one of them an Ottawa professor - in a case that has been closely watched because it was expected to serve as a precedent for research into the highly sensitive area of Polish behavior toward Jews during the Second World War.
Poland urged to end 'damaging' impasse at Jewish museum
Two co-founders of a prominent Jewish history museum in Warsaw are urging the Polish government to re-appoint the museum's former director, arguing that a failure to do so threatens the museum and is damaging to Polish-Jewish relations.