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Tusk: Sharp-tongued fighter who led EU through crises
Jul 03,2021 - Last updated at Jul 03,2021
Former Polish prime minister and former president of the European Council Donald Tusk greets delegates as he arrives to attend a party convention of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) the main opposition party in Poland, in Warsaw, on Saturday (AFP photo)
By Anna Maria Jakubek
Agence France-Presse
WARSAW Donald Tusk, who took over as acting head of Polish opposition party Civic Platform on Saturday, is an unflappable fighter with political roots in Poland’s anti-communist movement and experience putting out fires both at home and in Brussels.
Polish teen creates fake beauty site to help victims of abuse during lockdown
By AFP
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Worried about reports of rising domestic violence during lockdown, Polish teen Krysia Paszko set up a website purporting to be a cosmetics shop that actually offers victims covert help. I was inspired by this French idea, where by going to the pharmacy and asking for the number 19 mask, you could signal that you were a victim of abuse, the Warsaw high school student told AFP.
The 18-year-old decided that Poland could also use some kind of code during the pandemic, when families have been cooped up together under stress, with less privacy and more abuse.