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New York Post
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Mysterious, 66-year-old handwritten love letter in a bottle washes ashore amid WWII ruins
Love was found washed up among the ruins. A long-lost love letter in a bottle that washed up on the shore of the Baltic Sea has sparked a mystery and hunt for its author, who wrote the note by hand 66 years ago, according to reports. Two 10-year-old boys named Eryk and Kuba were playing in abandoned World War II forts on Stogi Beach in the town of Gdańsk in northern Poland when they found the bottle, according to TVP World. Inside, they were amazed to find a handwritten love letter from 1959 — its ink faded but still legible. The boys couldn't make out the strange cursive style of writing, but an online sleuth on the local news website quickly transcribed it for them. A decades-old love letter found washed up on the shore in a bottle has sparked a mystery. nito – The note was written by Rysia, a lovelorn woman taking a summer class in Tarnów, another Polish town 432 miles away from the beach where it finally washed up after decades, according to reports. The note is filled with longing and hopes for the future, but also contains frank and honest confessions from the author. It is addressed to a young man she called 'my beloved Bunny,' according to the local reports. 'My dear, I'm a terrible egoist, I only write about myself, but it is you I think about all the time,' she wrote, describing her long days and sleepless nights. 'Every roar of a motorbike (and there are a lot of them here) awakens memories of you through the window to the park that spreads out in front of me,' Rysia said. Some parts of the letter hinted at a trace of resentment. 'I have a lot of time for dreams because lectures are only from 9 to 2 p.m. and the rest of the time is at my disposal,' she wrote. 'You could go wherever you want, but I sit alone.' At times in the writing, it seemed like their relationship was new, as the author explained to Bunny what she was like and how she preferred to be alone. 'I assure you that I am quiet and modest, I don't strike up acquaintances with anyone — I simply avoid men,' Rysia wrote, looking forward to when she can finally return home. 'I have no desire for fun or walks,' she scrawled. 'There is no one familiar here.' The letter and its passionate contents preserved after all these years have sparked speculation online about the intrigue between the two lovers from another era. Both the treasure finders and online commenters fascinated by the message in the bottle are hoping to find Rysia and Bunny — or their descendants — and learn if their relationship has made after all these years. The boys who found the bottle said they have been in contact with a museum in Tarnów in the hopes that the letter's author can be found, according to local reports.
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Polish leader says united European army ‘will not happen'
The foreign minister of Poland, Radosław Sikorski, said that a united European army 'will not happen.' 'If you understand by … the unification of national armies, it will not happen,' Sikorski said. 'But I have been an advocate for Europe, for the European Union, to develop its own defense capabilities.' 'And we are actually in the process of forming a reinforced brigade,' he added. 'That's not enough to deter Putin, but it's enough to perhaps sort out some warlord in Libya.' The TVP World comments by Sikorski came in a Saturday YouTube video. Last Wednesday, President Trump said he expects to meet face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin multiple times, with the president implying that they will probably first meet in Saudi Arabia. 'We ultimately expect to meet,' Trump said in the Oval Office. 'In fact, we expect that he'll come here, and I'll go there, and we're going to meet also, probably in Saudi Arabia. The first time we'll meet in Saudi Arabia.' NewsNation reported Saturday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff were also probably meeting high-level Russian officials soon in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously said that Ukraine has not received an invitation to any Saudi Arabia meeting between officials from Trump and Russia. 'It is strange to hold a meeting in such format before we had consultations with our strategic partners,' Zelensky said Saturday to reporters in Munich. NewsNation is a cable channel launched in 2021 by local television behemoth Nexstar Media Group, which also owns The Hill. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Russia Today
16-02-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
EU nation rejects Zelensky's call for bloc-wide army
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has dismissed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky's suggestion for an 'army of Europe.' Poland has consistently rejected the idea of a unified EU military, and has strongly supported the US keeping its dominant role in security on the continent. 'I think we should be careful with this term because different people understand different things. If you understand by it the unification of national armies, it will not happen,' Sikorski told state news channel TVP World on Saturday. He added that strengthening the bloc's defense component should complement US-led NATO efforts, not replace them. Zelensky called for the creation of a unified EU force at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, a day after US Vice President J.D. Vance levelled heavy criticism at European nations. Vance showed that 'decades of the old relationship between Europe and America are ending,' Zelensky said. Read more Majority of foreign offenders in Poland are Ukrainian – media Some 22 EU states are currently members of NATO, with the US-led pact effectively determining security policy on the continent since the start of the Cold War. However, several EU leaders have in the past floated the idea of pooling their militaries into a common force independent of the US. Then Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said in November 2023 that 'any competition between [NATO] and the EU when it comes to security is a very bad thing,' and that Warsaw had chosen a close partnership with the US over 'some imaginary European army.' The country has significantly bolstered its military collaboration with Washington in recent years. Warsaw purchased $10 billion worth of HIMARS rocket artillery systems, secured a $2 billion loan from the US for military modernization, and now hosts its first permanent US base in Poznan. Before the Ukraine conflict, French President Emmanuel Macron and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel were among the most vocal advocates of establishing an EU army. In 2019, Macron described NATO as 'brain dead' and urged European leaders to pursue a policy of 'strategic autonomy' from Washington. Italy voiced the idea of a joint military last January. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has argued that the bloc cannot have a credible foreign policy without a joint military. The conflict in Ukraine has apparently put a damper on such discussion. Macron has shifted his rhetoric on NATO and now supports the expansion of the US-led alliance. Merkel's replacement, Olaf Scholz, still speaks of the need for 'a more sovereign… European Union,' but has remained silent on the idea of building what Merkel called 'a real, true European army.' When talk of an independent European force first surfaced two decades ago, then US Secretary of Defense William Cohen called the idea 'a threat to the very existence of NATO.'
Russia Today
16-02-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Zelensky calls for ‘army of Europe'
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has called for the creation of the 'armed forces of Europe,' a continent-wide military force that could repel potential future threats without the help of the US or NATO. He promoted the idea at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, reiterating his earlier warnings that Russia could attack the EU after the Ukraine conflict is over, a notion Moscow has repeatedly dismissed as nonsense. According to Zelensky, Ukraine is currently 'holding back Russia' from launching military operations in other countries of the continent thanks to foreign aid, and in order to defend against the presumed threat, 'Europe has to become self-sufficient, united by common strengths.' 'Many leaders have talked about Europe needing its own military, an army of Europe. And I really believe that time has come. The armed forces of Europe must be created,' he urged. Zelensky claimed it was necessary to start working on this project as soon as possible, given that 'now we can't rule out the possibility that America might say no to Europe on issues that threaten it.' READ MORE: US asks European NATO members to count their troops He referred to statements made at the conference by US Vice President J.D. Vance, who on Friday reiterated US President Donald Trump's stance that NATO's European member-states must take greater responsibility for their own defense. Commenting on Vance's words, Zelensky said they signaled that 'decades of the old relationship between Europe and America are ending' and 'Europe needs to adjust.' 'We must build the armed forces of Europe so that Europe's future depends only on Europeans, and decisions about Europe are made in Europe,' he stated, suggesting that Kiev's army could become 'the foundation for a united European military force,' even though Ukraine is not part of the EU. Zelensky went as far as to suggest that Kiev should be given an opportunity to 'build' its own NATO in Ukraine. He said Ukraine's long-term aspirations of joining the US-led bloc are not 'off the table,' but have been postponed because 'right now the most influential member of NATO seems to be [Russian President Vladimir] Putin' whose 'whims have the power to block NATO decisions.' He was apparently referring to recent statements voiced by the White House regarding Ukraine's NATO membership. Following a phone call with President Putin earlier this week, Trump indicated that Washington will not support Kiev's accession to the bloc as part of a potential peace deal with Moscow, countering pledges made by his predecessor Joe Biden. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth later in the week also described Ukraine's goals of joining the bloc as 'unrealistic.' READ MORE: Biden's NATO promise to Ukraine provoked conflict – Trump Poland has rejected Zelensky's proposal to create a European army. Speaking to TVP World on Saturday, the country's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that while he supports the notion of the EU developing its own defense capabilities, the idea of uniting national militaries to form a unified European armed forces 'will not happen.' Moscow has repeatedly brushed away claims it ever planned to attack either the EU or NATO. Putin last year dismissed the notion as 'absolute nonsense' and part of the West's anti-Russia propaganda campaign. Russia has also consistently opposed Ukraine's NATO aspirations, citing the bloc's eastward expansion as a threat to national security and describing it as a key factor behind the ongoing conflict with Kiev. The Kremlin has insisted that any potential settlement must include Ukraine's neutrality, demilitarization and denazification.
The Hill
16-02-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Polish leader says united European army ‘will not happen'
The foreign minister of Poland, Radosław Sikorski, said that a united European army 'will not happen.' 'If you understand by … the unification of national armies, it will not happen,' Sikorski said. 'But I have been an advocate for Europe, for the European Union, to develop its own defense capabilities.' 'And we are actually in the process of forming a reinforced brigade,' he added. 'That's not enough to deter Putin, but it's enough to perhaps sort out some warlord in Libya.' The TVP World comments by Sikorski came in a Saturday YouTube video. Last Wednesday, President Trump said he expects to meet face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin multiple times, with the president implying that they will probably first meet in Saudi Arabia. 'We ultimately expect to meet,' Trump said in the Oval Office. 'In fact, we expect that he'll come here, and I'll go there, and we're going to meet also, probably in Saudi Arabia. The first time we'll meet in Saudi Arabia.' NewsNation reported Saturday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff were also probably meeting high-level Russian officials soon in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously said that Ukraine has not received an invitation to any Saudi Arabia meeting between officials from Trump and Russia. 'It is strange to hold a meeting in such format before we had consultations with our strategic partners,' Zelensky said Saturday to reporters in Munich. NewsNation is a cable channel launched in 2021 by local television behemoth Nexstar Media Group, which also owns The Hill.
