“Why did the flag help?” I asked once. Pawel Kazmierczak/Alamy Hitchhiking in Poland “was like a rite ... “The two countries have always been friendly, there’s even an old proverb ...

The flag of Poland has defined colours and dimensions and must be mounted on a flagpole. An ordinary red-and-white piece of cloth on a plastic stick, a bicolour rectangle drawn on paper, or a ...

Russian authorities have removed a Polish flag from a memorial commemorating ... incident became another source of tension after the countries tried to improve their ties.