Poland ignores court order on logging ancient forest
By Reuters
01 August 2017 |
2:00 pm
Poland has decided to ignore a European Union court order to halt large-scale logging in an ancient forest deemed a UNESCO World Heritage site, the latest snub from Warsaw's right-wing government to the EU.
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