Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Polish editor and former dissident wins top Spanish prize

Polish

Adam Michnik, a leading communist-era dissident from Poland, was awarded Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias communications and humanities prize on Wednesday. The jury recognized the 75-year-old editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza in Warsaw “for his commitment to quality journalism and his influence in restoring and defending democracy in Poland.” A member of the … Read more