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Solidarity Priest Laid To Rest In Gdansk
Father Henryk Jankowski, one of the famed "Solidarity Chaplains", has been laid to rest in Gdansk. He was 74.
The funeral ceremony was held in St. Bridget's... | Comment |
Couple Reunited After 60 Years
An 84-year-old lady from Gdansk has married her childhood sweetheart after over half a century apart, divided by the Atlantic Ocean.
Last November, Danuta La... | Comment |
Presidential Couple Laid to Rest
Poland bid farewell to the presidential couple on Sunday after one of the blackest weeks since the communist era.
96 people perished on the flight to Smolen... | Current Affairs |
Poland in mourning
Poland is in mourning after the tragic deaths of President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 other people when their government plane crashed near Smolensk, Russi... | Current Affairs |
Miraculous Mutt Wins Round of Apaws
Poland has a new celebrity - a four-legged fellow called Baltic. Indeed, so incredible is the furry chap's story that he has melted hearts around the world.
... | Comment |
Euro 2012 Draw Gets Bookies On The Ball
The qualifying groups have been announced for the Euro 2012 soccer showdown. Poland and Ukraine are the luckiest of the lot as they are already through as host ... | Comment |
Gdynia Is Happiest City In Poland
A far-reaching poll that surveyed some 16,000 people across 32 large towns and cities suggests that Gdynia is the happiest place in Poland.
The poll, which w... | City Focus |
New Ryanair Link to Bristol
Ryanair is opening a new link between Bristol and Gdansk, with tickets going on sale as of 20th November.
The decision marks yet another notch in the growth ... | Business |
Is Polanski's Victim His Best Ally?
The lady who, as a teenager, was sexually assaulted by film director Roman Polanski, may yet prove his greatest ally.
Samantha Geimer, who was 13 at the tim... | Current Affairs |
Gdansk Hopes For EU Office
Gdansk is in the running for a regional office of the European parliament.
"[It} would be a great symbol of the Solidarity Movement and the position of our c... | City Focus |
First Step For Shakespearean Theatre
The cornerstone of a Shakespearean theatre has been laid in Gdansk on the site of its historic predecessor. The project, which will provide an echo of the city'... | Art and Culture |
WWII Remembered In Gdansk
The eyes of the world turned to Gdansk on September 1st when leaders gathered to commemorate the outbreak of the Second World War.
The first shots of WWII we... | History |
Shipyard Saved From Sinking
Gdansk's historic shipyard - which seized the world's imagination during the Solidarity struggle - has been granted a €251m aid package, with the aim of saving ... | City Focus |
Cornerstone Laid of Euro 2012 Stadium
Gdansk hero and former president Lech Walesa attended a ceremony to mark the first step in the raising of a state of the art football stadium in the city.
Th... | Comment |
Stars Due For Open' er 2009
The Arctic Monkeys, Basement Jaxx, Placebo,The Prodigy and the Kings of Leon are just a few of the ice-hot acts expected in theTri-City for this year's Heineken... | City Focus |
Cement In The Mix For Polish Viagra
An inhabitant of the northern Polish town of Elk is due to face trial after it emerged that he had been selling fake Viagra over the internet.
Ninety charges... | Comment |
Kylie Comes To Gdansk
The freedom summit celebrating the fall of communism may have been soured by the sorry plight of Poland's shipyards, but one event is still billed to go ahead i... | Comment |
Bitter Twist To Freedom Celebrations
June 4th should be a glorious day in Gdansk. It was twenty years ago that the Communist regime fell, with the Solidarity Party triumphing in Eastern Europe's fi... | Current Affairs |
Gdansk picked for Euro 2012
UEFA has picked Gdansk and three other cities in Poland as primary sites for the Euro 2012 football tournament.Poznan, Wroclaw also received the good news. Crac... | Current Affairs |
Walesa on Film
If anyone were to film a biopic on Solidarity hero Lech Walesa, it would have to be famed Polish cinema master Andzej Wajda. The directed was in part motivated ... | Art and Culture |
Gdansk May Lose Famous Shipyards
The subsidies previously granted to the Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards were recently acknowledged to be illegal by the EU. The financial aid was originally desig... | Current Affairs |
Poland's Shipyard Saga Continues
Poland has been granted a reprieve by the European Commission and now has a new deadline of the 12th of September for submitting plans to restructure the Baltic... | Current Affairs |
Intelligent Life Above Gdansk?
This weekend, citizens and visitors to Gdansk experienced a bit of the paranormal as a "UFO" swooped through the city's skies. The "unidentified flying object" ... | Art and Culture |
German PM in Gdansk
German Prime Minister Angela Merkel met with Polish PM Donald Tusk in Gdansk to discuss eastward expansion of the EU and the EU treaty. Despite Ireland's recent... | Current Affairs |
Neptune Statue Damaged by Football Fans
While football fans in any country generally aren't known for being especially civilized, usually the worst they do is beat each other up. However, unfortunatel... | City Focus |
Mixed News for the Gdansk Shipyard
Recently the Gdansk Shipyard received both good and bad news from the European Union. The good news: they may not have to pay back the 750m zloty public subsidy... | Current Affairs |
Solidarity on the Big Screen
In remembrance of the historic events surrounding the Solidarity movement in Poland, the Polish Film Institute and the European Centre for Solidarity (ECS) in G... | History |
Gdansk Shipyard Sold!
Under the threat of bankruptcy since the European Union rather politely, but firmly requested the historic Gdansk shipyard cut capacity and repay 1.3 billion eu... | Business |
Kubica Inspires Gdansk Racetrack
Get revved up race fans. Gdansk authorities have announced their intentions to build a Formula 1 race track on Poland's Baltic coast. The track will be 5700m lo... | Business |
Walesa Needs Help to Keep Pace
Former Polish president and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa has announced that he will undergo heart surgery soon to keep his clock ticking. Doctors advised the 6... | Comment |
The Scrappiest Shipyard In the World
Solidarity trade unionists from Stocznia Gdansk have planned an emergency demonstration in Brussels this Friday the 31st. Over 100 teamsters are expected to par... | Current Affairs |
Gdansk Shipyard Faces Uncertain Future
Brussels has become wise to Poland's underhanded protection of its precious, yet inefficient, Baltic shipyards in Gdynia, Szczecin and Gdansk - and they want th... | City Focus |
Foes Don't Let Foes Keep Secrets
Solidarity sweetheart and former Polish president, Lech Walesa, whose iconic moustache toppled Poland's communist government in the late 80s, has thrown upon th... | Current Affairs |
Baltic Bush
George Bush paid a brief visit to the Baltics last week when he flew in to Gdansk following Germany's G8 Summit. Unfortunately for Mr. Bush however it was case ... | Current Affairs |
Gdansk Downloadable PDF Guide!
Ever wish you could reach into the ether, pull all of that great Gdansk Life info out of there and take it with you on your trip? Well now you can (and without ... | Comment |
Muck-Rakers and Apology-Makers
In line with their attack on all things not identical to them, the Kaczynskis are championing their new law - introduced in March - which requires some 730,000 ... | Comment |
Gdansk Awaits Euro 2012
The historic city of Gdansk may be known for the Lenin shipyards and the birthplace of Solidarity, but soon it will be put firmly on the footballing map of Euro... | Current Affairs |
Mustache Envy
Former Polish president - and national hero for his role in the Solidarity movement - Lech Walesa, is being sued for defamation. Seems he's having a bit of a sp... | Current Affairs |
Grand Hotel Sopot now open!
Sofitel Hotels recently announced the opening of the Grand Hotel in the Polish coastal resort of Sopot, one of the three prongs of the Tri-city along with Gdans... | City Focus |
Finnair Flies to Gdansk
Gdansk is set to become Finnair's next destination in Poland starting April 2007, making it the only foreign carrier serving three cities in the country.
Ma... | Comment |
Clash Between Clergy and Yard Workers
A few months ago, the Solidarity Trade Union activists came up with the idea of naming the Gdansk shipyard after John Paul II, as he was instrumental in the ove... | Current Affairs |
Author Grasses Himself Up
Prominent voices in Poland have been declaring their unease at German writer Gunther Grass's honorary citizenship of Gdansk. The awkward scenario emerged in the... | Comment |
St. Dominic’s Fair in Gdansk!
One of the highlights of the Tri-city’s events calendar is St. Dominic’s Fair, held every year in the streets of Gdansk’s Old Town.
The history of the fair ... | Art and Culture |
Walesa lashes out at Poland's leaders
Gdansk, Poland (AHN) - Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa has lashed out at Poland's current twin leaders, President Lech Kaczyns... | Current Affairs |
A Bumpy Crossing
Poland doesn't have the best reputation in the world when it comes to sensible driving, and last weekend's escapades revealed that navigating under the influenc... | Comment |
Historic Gdansk Church Up In Flames
A FIRE has ripped through a historic church in the Polish city of Gdansk yesterday, causing the roof to collapse, authorities said.
There were no initial... | City Focus |
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