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Oct.01.2007 | |
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... | |
Sept.06.2007 | |
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... | |
August.27.2007 | |
Solidarity trade unionists from Stocznia Gdansk have planned an emergency demonstration in Brussels this Friday the 31st. Over 100 teamsters are expected to par... | |
Aug.14.2007 | |
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... | |
June.26.2007 | |
Solidarity sweetheart and former Polish president, Lech Walesa, whose iconic moustache toppled Poland's communist government in the late 80s, has thrown upon th... | |
Jun.11.2007 | |
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 ... | |
May.31.2007 | |
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 ... | |
May.14.2007 | |
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 ... | |
Apr.20.2007 | |
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... | |
March.14.2007 | |
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... | |
Jan.08.2006 | |
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... | |
Nov. 4 2006 | |
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... | |
Oct.18.2006 | |
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... | |
Aug.15.2006 | |
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... | |
Aug.02.2006 | |
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 ... | |
Jul.17.2006 | |
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... | |
June.27.2006 | |
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... | |
May.23.2006 | |
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... | |
May.05.2006 | |
President Lech Kaczynski has decorated Anna Walentynowicz and Andrzej Gwiazda, two legendary pioneers of the Solidarity movement, with the highest Polish state ... | |
April.3.2006 | |
A ten metre humpback whale has been spotted frolicking off the coast of Gdansk, Poland. It is the first sighting of a such a creature for many years. "I saw ... | |
April.3.2006 | |
A shocking article in the Gazeta Wyborcza revealed that workers from North Korea work almost for free at the Gdansk shipyard, cradle of the Solidarity trade uni... | |
March.21.2006 | |
A film that chronicles the struggle of one of the shining lights of the Solidarity movement is being tipped for great things at this year's Cannes Festival. ... | |
March.6.2006 | |
Poland and Hungary are quarrelling over the definition of vodka. For the Poles vodka is “an alcoholic beverage derived from cereals or potatoes.” Historically v... | |
March.3.2006 | |
Book between Monday, March 6, and Sunday, March 12. Centralwings, the budget offshoot of LOT Polish Airways, has flights to Poland from £1 one-way excluding tax... | |
March.1.2006 | |
A team of Roman Catholic Church historians and experts has been pulled together to check the files of communist-era secret police for evidence of collaboration ... | |
Feb.24.2006 | |
Archbishop of Krakow Stanislaw Dziwisz has been named cardinal by Pope Benedict. While the appointment is seen as a victory for the Church’s more open wing in P... | |
Feb.24.2006 | |
A university in Poland has banned an exhibition of T-shirts bearing slogans such as "I didn't cry when the Pope died" and "I've got Aids", saying the show was t... | |
Feb.24.2006 | |
Bishop Peter Moran of Aberdeen is visiting Poland to invite bishops to establish links which could lead to Polish priests coming to work in his far-flung Scotti... | |
Feb.24.2006 | |
Britain's The Guardian and Polish daily Rzeczpospolita have been voted the world's best-designed newspapers. Five judges from the Society for News Design rev... | |
Feb.24.2006 | |
Prosecutors said yesterday they have filed charges against three managers of a company that owned an exhibition hall whose roof collapsed last month, killing 65... | |
Feb.20.2006 | |
Poland's Foreign Minister Stefan Meller on Friday ruled out allowing any Iranian researchers to examine the scale of the Holocaust committed by the German Nazis... | |
Feb.20.2006 | |
Medical specialists in south-eastern Poland have begun a protest against low pay. About 1,000 doctors from 13 medical clinics are to be absent at work, having t... | |
Feb.17.2006 | |
Celebrated Polish director Andrzej Wajda said on Wednesday he aims to finish a film close to his heart this year about the 1940 Soviet massacre of 15,000 Polish... | |
Feb.17.2006 | |
Poland does not plan to adopt the euro before 2010, Polish Finance Minister Zyta Gilowska said in an interview published on Friday. "Poland cannot enter the... | |
Feb.17.2006 | |
Polish-Russian relations have been troubled since time immemorial, and the post of ambassador to Moscow is a key one. In this respect, Lech Kaczynski's choic... | |
Feb.17.2006 | |
Andrzej Wajda, Poland’s renowned film director, has received the honorary Golden Bear, the prestigious award of the International Berlin Film Festival. The Poli... | |
Feb.15.2006 | |
East European church leaders faced new pressure to name clergy who acted as communist agents after a Polish priest accused colleagues of spying on Pope John Pau... | |
Feb.15.2006 | |
Hungary's low-cost airline Wizz Air announced on Tuesday that it was voted for the second consecutive year as the best discount airline in Poland by pasazer.com... | |
Feb.15.2006 | |
Liverpool's Jerzy Dudek is among four goalkeepers named in Poland coach Pawel Janas' 30-man squad for the March 1 friendly against the United States due to be p... | |
Feb.15.2006 | |
President Lech Kaczynski on Monday rejected speculation he would dissolve parliament and call early elections for the spring, capping a daylong storm of uncerta... | |
Feb.15.2006 | |
A Polish national accused of having €1.4m worth of cocaine in Cork city centre had a change of mind today and pleaded guilty to having the drugs for sale or sup... | |
Feb.15.2006 | |
Poland's prime minister said Tuesday he sees no reason to reopen an investigation into allegations the CIA operated secret prisons here, but indicated he would ... | |
Feb.15.2006 | |
Poland has traditionally sympathized with Chechnya in its fight against Russia for independence. Warsaw named one of its roundabouts after the Chechen President... | |
Feb.13.2006 | |
Bidders at Christie's auction house offered up to $71,820 for a 1958 car that once belonged to the late Pope John Paul II, but the seller decided the sum was no... | |
Feb.10.2006 | |
Germans regularly pop over the Polish border for a spot of dentistry. However, it seems that the cheaper prices are now luring folks from even further afield. ... | |
Feb.10.2006 | |
In a long article reflecting on the current state of Poland, a leading authority noted that today 'there is a stronger sense than ever of "two Polands": one mor... | |
Feb.9.2006 | |
Forty-six Polish aces are poised to take part in the Winter Olympics, which begin tomorrow in Turin, Northern Italy. Poland will be represented in nine event... | |
Feb.8.2006 | |
Bollywood bonanzas are not normally known for getting jiggy with it at -20 centigrade. But the producers of 'Fanaah' - a tale of troubled love set against the b... | |
Feb.8.2006 | |
Heavy snowfall caused roofs across Poland to collapse Tuesday, but no deaths were reported just nine days after the country's worst building disaster claimed 65... | |
Feb.6.2006 | |
Former Conservative MP Edwina Currie has had more than her fair share of thrills and spills, but her new venture should win her more friends than foes. Long ... | |
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