The Hevelius Forum
Drawing inspiration from the traditions of its home city of Gdansk, the Hevelius Forum for Dialogue between Science and Religion strives to increase tolerance w...

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Intelligence Ignored
A new offiicial report on Second World War Intelligence has spotlighted what Poles have been aware of for some sixty years now - namely that the British governm...

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Leaders Meet On The Vistula
The prime ministers of four of the European Union's central European members have urged the bloc to push on with ratification of the EU constitution. The pr...

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Mystery Airline Set To Launch
It is likely that by the fall one will be able to fly directly between regional airports at a cost below zl.300 per flight. These are the foundations of a pr...

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Dziwisz Defends Decision
John Paul II's longtime private secretary defended on Wednesday his decision not to burn the pope's papers as the pontiff's will instructed, saying the pope had...

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Sharing A Shady Past
Polish and German institutes holding sensitive communist-era secret police archives have agreed to share historic documents which may shed light on some of the ...

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Stasi Agent Spied On Solidarity
An agent working for communist East Germany's feared Stasi secret police spied on Poland's communist-era Solidarity opposition during the 1980s, Polish Televisi...

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More Wobbles For EU Constitution
Poland dealt a fresh blow to the European Union's wounded constitution on Tuesday, saying it may delay a planned referendum despite efforts by France, which vot...

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Poles Appeal To Brits
Poland on Monday called on Britain to keep alive the European Union charter's ratification process by not shelving plans to hold a referendum on the issue. D...

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John Paul's Last Request
Pope John Paul II's longtime private secretary has revealed that he did not burn the late pontiff's notes as his will demanded, arguing that the papers containe...

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Report Released On 'Collaborator'
Investigators published a report Wednesday offering new details of allegations that a priest was an informer for Poland's communist government while he was clos...

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Film Crew Runs Into Russian Trouble
A Polish diplomat from the Moscow Embassy has gone to Ingushetia to investigate the circumstances relating to the detention of three Polish television journalis...

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Beatification Process Begins
The process of beatifying Pope John Paul II - the first step toward possible sainthood - has officially begun with an edict inviting testimony from witnesses ab...

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Film Producer Freed
The Polish co-producer of the Oscar-winning film "Schindler's List" left prison Tuesday after an appeals court suspended his two-year term in a high-profile bri...

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Tribute To Our Feathered Friends
Poland celebrates Stork Day today. The arrival of these long-legged fellows each Spring is a cherished event in Poland. Storks are recurrent characters in Po...

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Greens Sue Government
Poland’s Greens have sued the State Treasury, demanding reparation for damages caused by the felling of seven old oaks in the Bialowieza Forest nature reserve, ...

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Poland's President Regrets French 'Non'
Poland’s president Aleksander Kwasniewski has received the French No to the European Constitutional Treaty with regret. He admitted that this spells out serious...

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Chips Fall Over Corruption Scandal
Prime Minister Marek Belka has rejected the resignation of Interior Minister Ryszard Kalisz but fired his deputy over a series of corruption scandals involving ...

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Gangster No.1 In Custody
Poland's most notorious gangster Ryszard Niemczyk was extradited from Germany to his homeland yesterday where he faces charges relating to some sixteen crimes, ...

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General Launches Surprise Project
General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland's last communist-era leader, said Monday he wants to work with former foe Lech Walesa to set up a truth commission that woul...

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Polish Referee Arrested
Polish police said Sunday they have arrested a first-division soccer referee who allegedly took a $31,000 US bribe to help fix two matches. The referee was ...

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Poles and Germans Say Oui
The German and Polish leaders rallied behind President Jacques Chirac on Thursday by urging French voters to back the European Union constitution, saying it was...

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Election Date Set
President Aleksander Kwasniewski has announced September 25 as the date for Poland's general election. House speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said after conferri...

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Ryanair Adds Polish Strings To Bow
Budget airline Ryanair has announced that it is launching five new routes to eastern Europe. Ryanair said it would begin daily flights between London Stansted ...

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President Backs Ukraine
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski called on the European Union to support democratic reforms in Ukraine and bring the nation into the fold. Kwasniewski ...

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Belarusian Problem Intensifies
The Polish embassy in Minsk has officially confirmed that its deputy head Marek Bucko has been asked to leave Belarus within a month’s notice. The embassy s...

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Warsaw Mayor Leads Presidential Poll
If the presidential elections were held this month, Warsaw mayor Lech Kaczynski of the opposition Law and Justice Party would be the winner, with 22 percent of ...

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First Lady To Testify
The parliamentary commission investigating the scandal involving the privatisation of the Polish oil giant Orlen has decided to call Poland’s first lady as a wi...

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Crisis With Belarus
Polish head of state said that the attitude of Belarus authorities to the Polish minorities living in Belarus is unacceptable. The Polish head of state comm...

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Poland Could Host Beatification
Pope Benedict XVI might be able to beatify John Paul II in a ceremony in Poland, the head of the Vatican's saint-making office says, a day after the pontiff gav...

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Path To Sainthood Opened
Pope Benedict XVI said Friday he had opened the process for the sainthood of Pope John Paul II, overriding the usual five-year waiting period following the deat...

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Poland Repays Cold War Debt
Poland repaid most of its communist-era debt to the United States on Thursday, handing Washington $868 million, a government official said. Deputy Finance ...

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Putin Skips Warsaw Council
President Vladimir Putin will not attend the Council of Europe summit, starting in Warsaw on Monday. Russia will be represented at the meeting by its foreign mi...

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Right-Wing Parties Lead Polls
The right-wing Law and Justice and the centrist Civic Platform are in the lead of a recent popularity poll conducted by the Rzeczpospolita daily. The poll s...

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EU Resolution On World War II
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution which says that the end of World War Two did not bring freedom and liberation to all countries. Polish MEPs...

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Church Faces The Past
The Polish church is preparing to face up to a tricky issue in its past. A Bishop from the south-western Wroclaw diocese has decided to form a commission which ...

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President Rejects PM's resignation
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski refused the resignation of Prime Minister Marek Belka on Friday, a decision that should keep the unpopular governing par...

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Express Service
After accepting what appeared to be a kind offer from a German motorist to tow his broken car, a stranded Polish motorist was taken on a terrifying high-speed j...

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Priest Denies Spying
A Polish priest accused of spying on the late Pope John Paul said he had taken money provided by a suspected secret service agent, but denied he had been a spy....

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Turkey Stung By Polish Stance
The Turkish parliament have passed a resolution canceling meetings with the Turkish-Polish friendship group, the visit of the Commission on Foreign Affairs of t...

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Alleged Collaborator Revealed
A Polish priest at the Vatican was accused Wednesday of collaborating with the communist-era secret police during the 1980s, a time when Pope John Paul II was i...

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Premier Warns Of French Veto
Poland would bear the burden of a French "no" vote to the EU constitution, Prime Minister Marek Belka said Wednesday, urging his compatriots to "cross your fing...

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No Frills But Some Thrills
German no-frills airline DauAir offered their passengers some rather unusual entertainment on their virgin flight to Poland this Monday. All seemed to be go...

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New Pope Learns Polish
Unofficial sources from the Vatican claim that pope Benedict XVI learns Polish pronounciation. The pontiff intends to say a few words to Polish pilgrims on ...

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Poles Abroad
One year after Poland joined the European Union, 65,000 Poles have left the central European country to work in other member states, Polish foreign ministry off...

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Polish Journalists Appeal To Russia
The Association of Polish Journalists has appealed to their Russian counterparts to respect historical truth. The association has sent a letter to the Russian ...

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Poles Seek To Honour John Paul
Poland's capital wants to honour Pope John Paul II by opening an institute focusing on his life and teachings, to be built on the site of his triumphal 1979 ret...

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Election Polls A Close Run Thing
If parliamentary elections were held presently, the rightist Law & Justice (PiS) would top popularity ratings, replacing the leading centrist Civic Platform (PO...

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Church Caught In Informer Row
An historian from the Cracow branch of the Institute of National Remembrance sparked a storm of controversy yesterday when he declared that he had studied docum...

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Ankara Criticizes Polish Stance
Turkey has sharply criticised Poland for acknowledging the killing of thousands of Armenians by Turks between 1915 and 1917 as genocide. Earlier this week P...

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