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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... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
Walesa Champions Armenian Plight
Lech Walesa, Poland’s former president and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, made on Thursday an emotional case for the recognition by Turkey of the 1915 genocide of ... | Current Affairs |
Belarusian President Lambasts Poland
Poland’s parliamentary speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz has said that the Belarussian president’s attacks on Polish diplomats are scandalous and groundless.
... | Current Affairs |
Interest In EU Work Wanes
The interest of Poles in working in European Union countries is smaller now than it was a year ago, before Poland entered the bloc.
According to a survey ca... | Current Affairs |
Poland Hails New Pope
Still grieving for their native son John Paul II, people in Krakow on Tuesday expressed happiness and hope at the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germa... | Current Affairs |
Trouble In Walesaland
It's been a funny fortnight for Lech Walesa, former President of Poland and moustachioed hero of the Solidarity movement.
It began with the the passing of hi... | Current Affairs |
Walesa Tries To Heal Rift
Former president and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is ready to invite current president Aleksander Kwasniewski to ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of Sol... | Current Affairs |
Poles Flock To Rome
Thousands of Poles boarded buses, trains and planes for Rome on Tuesday for the funeral of their compatriot Pope John Paul, while many more flocked to the Polis... | Current Affairs |
All Roads Lead To Rome
The Polish national railway company PKP has announced it will lay on six special trains to take pilgrims to Rome for John Paul II's funeral. Fares for the trip ... | Art and Culture |
Pope's Funeral Set For Friday
Roman Catholic cardinals Monday set Pope John Paul's funeral for Friday as they began to plan the Church's future following the death of the Pontiff who led its... | Current Affairs |
Poland's Pope passes away
Pope John Paul II passed away on Saturday night. Poles came out onto the streets to mourn his death, turning the streets of towns and cities across the country ... | Comment |
Amber Booty Pounce
Polish customs agents foiled today an attempt to smuggle 70 kilograms of amber from the Russian enclave of Kalingrad.
According to reports in the local medi... | Current Affairs |
Debt Solution Approved
Poland's government approved an early buyback of a large chunk of communist-era debt to a group of six countries in the Paris Club, a government official said T... | Comment |
Smigus Dingus
The sun may well shine on Easter Monday, but even if this is so, we warmly recommend that ladies of a faint-hearted disposition carry an umbrella about their pe... | Comment |
Alleged Drug Ring Broken
Six Polish and Kurdish men were charged Monday with smuggling amphetamines to Norway in specially built car batteries.
"I can confirm that we have arrested s... | Current Affairs |
Roundabout Rumpus
Russia on Monday accused the Warsaw city council of supporting international terrorism by naming a roundabout after a Chechen rebel leader.
"It is difficul... | Current Affairs |
Pope Publishes New Memoir
The latest book by Polish-born Pope John Paul hit bookstores in his native land on Monday, amid great interest from fellow Poles.
The pope's fifth book, Mem... | Current Affairs |
Polish PM To Force Early Elections
Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka has threatened to resign in May to force early elections, Polish Television reported Friday.
Belka is locked in a fierce ba... | Current Affairs |
Barbers In Bikinis A 'Health Risk'
Barbers in bikinis pose a "health risk", according to officials in the northern Polish city of Slupsk.
The city's numerous bikini-wearing female barbers have... | Comment |
Knife in the Head Is A Real Headache
A 63-year-old Pole suffering headaches and lack of appetite was reportedly completely unaware that a 12-cm-long knife-blade stuck in his head was the source of ... | Comment |
Polish Composer Wins Oscar
Polish composer Jan Kaczmarek walked away with the Oscar for Best Original Score at yesterday's blockbusting awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
The prize went ... | Art and Culture |
Majority Of Poles Back EU
Almost two-thirds of Poles -- 64 percent -- support ratifying the European Union constitution, according to a poll published on Saturday.
According to the s... | Current Affairs |
To Build Or Not To Build?
A fracard has erupted amongst Polish architects and conservators over the project to re-establish Gdansk's historic Shakespearian theatre.
Hotshot Italian ar... | City Focus |
Red Army Wraps Up Poland
Joseph Stalin saw 23 February 1945 as a key day for the Soviet army, as it rolled up the German forces in central Europe.
"We mark the 27th anniversary of th... | History |
Court Compensates Solidarity Icon
A former shipyard worker whose 1980 firing triggered the labor protest that spawned Poland's Solidarity movement was awarded $23,000 on Tuesday for her imprison... | Current Affairs |
Sailor Missing Off Polish Coast
Several warships, civilian vessels and aircraft were combing the Baltic Sea off Poland on Wednesday for an experienced Canadian sailor believed to have fallen o... | Current Affairs |
Cold War Files Thrust Into Cyberspace
Poles have flooded websites to view a list of names taken from communist-era files made public for the first time since the fall of Communism, searching for men... | Current Affairs |
Investment Boom
According to a report published yesterday by Merril Lynch, no other member country has gained more than Poland from EU accession.
After a very positive firs... | Business |
Pope's Health Scare
Pope John Paul spent a peaceful night in hospital after receiving urgent medical treatment for breathing difficulties, a Vatican source said on Wednesday.
Th... | Current Affairs |
UEFA Reveals Polish-Ukrainian Bid
UEFA finally revealed the bids yesterday for the European Football Cup of 2012. As rumours had suggested, Poland was amongst the hopeful entrants, this time in ... | Current Affairs |
Poland To Open Borders
European Union newcomer Poland is to enter the bloc's unified Schengen border regime on 28 October 2007, ending controls on the western frontier with Germany an... | Current Affairs |
Publisher Guilty Of Libelling Pope
A court Tuesday convicted the publisher of a satirical magazine of insulting Polish-born Pope John Paul II and fined him $6,500.
The ruling against Jerzy Ur... | Current Affairs |
Walesa Ponders Comeback
Former Polish president and Solidarity hero Lech Walesa said Monday he was considering another attempt at a political comeback by running for president later th... | Current Affairs |
'Courier From Warsaw' Dies
Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, the Polish soldier who made death-defying trips between Warsaw and London during the Second World War to carry messages to Poland's gover... | History |
Polish Fishermen Reach To Asia
Polish fishermen want to send their old boats to fishing villages on the Indian Ocean wiped out by last month's tsunami, rather than scrapping them under a Euro... | Current Affairs |
Polish 'Ghost' Sent To Jail
A Polish woman who pretended to be a ghost and "haunted" an Alpine castle was sentenced to four months in prison by an Italian court.
Police were called in ... | Comment |
Calls For Freedom of Information
A Polish legislature panel investigating allegations of high-level bribery broadened its mission this week, demanding the release of communist-era secret files ... | Current Affairs |
Poles Defend Role in Babylon
Polish troops used no tanks or other tracked vehicles in the ancient city of Babylon, but the presence of foreign troops had a ''negative influence'' on the sit... | Current Affairs |
Construction Begins On 'Young City'
The construction of Mlode Miasto Gdansk (Young City Gdansk), an investment which will cost an estimated 2 billion zl, is about to begin.
Janusz Lipinski, pre... | Comment |
Give Ukraine A Chance In EU Say Poles
Ukraine should be given a chance to join the European Union, and the people of the former Soviet republic should have the final say on membership, Polish Presid... | Current Affairs |
Poland Gears Up For Elections
Polish parliament Speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said Tuesday he would seek a vote to dissolve parliament May 5 leading to general elections June 19.
Po... | Current Affairs |
Wild Boar Chases Man
A man escaped unscathed after a boar chased him around a hospital parking lot in southwestern Poland, the hospital spokesman said Thursday.
Cameras monitori... | Comment |
Poland Keen To Leave Iraq
Poland still hopes to withdraw its troops from Iraq at the end of this year, but the staunch US ally could prolong the mission if the international community as... | Current Affairs |
What Now For Former Speaker?
If anyone in the Polish parliament could score a hit as a character in a James Bond film then it is Jozef Oleksy, who was relieved of his post as Speaker last w... | Comment |
Poles Unenthusiastic About US Airbases
More than half of the Polish people oppose the transfer of large US military bases from Germany to Poland, an opinion poll issued Wednesday said.
According ... | Current Affairs |
Polish Hostage Tells Of Terror
A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq for nearly a month was terrified of being rescued by U.S. troops because she believed any military-style raid would have end... | Current Affairs |
Polish Speaker Offers to Resign
The speaker of Poland's Parliament, Jozef Oleksy, offered to resign on Wednesday, a party spokesman said, after a court said he had worked for the country's Com... | Current Affairs |
Polish Premier Congratulates Yushchenko
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski congratulated Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko on his presidential election victory this monday, hailing it a... | Current Affairs |
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