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April.12.2005 | |
Former president and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is ready to invite current president Aleksander Kwasniewski to ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of Sol... | |
April.12.2005 | |
Solidarity founder and former Polish President Lech Walesa said Monday he filed charges against a radical Roman Catholic radio station that allegedly accused hi... | |
April.7.2005 | |
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... | |
April.5.2005 | |
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 ... | |
April.4.2005 | |
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... | |
Apr.02.2005 | |
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 ... | |
March.30.2005 | |
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... | |
March.30.2005 | |
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... | |
March.25.2005 | |
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... | |
March.23.2005 | |
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... | |
March.22.2005 | |
Russia on Monday accused the Warsaw city council of supporting international terrorism by naming a roundabout after a Chechen rebel leader. "It is difficul... | |
March.15.2005 | |
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... | |
March.4.2005 | |
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... | |
March.1.2005 | |
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... | |
March.1.2005 | |
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 ... | |
Feb.28.2005 | |
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 ... | |
Feb.28.2005 | |
Almost two-thirds of Poles -- 64 percent -- support ratifying the European Union constitution, according to a poll published on Saturday. According to the s... | |
Feb.24.2005 | |
A fracard has erupted amongst Polish architects and conservators over the project to re-establish Gdansk's historic Shakespearian theatre. Hotshot Italian ar... | |
Feb.24.2005 | |
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... | |
Feb.23.2005 | |
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... | |
Feb.10.2005 | |
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... | |
Feb.3.2005 | |
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... | |
Feb.2.2005 | |
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... | |
Feb.2.2005 | |
Pope John Paul spent a peaceful night in hospital after receiving urgent medical treatment for breathing difficulties, a Vatican source said on Wednesday. Th... | |
Feb.1.2005 | |
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 ... | |
Jan.27.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.25.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.25.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.21.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.17.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.17.2005 | |
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 ... | |
Jan.17.2005 | |
A Polish legislature panel investigating allegations of high-level bribery broadened its mission this week, demanding the release of communist-era secret files ... | |
Jan.17.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.13.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.13.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.12.2005 | |
Polish parliament Speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said Tuesday he would seek a vote to dissolve parliament May 5 leading to general elections June 19. Po... | |
Jan.7.2005 | |
A man escaped unscathed after a boar chased him around a hospital parking lot in southwestern Poland, the hospital spokesman said Thursday. Cameras monitori... | |
Jan.7.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.6.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.6.2005 | |
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 ... | |
Jan.4.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.3.2005 | |
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... | |
Jan.3.2005 | |
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski congratulated Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko on his presidential election victory this monday, hailing it a... | |
Dec.22.2004 | |
Christmas Eve has always occupied a special place for those of Polish and eastern European heritage. The sacred symbols, beautiful customs and festive foods, so... | |
Dec.22.2004 | |
Poland's prime minister and defense minister arrived in Iraq Wednesday for a Christmas visit to Polish troops, a Polish military official said. Prime Ministe... | |
Dec.15.2004 | |
Centralwings, a new low-cost airline owned by Poland's national carrier LOT, will start flying to European destinations in February, its president said Tuesday.... | |
Dec.14.2004 | |
Young political activists demonstrated yesterday outside the home of Poland’s last communist-era leader, whom some condemned and others praised on the anniversa... | |
Dec.13.2004 | |
During the night of Dec. 12-13, 1981, the Polish military authorities moved to take control of the country, and the Council of State established a "Military Cou... | |
Dec.8.2004 | |
A Polish man traveled more than 3,000 miles (4,800 km) on rollerblades to Microsoft Corp.'s headquarters to ask Chairman Bill Gates pay the medical costs of two... | |
Dec.6.2004 | |
Poland's first budget airline Air Polonia has been grounded due to financial problems, stranding 53,000 passengers, its chairman said on Sunday. But Jan Litw... | |
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