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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, ... | Comment |
Arrest Of Men In White Coats
Police from the north-eastern city of Olsztyn have arrested a group of psychiatrists. Four doctors have already been charged with forging medical certificates. ... | Comment |
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... | Current Affairs |
Norwegian Royals Head To Poland
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were due to leave for a three-day official visit to Poland on Monday. Nearly 60 business leaders are tagging ... | Current Affairs |
SLD Strives For New Image
The Democratic Left Alliance, SLD, the biggest left wing party and hitherto House majority grouping has kicked off its national convention. The gathering is to ... | Current Affairs |
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 ... | Current Affairs |
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, ... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
Pride Parade Will Go Ahead
Warsaw's gay community has pledged that its Pride Parade scheduled for June 11 will go ahead, despite a ban announced last week by the city’s mayor.
Last wee... | City Focus |
Poles Honoured by Israel
A successive group of Poles was honoured with Righteous Among Nations medals for saving Jews from the Holocaust during World War II. Anna Niemirowska-Mikulska a... | Current Affairs |
CowParade
As of June, Warsaw will become the largest pasture in the country. Over 100 cows will take over city streets and squares as part of the CowParade – t... | City Focus |
New Wall Art
Walking out of the Centrum Metro station, you’ll be greeted by welcoming artwork. Cheers to the city and artists who transformed this once dismal hole ... | City Focus |
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 ... | Comment |
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... | Current Affairs |
Book Fair Opens
The 50th International Book Fair has opened in Warsaw to the sound of the Alpenhorn. Switzerland is the honorary guest of the event, which is attended by almost... | City Focus |
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... | Current Affairs |
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 ... | Business |
Gay Parade Blocked
Warsaw's mayor has vowed to ban an annual gay rights parade for a second year, saying that he is "against propagating gay orientation" in the Polish capital.
... | Current Affairs |
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 ... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
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 ... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
Warsaw Summit - Off to a good start
Warsaw became a true multi-national city Sunday when presidents and prime ministers from 46 countries made their way here for the third Summit of Heads of Sta... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
Historic Summit Begins
For the first time in history, the Heads of State and Government of 46 European democracies – member states of the Council of Europe - are meeting in the Royal ... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
Pensioner Faces War Crimes Charges
An 84-year-old Polish pensioner is facing war crimes charges for having allegedly handed over information to Nazi officials which led to the arrest and shooting... | Current Affairs |
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 ... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
Poles In Belarus Squeezed
The Belarusian Justice Ministry has declared legally invalid the March congress of the Association of Poles in Belarus.
According to unofficial sources, the... | Current Affairs |
Poles Boycott Bolshoi
The Bolshoi Ballet has cancelled more than half the remaining performances on its tour of Poland, the Moscow News reports.
Performances in Olsztyn, Rzeszów, ... | Art and Culture |
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... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
Polish Day In Japan
Poland took centre stage at 2005 World Exposition Aichi on Monday as it celebrated its national day, with Polish Minister for Economics Affairs and Labor Jacek ... | Art and Culture |
Poland Lures Bollywood
Poland can be an attractive destination for Indian filmmakers as it offers great locations and studios and qualified technicians, says actor-turned-politician V... | Art and Culture |
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 ... | Current Affairs |
Tribute From Afar
A sculpture of the renowned Polish patriot and artist Ignacy Jan Paderewski created by the well-known Chinese painter Yuan Xikun was unveiled Tuesday in Beijin... | Art and Culture |
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... | Current Affairs |
EU Border Patrol in Poland
Poland will be the location of the EU’s new Border Control Agency (BCA). This is the first EU body to be placed in one of the 10 new member states. ... | Current Affairs |
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... | Comment |
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.... | Current Affairs |
Polish Price Is Right
When Condoleezza Rice or Vladimir Putin descend on the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin, they sleep in sheets washed almost 100 miles away across the border in ... | Comment |
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... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
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... | Current Affairs |
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... | Comment |
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 ... | Comment |
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... | Current Affairs |
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