Young Eagles
An historic Polish cemetery in the Ukrainian city of Lviv will be officially opened on June 24 after a protracted tug-of-war between Poland and Ukraine. Some 3,...

Current Affairs

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...

Current Affairs

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...

Current Affairs

Hapless Hejmo Denies Informing
A Polish priest denied Monday that he intentionally collaborated with communist authorities in the 1980s while close to Pope John Paul II's entourage, but he ap...

Comment

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...

Current Affairs

Poles Triumph In Qualifier
Poland overcame Azerbaijan 3-0 in a World Cup qualifier to go top of Group Six on Saturday. Three goals proved too much for Azerbaijan's Brazilian coach Carl...

Comment

Back To Business For Dudek
Goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek must get his mind off 10 days of media hype around Liverpool's Champions League win and back on Saturday's World Cup qualifier away to Az...

Comment

Hero Goalie Considers Future
Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek cannot imagine leaving Anfield after his penalty shootout heroics helped the team to Champions League victory last week, a Poli...

Comment

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...

Current Affairs

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...

Current Affairs

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...

Comment

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...

Current Affairs

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...

Comment

Highland Robbers On The Run
Police have blocked roads in southern Poland after a audacious bank robbery in the southern city of Nowy Targ. The search is underway for three men who have sto...

Current Affairs

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...

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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...

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