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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 |
Nuclear Poland
Poland might be see nuclear power facilities on the horizon in the next few years. With the EU concerned with air pollution and wanting to decrease CO2 emissio... | Current Affairs |
Protest to save popular Warsaw club
Since early Monday morning, about 200 people have sat outside the alternative club and art gallery, Le Madame, protesting its closure. The artists, students, a... | City Focus |
A Royal Treat
The smash art exhibition of the season has just opened it's appropriately grand doors at the Royal Castle. 'Light And Shadow: Four Centuries Of French Painting ... | Art and Culture |
Kacznyski Touts New Warsaw Museum
Today only one synagogue survives from pre-war Warsaw. The scuffed turn-of-the-century tiles are silent witnesses of a world that was all but extinguished under... | Comment |
Poland Unveils Poster Of Pope
A large poster depicting Pope John Paul II is on display in downtown Warsaw, giving the city a taste of the contemporary art that will be on display in a planne... | Art and Culture |
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 |
Russia Says Katyn Executions Not Genocide
Russia denied on Friday that the 1940 execution of 15,000 Polish prisoners of war by Soviet secret police was genocide, dismaying Poland's chief war crimes inve... | Current Affairs |
Poles Turn Out For Tibetans
More than 300 people gathered Thursday in front of Chinese Embassy in Warsaw tto commemorate the 46th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising against Chin... | Current Affairs |
Poland Arrests 'Spy'
Polish authorities said on Wednesday they had arrested an aide to a prominent parliamentarian, accusing him of spying for a "big neighbour" – a clear reference ... | Current Affairs |
Poland Denounces Chechen Killing
Poland on Wednesday condemned the killing of Chechen guerrilla chief Aslan Maskhadov by Russian forces as a "crime" and said it was a mistake because he was the... | Current Affairs |
US Looks East
U.S. firms expect the 10 new members of the European Union to invest, rather than traditional countries such as Germany, the EU Observer reported.
In a repor... | Business |
EU Report Predicts Ebb
According to the latest forecasts, in 2005 the Polish economy will grow much slower than anticipated a few months ago with GDP growing by 3.5%-4.8%.
Accordi... | Business |
Kwasniewski Dodges The Heat
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski was criticized Tuesday for failing to appear before a parliamentary commission investigating privatization fraud.
Kwa... | Current Affairs |
Russians Finish Chechen Leader
Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov has been killed, a spokesman for Russian forces said Tuesday.
Col. Ilya Shabalkin said Maskhadov was killed during a "sp... | Comment |
Kuchma Returns To Kiev
Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma joined mourners today at the funeral of former Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko, who died under mysterious circumstan... | Current Affairs |
Princely Residence For The President
Polish art deco swept the board at Paris's International Exhibition of 1925, yet its treasures are today little known in the West. However, thanks to a 26 mill... | Art and Culture |
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 |
Polish Premier On Choppy Waters
This morning Parliament is to vote over a motion submitted by the Polish Families League (LPR) which calls on Prime Minister Marek Belka to resign.
At aroun... | Current Affairs |
Historic Reading Of The Talmud
Some 1,000 Jews from around the world gathered Wednesday in Lublin to mark the completion of a ceremonial reading of the Talmud, a tradition started in the east... | Current Affairs |
Pole Charged In Cocaine Scam
A German man and a Polish woman have been charged with attempting to smuggle 11 kilograms of cocaine into Russia. The pair had apparently dissolved the drug int... | 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 |
Corspe Factory Raises Eyebrows
Controversial German artist Gunther von Hagens, known for his displays of preserved human corpses stripped of skin, wants to build a factory in Poland to mass-p... | Current Affairs |
Tiozzo Trounces The Tiger
Fabrice Tiozzo retained his WBA light heavyweight title Saturday, stopping Poland's Darius Michalczewski in the sixth round.
Tiozzo ran his record to 47-2 w... | Comment |
Kaczmarek Comments On Oscar Win
Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek said Monday he was a "relaxed and happy man" after his music for "Finding Neverland" won him the Oscar for best original scor... | Art and Culture |
'Democratic Party' Casts The Dice
The new centre party that was launched this weekend will be called the Democratic Party (Partia Demokratyczna).
Its founders, who came up with the idea two ... | Current Affairs |
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 |
Let's Cooperate Chirac Tells Poland
Paris and Warsaw must move on from splits over the war in Iraq and learn to work together in the expanded European Union, focusing on their common interests, Fr... | Current Affairs |
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 |
Gangster Pleads Not Guilty In Boxer Case
A reputed Russian gangster brought to New York from Poland pleaded innocent Friday to charges that he participated in the kidnapping and murder of a promising B... | Current Affairs |
Teen Charged With Artist's Murder
Warsaw authorities charged a 19-year-old man Friday with the murder of surrealist painter Zdzislaw Beksinski.
The suspect, identified only as Robert K., is ... | Current Affairs |
Counting On Congress
Whether Bush's promises to Poland are kept depends on the US Congress.
The Bush administration has made a habit of praising Poland recently, culminating in g... | Current Affairs |
Prayers For The Pope
In big cities and quiet villages, Roman Catholics around the world stopped Thursday to pray for Pope John Paul II as word spread that he had again been rushed t... | Current Affairs |
New Political Party Emerges
The new, as yet to be named, center party is to announce its list of supporters and program this Sunday.
Freedom Union (UW) leader Wladyslaw Frasyniuk is se... | Current Affairs |
Polish Doctors Head Overseas
According to the medics' association, over 7,000 doctors have already left, or are planning to leave Poland.
The list includes anesthesiologist, surgeons an... | Current Affairs |
Fraudster Caught In The Capital
A man in his 20s has been arrested in Warsaw after banks in France and Poland laid a trap for him and foiled a bid to fraudulently transfer EUR 600,000 (USD 800... | Comment |
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 |
'Mein Kampf' Furore
A German state that holds the rights to Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" said Tuesday it was seeking legal action to prevent the book from being published in Po... | Current Affairs |
Polish Artist Found Dead
Polish contemporary artist Zdzislaw Beksinski, famed for his haunting fantasy paintings, has been found murdered at his home, police said Tuesday.
Police sa... | Art and Culture |
Chopin's 195th Birthday!
The 195th anniversary of Chopin’s birth is fast approaching! The F. Chopin Society will celebrate it in Sanniki on February 20th with a concert by pianist Wojci... | Art and Culture |
Pope Recalls Assassination Attempt
In his new book, Pope John Paul II for the first time described publicly the moments after he was gravely wounded in 1981, saying he was fearful and in pain but... | History |
Ryanair Eyes Polish Airports
No-frills airline Ryanair believes that flights to and from Poland will be profitable, "If we manage to have 75% booking, then we will break even on flights to ... | Business |
Rugby Rescue Plan
The England Rugby Supports’ Club (ERSC) have teamed up with SOS IRB Kit Aid to give England Rugby fans the chance to help hundreds of rugby mad Polish youngster... | Comment |
France to host first Franco-Polish summit
Presidents Jacques Chirac and Aleksander Kwasniewski will hold the first-ever Franco-Polish summit on February 28 in the northern French city of Arras, Chirac's... | Comment |
Welcome News For Warsaw's Jewish Museum
As of Tuesday, 25th January 2005, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews is in partnership with the Polish Government, the City of Warsaw authorities and the ... | City Focus |
Europe's Oldest White Rhino Passes On
Zulu, the oldest white rhinoceros in captivity in Europe, has died at the age of 45 at Lodz zoo in central Poland, the zoo's management said.
Born on August ... | Comment |
Hollywood History
'Schindlers List' and 'The Pianist' are the two most widely known films about the fate of Poland's Jews during the Second World War. The former was made by Step... | Art and Culture |
Polish parliament drops abortion vote
The Polish parliament voted Tuesday not to consider a controversial bill allowing abortion up to 12 weeks into pregnancy.
The bill had been proposed by the ... | Current Affairs |
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