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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 |
Lubelskie: Untouched By EU Magic
In a valley of southeastern Poland, the town of Rudnik's pot-holed roads, widespread unemployment and subsistence farmers provide a stark contrast to the image ... | Current Affairs |
Polish Journalists Appeal To Russia
The Association of Polish Journalists has appealed to their Russian counterparts to respect historical truth. The association has sent a letter to the Russian ... | Current Affairs |
Poland Challenges EU Cuts
Poland does not agree to the proposed cuts of expenditures for the development of the poorest EU regions.
The plan was put forward by Luxembourg which holds... | Current Affairs |
Poles Seek To Honour John Paul
Poland's capital wants to honour Pope John Paul II by opening an institute focusing on his life and teachings, to be built on the site of his triumphal 1979 ret... | Current Affairs |
Election Polls A Close Run Thing
If parliamentary elections were held presently, the rightist Law & Justice (PiS) would top popularity ratings, replacing the leading centrist Civic Platform (PO... | Current Affairs |
US Journalist Harassed
The World Press Freedom Committee made a Fund Against Censorship grant to Poland-based US journalist Preston Smith, a reporter for the English-language Poland M... | Current Affairs |
eBay Launches In Poland
Internet auction company eBay Inc. says it's starting a new Web site in Poland where buyers and sellers can meet and trade.
The service aims to build a local... | Business |
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 |
Poland Invites New Pope
Poland’s state and church authorities have extended an invitation to Pope Bendict XVI to visit Poland, hoping that it will be one of his first pilgrimages, pres... | 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 |
Prime Real Estate Investments
Although the latest members of the European Union represent all-new and unknown interests to investors, Warsaw already stands out as a positive option. The A... | Business |
Warsaw Ghetto Anniversary
A leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising warned the world Tuesday not to forget Polish Jews' historic resistance to their Nazi conquerors on the 62nd anniversary ... | Current Affairs |
Parliament Recognizes Armenian Tragedy
Yesterday the Polish Sejm unanimously passed a resolution on the Armenian Genocide. The document was initiated by the Sejm Presidium.
“The remembrance of th... | Comment |
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 |
Film Producer Behind Bars
A Warsaw court ruled on Monday that the Polish co-producer of the Oscar-winning film "Schindler's List" must immediately start serving his two-year prison term ... | Comment |
John Paul's Seal Is Broken
Roman Catholic cardinals destroyed the late Pope John Paul's ring and seal in a symbolic end to his authority before they seclude themselves from the world to e... | Current Affairs |
1 Million Dollars Cocaine Turns To Sugar
Polish prosecutors are investigating the disappearance of 20 kg (44 lbs) of cocaine from a police warehouse, where it had been replaced by an identical quantity... | Comment |
Wajda To Make Katyn Film
Polish film director Andrzej Wajda is planning to film a movie about the World War II Katyn massacre, the state-run news agency TASR reported.
"It's a compl... | Art and Culture |
Conclave Starts In Rome
In a historic gathering steeped in intrigue, cardinals from six continents assembled Monday for their first conclave of the new millennium to elect a pope who w... | Current Affairs |
Kwasniewski - Next UN Secretary General?
President Aleksander Kwasniewksi is thinking of running for UN Secretary General. Polish opposition parties are ready to support him in this.
“If th... | Current Affairs |
Pope Film Premiere
Italian film critics got their first viewing Thursday of a new miniseries about Pope John Paul II that focuses on the pontiff's early years, when his native Pol... | Art and Culture |
Poles Picket Russian Embassy
Relatives of some of the 22,000 Polish prisoners of war murdered by Soviet forces in 1940 picketed the Russian Embassy in Warsaw Wednesday, demanding Moscow apo... | Current Affairs |
The Art of Earning
Looking for a great souvenir from Warsaw to take back with you? Why not a candle in the shape of the Palace of Culture and Science?
The Awangarda Foun... | City Focus |
Warsaw's Newest Resident
Warsaw’s newest resident arrived Tuesday in a large crate. His arrival attracted the curiosity of people picnicking nearby, who quickly gathered around... | City Focus |
Exotic Shops Are In The Firing Line
As an unfortunate quirk of fate would have it, John Paul II Avenue (which runs right through the heart of the Polish capital) is a high holy place for sex shop... | Current Affairs |
Katyn Crime Casts Shadow
On this day in 1943, the Nazi regime released news of the discovery of mass graves in the West Russian forest of Katyn. The victims were Polish soldiers, and ea... | History |
A Polish Ukrainian Alliance
Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschchenko was greeted with a standing ovation yesterday when he arrived for a speech at Warsaw University.
It was some time befo... | Current Affairs |
Pope Buried in St. Peter’s Crypt
Crowds gathered in and around St. Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II Friday morning. Among them, 200 world leaders. Millions around t... | Current Affairs |
A New Saint?
It has been raining non stop since the body of Pope John Paul II was laid to rest in St. Peter’s crypt. The heavens are still mourning. Most of the pilg... | Current Affairs |
World Leaders Visit Rome
The masses of people waiting in line to catch a last glimpse of the Pope were held back as the US delegates had a moment to pay their respects. President Geo... | Current Affairs |
Rome Protests
Crowded buses, horrible traffic jams, increasing trash.
This situation is already bothering many inhabitants of Rome, especially those living near the Vatic... | Comment |
Farewell, Father
Pope John Paul II was with us when we fought for freedom and independence, when communism was trying to shut us in. He was with us when we finally broke free. ... | Comment |
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