News & Views Directory 19

This is a full directory of all 938 articles about Warsaw, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.

The Warsaw Uprising

July.27.2004

Sixty years ago this week Poland was poised for one of the most dramatic (and as it turned out tragic) chapters in the war. With the Soviet tanks advancing on W...

Echoes of the Bad Old Days

July.21.2004

The International Federation of Journalists and its regional organisation the European Federation of Journalists warned this month that a battery of legal acti...

Poland and Hungary Singled Out for Tourist Boom

July.20.2004

The ten countries that joined the European Union last May could generate 3 million jobs and 47 billion euros ($56 billion) in added economic output if they boos...

Weekend Warriors Re-enact Historic Battle

July.19.2004

More than 1,500 knights in shining armour crossed swords on Saturday to re-enact the 1410 Battle of Grunwald, the greatest of all medieval clashes, which saw Po...

Uprising Museum Unveils Forgotten Lifeline

July.19.2004

A replica of a clandestine radio transmitter that kept up Polish fighters' spirits during the Warsaw Uprising 60 years ago was unveiled on Friday, part of this ...

Poland Reassesses Iraq Policy

July.19.2004

Poland will keep troops in Iraq at least through the end of 2005, but firmly intends to reduce its presence at the start of next year, the nation's prime minist...

Easyjet will fly to Poland

July.16.2004

British firm Easyjet announced on Tuesday that they are launching a new wave of expansion in Eastern Europe. Six new routes are planned, including more flights ...

Painful Anniversary Draws Near

July.12.2004

Between July 30th and August 2nd, a number of ceremonies will be held in Warsaw to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, the last major battle t...

Polish Economy Roars Ahead

April.22.2004

Polish economic growth surged ahead by six percent in the first quarter, Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner said on Thursday, in the latest sign of economic recover...

Poland Rules Out More Iraq Troops

April.14.2004

Poland has ruled out sending more troops to Iraq, outgoing Prime Minister Lezsek Miller said today. "We rule out increasing our (Iraq) contingent," Miller to...

Polish Troops in Kerbala Skirmish

April.07.2004

Polish troops reportedly killed a leader of the Shia uprising in the Iraqi city of Kerbala today, as the military commander of the US-led coalition vowed to "de...

Corruption Scandal Winds Up

Feb.6.2004

A year-long parliamentary probe of high-level corruption exonerated Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller and other officials in his left-wing administration on M...

Winds of Change

Mar.31.2004

Polish voters frustrated with economic austerity plans and sleaze are turning to a populist party led by a euro-sceptic pig farmer according to an opinion poll ...

Polanski goes Dickens

Mar.25.2002

Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski says his next film will be based on Charles Dickens' classic novel "Oliver Twist". Shooting is scheduled to begin in th...

Attack on Polish Base in Baghdad

Feb.18.2004

At least 13 Iraqis were killed, and many civilians and troops injured, in an apparent suicide bomb attack by insurgents in Hilla today. The attack happened i...

Polanski and the Pianist

Feb.17.2004

During the war, the Nazi regime forced Jews into ghettos throughout occupied Poland, the most well-known being those in Warsaw, Cracow and Lodz. Conditions were...

Rules of the S.I.Witkiewicz Portrait-Painting Firm (1928)

Feb.09.2004

Motto: The customer must be satisfied. Misunderstandings are ruled out. The rules are published so as to spare the firm the necessity of repeating the same ...

Divers Probed for Giving Fish Champagne

Jan.09.2004

Three Polish divers faced a police investigation this Thursday for possible illegal fishing and animal abuse after a news photo showed them plying a freshly cau...

Rattle Salutes Szymanowski

Feb.05.2004

"I cannot talk objectively about Szymanowski, for you cannot expect objectivity or reasonability from someone in love. And reasonability is out of place when th...

Maciej Nowicki: A Tribute to a Neglected Genius

Jan.22.2004

The 31st of August 2000 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the tragic, untimely death of Maciej Nowicki, a humanist Polish 'architect for architects', in the ...

Polish president makes Iraq visit

Dec.24.2003

Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski has flown to Iraq for a surprise Christmas visit to his country's peacekeeping troops. He arrived at the Polish headquar...

Poland: no one country to blame for EU constitution failure

Dec.13.2003

Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Saturday no particular country should be blamed for the failure of the EU summit in Brussels to reach an agreement ...

Poland 'may veto' EU constitution

Dec.11.2003

Poland may veto a proposed new European constitution if its voting rights are downgraded, says the Polish president. Aleksander Kwasniewski is due to meet Germa...

The Invasion of Poland, September 1939

Dec.04.2003

Each country has its own way of remembering the fallen in battle. In Poland, the most moving remembrance of the dead takes place on November 1st, All Souls Day,...

Polish no-frills to fly from Stansted

Dec.03.2003

A Polish no-frills start up is launching flights between Stansted and Warsaw. Airpolonia plans to start flying the route on 15 December. It says return fare...

EU goes East

Nov.17.2003

The European Union has taken off and is flying east without a clear idea of where or when it is going to land. It is rapidly approaching the borderlands of the ...

Poland to 'survive EU farm regime'

Jul.16.2003

Walk on to Roman and Barbara Brzeziak's farm in the lush green fields here, and the first sound you hear is the singing of the skylarks. Storks are nesting behi...

Poland seeks Iraqi oil stake

Jul.03.2003

Poland, which has sent troops to support the US-led forces in Iraq, has acknowledged its "ultimate objective" is to acquire supplies of Iraqi oil. The Polish Fo...

Poland says big Yes to EU

Jun.09.2003

Poles have voted to join the European Union by a large margin, according to preliminary results from this weekend's referendum. About 77.5% have said yes to the...

Bush visits Cracow

May.31.2003

President George W Bush has told the Polish people that the US is committed to a strong Nato, despite divisions over the war in Iraq. Standing alongside Polish ...

Europe's new heavyweight

May.09.2003

ticipation in the invasion of Iraq, and its self-declared role as America's "best friend" in Central-Eastern Europe, have set teeth on edge in France and German...

Poland sets referendum date

Apr.17.2003

Polish voters will decide on their nation's entry into the European Union in a referendum on 7-8 June, the country's parliament has decided. Deputies in the Sej...

Poland hails Pope's poetry

Mar.06.2003

The first poetry to be written by Pope John Paul II in nearly a quarter of a century has been published, taking his native Poland by storm. Roman Triptych, the ...

Polish bribe scandal spreads

Jan.24.2003

Mr Miller's government has been accused of graft One of Poland's leading companies has alleged it is the victim of a whispering campaign, as a scandal over gov...

Poland warms to other nations

Jan.07.2003

People in Poland appear to be becoming more relaxed about foreigners - according to a new opinion poll. Sociologists suggest this may reflect a growing self-con...

Polish cardinal enters EU abortion debate

Dec.27.2002

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland has said the EU must allow his country to set its own regulations on abortion. We should very much assist this i...

US firm wins Polish jet contract

Dec.27.2002

Lockheed Martin has won a contract to supply 48 new F-16 fighter jets to Poland, in Eastern Europe's biggest military deal. The US firm beat off competition fro...

Hurdles on road to EU expansion

Dec.14.2002

For the EU hopefuls, enlargement talks have been a marathon that started almost five years ago. Six countries - Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, E...

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