Cowboy Reflects On Papal Role
For Jon Voight, the actor who shot to fame 36 years ago as an aspiring stud in "Midnight Cowboy," playing Pope John Paul was like a personal coming home. "I'...

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Russian Ban Causes Rumpus
Polish authorities declared that Russia's ban on food imports was costing its agricultural industry $1 million per day in lost revenues, as Polish Foreign Minis...

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Walesa's innocence confirmed
The Institute of National Remembrance should soon confirm that any accusations against Lech Walesa are false. A special written confirmation will be handed in p...

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Dudek's High Hopes For Poland
Jerzy Dudek believes Poland can be the surprise package at next year's World Cup in Germany and is sure the proximity of Germany will guarantee plenty of travel...

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Fat Bills For Fighter Pilots
Colonel Roscislaw Stepaniuk is the first Polish pilot trained to fly the new F-16 fighter planes. Colonel Stepaniuk completed his seven months’ training in Tucs...

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Metal Guitarist Goes AWOL
According to an article in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Mortician vocalist/bassist Will Rahmer was arrested by the Polish police after threatening a ta...

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Polish Heroine Set For Silver Screen
A distinguished South African writer has just become the oldest lady ever to have sold the film rights to a book. 92 year old Madeleine Masson, grandmother and ...

Art and Culture

Early Bloomer?
The hunt for agents of communist secret services continues. Vice-mayor of the central city of Radom Krzysztof Gajewski was accused of cooperating with the depar...

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AWOL Aussie Turns Up In Warsaw
One of Australia's most infamous white-collar fugitives, Abraham Goldberg, whose USD 1.5 bln business collapse ranks among the largest in Australian history, ha...

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Poland May Yet Host Cup
UEFA have shortlisted Italy and joint bids from Croatia/Hungary and Poland/Ukraine to host the the European Championship in 2012, rejecting rival bids from Gree...

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Woody Allen Blows Horn In Warsaw
World famous New York comic and film director Woody Allen will prove his musical talent in Warsaw on December 31 as the lead clarinet player in "The Woody Allen...

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Polish sailor rescued off France
A Polish sailor has been rescued off France’s Atlantic coast after phoning a friend at home to get help as his sailing boat was lashed by a violent storm. Accor...

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Sainthood Tribunal In Cracow
A tribunal in Poland that is gathering information on the life and virtues of John Paul II held its first session in Krakow. Today's session came on the fea...

Current Affairs

Poles Deny CIA Camps
The European Union has accepted the denials from both Poland and Romania that no such secret U.S. prisons exist in their countries. A recent report from the ...

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Polish Cup Hopes Falter
Poland's Football Association appeared to concede defeat on Friday in its bid to co-host Euro 2012 with Ukraine after a UEFA report listed failings on stadiums,...

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France Clarifies On Polish Labour
France will open its labour market to fellow European Union member Poland no later than 2009, a senior French diplomat announced. According to France's Amba...

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Supermarket Snipe
Poland's new finance minister fired a shot across the bows of Tesco saying retailers opening up hypermarkets in the country were not welcome. Teresa Lubinska wa...

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Copernicus Discovered In Polish Church
A Polish archaeologist claims to have found the skull of the father of modern astronomy, Nicolas Copernicus (1473- 1543). The apparent discovery was made i...

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Film Hotshot Back In The Clink
The Polish co-producer of the Oscar-winning film "Schindler's List," who served part of a two-year prison sentence on bribery charges before being temporarily r...

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Platforma Opposes Government
Poland's pro-business party Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) decided on Thursday to move into opposition, effectively forcing the minority conservative ca...

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Commie Police To Go
Poland’s new interior minister Ludwik Dorn has announced deep changes in the structure and work of the police force. High ranking police officers who were commu...

Current Affairs

Russians Love Poland
Russians are becoming increasingly attractive clients of the Polish tourism industry. Poland is among the most popular destinations among Russian citizens, who ...

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Scandal Looms Over Detention Camps
Speculation is mounting on the possible location of camps where the CIA interrogates al Qaeda suspects in eastern Europe, with Poland and Romania being earmarke...

Current Affairs

Cabbage Cure No Joke
Cabbage may be at the heart of why the breast cancer risk of Polish women triples after they immigrate to the United States, rising to match the rate of U.S.-bo...

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New Government Launched
A new conservative government with a pro-American stance took over Monday from former communists in Poland - although whether the new team will extend the count...

Current Affairs

Tricky Moment For Coalition Partners
“We have a crisis and we will try to solve it” stated Jan Rokita before his meeting with PM-designate Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. Poland's conservative Law and...

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In With The New
Poland's conservatives, having captured the presidency, set a Saturday target for forging a government with pro-business allies. The Polish zloty fell on fears ...

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His Eminence Cardinal Saruman
When John Cleese took a 'serious' role in Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein, the actor decided to have a special contraption attached to his jaw so that he would b...

Comment

Pole Is Chopin Star For 2005
Twenty-year-old Rafal Blechacz has become the first Pole in 30 years to win the Chopin International Piano Competition, one of the world's most prestigious cont...

Art and Culture

Kaczynski Wins Presidency
Conservative Lech Kaczynski won Poland's presidential run-off on Sunday on a platform combining traditionalist Catholic values with promises to curb corruption ...

Current Affairs

Ryanair Revs Up for Poland
Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 low fares airline announced yesterday that with just 10 days to go to the launch of five more Polish destinations, Poland is set for a l...

Comment

Premiere Of Papal Film
He may never have seen Oscar-winner Jon Voight as a male prostitute in "Midnight Cowboy," but Pope Benedict XVI will be among the first to see him portray the l...

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Border Crossing Blocked By 'Ants'
The Polish-Ukrainian border crossing at Medyka has been blocked by people engaged in small scale cross-border trade. The so-called “ants” are unhappy with new P...

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Parliament Honours Murdered Priest
Before suspending its first meeting, the Parliament adopted a resolution on the 21st anniversary of the death of the Solidarity priest Jerzy Popieluszko, who wa...

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Time To Check Out....
Poland's left-wing government led by Prime Minister Marek Belka resigned Wednesday as the lower house met in a brief first session following its solid shift to ...

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Remembering Those Who Gave All
The Institute of Strategic Studies, an NGO from Cracow, has initiated a research programme which aims to show the real number of Poles who died in the effort to...

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Fallen But Not Forgotten
It's the time of year when golden leaves are falling, and today sees the anniversary of the fall of two of Poland's most brilliant heros. On October 19th 181...

History

Poland Not Out The Woods Yet
Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2005 shows that business people and analysts consider, once again, the Nordic countries as the world's...

Current Affairs

More Mischief On Campaign Trail
Opponents of the liberal candidate for the presidency, Donald Tusk, have attempted to find materials concerning his parents in German archives. One such per...

Current Affairs

Warsaw Estimates Wartime Losses
The Warsaw municipality has published a report that estimates the war-time losses of the Polish capital at 54 billion dollars. According to mayor of Warsaw and ...

History

Chopin Contest Final Stretch
Four pianists from Japan, three from South Korea and two from Poland are among the 12 finalists of the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. In t...

Current Affairs

Dozens Of Deer Disappear
Police in western Poland are looking for 50 fallow deer stolen from a farm run by a German citizen. The animals are grazing on a 25 hectare, fenced off field. T...

Comment

Pope Plans Polish Trip
Pope Benedict has indicated in his first wide-ranging interview that his papacy would not be a maverick one but instead aimed at ensuring that the teachings of ...

Current Affairs

German Mud May Stick
Poland’s presidential frontrunner Donald Tusk has said it was a moment of a big personal test for him to learn that his grandfather served in the Nazi German We...

Comment

Belated Honours For Polish Hero
The Polish nobleman regarded as the father of the American cavalry finally received a hero's funeral on the 226th anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle in...

Current Affairs

Muck Flies In Election Campaign
Poland's presidential candidate Lech Kaczynski sacked his campaign manager for saying the family of rival Donald Tusk had ties to Nazi Germany's army during Wor...

Current Affairs

Chopin Contest Enters 2nd Round
The 15th International Chopin Piano competition in Warsaw has entered the second round. Poland, Japan and South Korea have the largest national groups among 32 ...

Art and Culture

Stash Of Ciggies Nailed By Customs
Polish customs officials have seized at least 8 million cigarettes apparently destined for the British market in a coordinated sweep in two cities this week, th...

Comment

Poland Skittled By Sven's Crew
A superb late strike by Frank Lampard gave England a 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory over Poland and top place in Group Six on Wednesday. Both sides had alr...

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Friday Vernissage
Galeria SD Wilanow will showcase the work of the Palka Family – that’s right, generations of artistic talent under one roof! Witold Palka, born...

Art and Culture