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Retracing the Past

Nov.15.2005

For Jews with roots in Poland, a new search engine on the web provides help and hope, with a database of over 1/4 million records - one of the largest Holocaust...

Polish Heroine Set For Silver Screen

Nov.10.2005

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 ...

Early Bloomer?

Nov.09.2005

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...

AWOL Aussie Turns Up In Warsaw

Nov.09.2005

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...

Poland May Yet Host Cup

Oct.08.2005

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...

Woody Allen Blows Horn In Warsaw

Nov.08.2005

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...

Polish sailor rescued off France

Nov.08.2005

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...

Sainthood Tribunal In Cracow

Nov.06.2005

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...

Poles Deny CIA Camps

Nov.05.2005

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 ...

Polish Cup Hopes Falter

Nov.05.2005

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,...

France Clarifies On Polish Labour

Nov.7.2005

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...

Supermarket Snipe

Nov.7.2005

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...

Copernicus Discovered In Polish Church

Nov.05.2005

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...

Film Hotshot Back In The Clink

Nov.04.2005

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...

Platforma Opposes Government

Nov.05.2005

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

Commie Police To Go

Oct.03.2005

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...

Russians Love Poland

Oct.03.2005

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

Scandal Looms Over Detention Camps

Oct.04.2005

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...

Cabbage Cure No Joke

Nov.3.2005

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...

New Government Launched

Nov.02.2005

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...

Tricky Moment For Coalition Partners

Oct.25.2005

“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...

In With The New

Oct.24.2005

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 ...

His Eminence Cardinal Saruman

Oct.24.2005

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...

Pole Is Chopin Star For 2005

Oct.24.2005

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...

Millions Due For Cracow's Tram System

Oct.24.2005

Malopolska Region voivode together with Krakow Urban Transportation Company (MPK Krakow) signed a deal on closing the first level of integrated transport system...

Kaczynski Wins Presidency

Oct.24.2005

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

Ryanair Revs Up for Poland

Oct.21.2005

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...

Premiere Of Papal Film

Oct.20.2005

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...

Border Crossing Blocked By 'Ants'

Oct.20.2005

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...

Parliament Honours Murdered Priest

Oct.20.2005

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...

Time To Check Out....

Oct.19.2005

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 ...

Remembering Those Who Gave All

Oct.19.2005

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...

Fallen But Not Forgotten

Oct.19.2005

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...

Poland Not Out The Woods Yet

Oct.19.2005

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2005 shows that business people and analysts consider, once again, the Nordic countries as the world's...

More Mischief On Campaign Trail

Oct.18.2005

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

Warsaw Estimates Wartime Losses

Oct.18.2005

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 ...

Full-time Rabbi For Krakow

Oct.18.2005

The first rabbi to serve Krakow full-time since the Holocaust took up his post on Monday, a mission that includes guiding a revival of Jewish life and helping p...

Polish Movie Wins Gold

Oct.18.2005

The Polish film "My Nikifor" (Moj Nikifor) won the Gold Hugo, the top prize of the Chicago International Film Festival's international competition, at an awards...

Polish Goalie Stays In Scotland

Aug.18.2005

Poland goalkeeper Artur Boruc signed a 3-1/2-half year contract Monday to stay at Celtic through 2009. The 25-year-old Boruc, who joined Celtic this summer o...

Chopin Contest Final Stretch

Oct.17.2005

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...

Dozens Of Deer Disappear

Oct.17.2005

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...

Art Horde About To Open

Oct.17.2005

The Malopolska Foundation For A Contemporary Art Museum.  ‘Signs of the Time’  October 20 – November 27, 2005 The Malopolska Foundation For A Contemporary Ar...

Pope Plans Polish Trip

Oct.17.2005

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 ...

German Mud May Stick

Oct.17.2005

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...

Anniversary of Elation

Oct.14.2005

A colossal poster has been unfurled from the roof of the Archbishop's Palace. It's a fairly standard portrait of Pope John Paul II, who lived in this building f...

Day Of Museums

Oct.14.2005

Culture vultures will find dozens of museums open for free this Sunday (16th October). So if thunder cracks and lightening lashes, there will at least be some c...

Troops Will Stay Until January

Oct.14.2005

Poland will keep troops in Iraq through January, but then the new government will have to decide the course for the future, outgoing Polish President Aleksander...

Autumnal Eden

Oct.14.2005

OK, so here's little secret. One of the most magical autumnal destinations in Poland is just down the road from Cracow at Ojcow. You may hear other rural spots ...

Vodka Sale Through

Oct.14.2005

Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC) has finally completed its purchase of a majority stake in Polmos Bialystok. The closure of the transaction brin...

Belated Honours For Polish Hero

Oct.13.2005

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...

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