News & Views Directory 18

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Mayor Convicted Of Slander

June.29.2005

Lech Kaczynski, the mayor of Warsaw and a leading presidential candidate, was convicted Friday of slander - a ruling that could force his resignation. The c...

Reflections On Cemetery Opening

June.29.2005

Minister of Foreign Affairs Adam Daniel Rotfeld has attributed the successful opening of the Polish [1919 war] cemetery in Lviv on Friday [24 June] to Poland's ...

Fresh Start For Poles And Ukrainians

June.28.2005

‘The official opening ceremony of the cemetery in Lviv, today’s Ukraine, of young Polish freedom fighters who lost their lives in the Polish-Ukrainian war of 19...

Wianki 2005

June.22.2005

If you're strolling along the river today you'll notice a rather sizable stage has appeared on the river by Wawel Castle. This mighty set is intended to provide...

Jewish Culture Festival Returns

June.23.2005

Since it was established in 1988, the annual Festival of Jewish Culture in Krakow, Poland, has become an important magnet on the European cultural calendar. ...

Ryanair Launches New Routes To Poland

June.21.2005

Ryanair Holdings PLC, the Irish based budget airline, has launched new routes to Grenoble in France, Lodz and Poznan in Poland aswell as Kaunas in Lithuania, wh...

Parade of 'Normality'

June.20.2005

Some 800 people marched through the streets of Warsaw in an anti-gay demonstration on Saturday. The parade was an answer to last week’s Equality Parade for gays...

Hope For Poorest Regions

June.20.2005

Poland could benefit to the tune of EUR 900 (zl.3,635) million from a new EU fund to help areas suffering most from unemployment. The fund was actually propo...

Call For Reconciliation

Junne.20.2005

A beatification mass of three Polish priests was held in Warsaw this morning. An important element of the ceremony was a joint prayer for the reconciliation bet...

Pope Film Opens

June.17.2005

The Cracow premiere of the new film about Pope John Paul II took place yesterday evening at the city's Multikino cinema. The lavish Italian/Polish production wa...

Cracow Star For Celtic?

June.17.2005

Polish champions Wisla Krakow are in talks with Celtic over the sale of international striker Maciej Zurawski, the club said on Friday. Zurawski, 28, has lon...

Available Art

June.17.2005

Are you one of those people who enjoys expressing disdain for the arts but harbours a secret intrigue to know more? Do you usually enjoy visiting galleries as m...

Right Wing Answer To Gay Parade

June.17.2005

Members of the right-wing All Polish Youth organisation intend to organize a Normality Parade this coming Saturday. One of their leaders informed the media that...

Musicians Take over Cracow

Jun.17.2005

Clean out your ears and get ready to dance, because the inaugural Cracow Day of Music festival will take place this Saturday, the 18th of June. Several venues, ...

Saddam Looks To Poland

June.15.2005

Defence lawyers for Saddam Hussein say the deposed Iraqi dictator wants his case to be tried in Sweden or Poland instead of Iraq where he faces the death penalt...

Landmark Case Adjourned

June.15.2005

The European Court of Human Rights has adjourned the case of Broniowski v. Poland pending the outcome of friendly settlement negotiations on the question of jus...

Poles On Path To Sainthood

June.14.2005

Pope Benedict XVI has moved another step away from beatification ceremonies, asking Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw to preside in Poland over the beatification o...

Tragic Turn To Memorial Day

June.14.2005

Commemorations of the 65th anniversary of the first transport of prisoners to the Auschwitz concentration camp took a sad turn when one of the passengers, an 85...

Prospects For Schindler Factory

June.13.2005

Leading Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza has revealed that plans are now well underway for the resuscitation of the fabled Schindler factory. Waldemar Dabrowski,...

First Transit To Auschwitz

June.13.2005

Commemorations began today in the southern city of Tarnow in tribute to the first victims of the Auschwitz camps. 65 years ago this week, 728 Polish citizens we...

Cracow Soccer Star May Stray

May.13.2005

Polish national coach Pawel Janas has said that in order to make progress in his career the second best scorer of Ekstraklasa Maciej Zurawski must leave the dom...

Twins Lead Political Race

June.13.2005

The identical twins first entered the spotlight as child actors playing a pair of rascals who mend their naughty ways. Now, the Kaczynski brothers are promising...

Vets On Wheels

June.13.2005

A veterinary clinic on wheels has arrived in the city of Lodz, central Poland, offering free check-ups for dogs. The huge truck, which boasts three consultancy ...

Gay Rally Defies Ban

June.13.2005

More than 2,000 people defied a ban on a gay-rights rally in Poland's capital, taking to the streets of Warsaw on Saturday against the orders of the city's cons...

Boost For Polish-Ukrainian Cup Bid

June.13.2005

Ukraine's FFU has published an appeal to the media asking to support Ukraine’s and Poland’s joint bid to host Euro-2012 football finals. The Federation believe...

Intelligence Ignored

June.10.2005

A new offiicial report on Second World War Intelligence has spotlighted what Poles have been aware of for some sixty years now - namely that the British governm...

Legendary Show

June.10.2005

If ever there was a city of folklore then it is Cracow. Maiden-chomping dragons, enchanted pigeons, sorcerers who fly about on giant cockerels - they're all the...

Leaders Meet On The Vistula

June.10.2005

The prime ministers of four of the European Union's central European members have urged the bloc to push on with ratification of the EU constitution. The pr...

Mystery Airline Set To Launch

June.9.2005

It is likely that by the fall one will be able to fly directly between regional airports at a cost below zl.300 per flight. These are the foundations of a pr...

Pressure Mounts On Pride March

June.9.2005

The International Lesbian & Gay Association is urging the European Union to intervene in a decision by the mayor of Warsaw to ban gay Pride celebrations for the...

Dziwisz Defends Decision

June.9.2005

John Paul II's longtime private secretary defended on Wednesday his decision not to burn the pope's papers as the pontiff's will instructed, saying the pope had...

Vodka Fat Cat In The Doldrums

June.9.2005

The sale of the majority stake in Polmos Bialystok is yet to be settled, according to local reports. Speaking to reporters in Poland yesterday, Treasury Ministe...

Sharing A Shady Past

June.8.2005

Polish and German institutes holding sensitive communist-era secret police archives have agreed to share historic documents which may shed light on some of the ...

Creme de la Creme

June.8.2005

The cafe of the University's Collegium Maius has many aces up its sleeve. First, their iced coffee is arguably the best in town (ask for a dollop of ice-cream.....

Stasi Agent Spied On Solidarity

June.7.2005

An agent working for communist East Germany's feared Stasi secret police spied on Poland's communist-era Solidarity opposition during the 1980s, Polish Televisi...

Young Eagles

June.7.2005

An historic Polish cemetery in the Ukrainian city of Lviv will be officially opened on June 24 after a protracted tug-of-war between Poland and Ukraine. Some 3,...

More Wobbles For EU Constitution

June.7.2005

Poland dealt a fresh blow to the European Union's wounded constitution on Tuesday, saying it may delay a planned referendum despite efforts by France, which vot...

Poles Appeal To Brits

June.6.2005

Poland on Monday called on Britain to keep alive the European Union charter's ratification process by not shelving plans to hold a referendum on the issue. D...

Hapless Hejmo Denies Informing

June.6.2005

A Polish priest denied Monday that he intentionally collaborated with communist authorities in the 1980s while close to Pope John Paul II's entourage, but he ap...

John Paul's Last Request

June.6.2005

Pope John Paul II's longtime private secretary has revealed that he did not burn the late pontiff's notes as his will demanded, arguing that the papers containe...

Poles Triumph In Qualifier

June.6.2005

Poland overcame Azerbaijan 3-0 in a World Cup qualifier to go top of Group Six on Saturday. Three goals proved too much for Azerbaijan's Brazilian coach Carl...

Back To Business For Dudek

June.6.20005

Goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek must get his mind off 10 days of media hype around Liverpool's Champions League win and back on Saturday's World Cup qualifier away to Az...

White Night!

June.3.2005

The City Festival will be in full swing this weekend, and besides a Dragon Parade, an enthronement of a Cracovian King and numerous concerts across town (check ...

Enthronement Of The Fowler King

June.3rd.2005

A host of proud, moustachioed fellows, decked out in the oriental styled noblemans outfits of old, will descend on the square tomorrow for a time-honoured cerem...

New Archbishop For Cracow

June.03.2005

Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, personal secretary and close friend to the late Pope John Paul II, was named the archbishop of Krakow on Friday, the Vatican's rep...

Hero Goalie Considers Future

June.3rd.2005

Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek cannot imagine leaving Anfield after his penalty shootout heroics helped the team to Champions League victory last week, a Poli...

Report Released On 'Collaborator'

June.02.2005

Investigators published a report Wednesday offering new details of allegations that a priest was an informer for Poland's communist government while he was clos...

Film Crew Runs Into Russian Trouble

June.2.2005

A Polish diplomat from the Moscow Embassy has gone to Ingushetia to investigate the circumstances relating to the detention of three Polish television journalis...

Lajkonik Returns!

June.1st.2005

A fantastical rider is due to arrive on Cracow's hallowed Market Square this Thursday (2nd June). He will be followed by an eccentric band of musicians, not to ...

Beatification Process Begins

June.1.2005

The process of beatifying Pope John Paul II - the first step toward possible sainthood - has officially begun with an edict inviting testimony from witnesses ab...

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