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Poland Denounces Chechen Killing
Poland on Wednesday condemned the killing of Chechen guerrilla chief Aslan Maskhadov by Russian forces as a "crime" and said it was a mistake because he was the... | Current Affairs |
US Looks East
U.S. firms expect the 10 new members of the European Union to invest, rather than traditional countries such as Germany, the EU Observer reported.
In a repor... | Business |
EU Report Predicts Ebb
According to the latest forecasts, in 2005 the Polish economy will grow much slower than anticipated a few months ago with GDP growing by 3.5%-4.8%.
Accordi... | Business |
Kazimierz Comes To The Old Town
Sybarite's Spotlight: Club Poselski
A great new bar has just opened up in Cracow's Old Town, offering a refreshing antidote to the thumping house and beer mo... | City Focus |
Jewish Remembrance March
This Sunday at 12 midday there will be a Remembrance March to mark the 62nd anniversary of the liquidation of the Cracow Ghetto.
The meeting point will be o... | City Focus |
The Liberum Veto
On this day in 1652 the Polish Seym felt the first shudders of anarchy that would be created by the infamous liberum veto law. This specified that a single nobl... | History |
Palm Parade
If you feel like throwing yourself into some fantastic folkish frolics, you could do little better than heading for Lipnica Murowana this Palm Sunday (March 20t... | Art and Culture |
Kwasniewski Dodges The Heat
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski was criticized Tuesday for failing to appear before a parliamentary commission investigating privatization fraud.
Kwa... | Current Affairs |
Russians Finish Chechen Leader
Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov has been killed, a spokesman for Russian forces said Tuesday.
Col. Ilya Shabalkin said Maskhadov was killed during a "sp... | Comment |
Princely Residence For The President
Polish art deco swept the board at Paris's International Exhibition of 1925, yet its treasures are today little known in the West. However, thanks to a 26 mill... | Art and Culture |
Grand Gardens For The Deciusz Palace
Plans were unveiled in the newspapers today for a 7 million zloty restoration of the Villa Deciusz Park. The nine hectare expanse, whose jewel in the crown is ... | City Focus |
Poles Commemorate Katyn Tragedy
This Saturday Poles attended a Mass, sang patriotic songs and lay flowers on a monument to more than 21,000 military officers and intellectuals massacred by Sov... | Current Affairs |
Polish PM To Force Early Elections
Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka has threatened to resign in May to force early elections, Polish Television reported Friday.
Belka is locked in a fierce ba... | Current Affairs |
Polish Premier On Choppy Waters
This morning Parliament is to vote over a motion submitted by the Polish Families League (LPR) which calls on Prime Minister Marek Belka to resign.
At aroun... | Current Affairs |
Historic Reading Of The Talmud
Some 1,000 Jews from around the world gathered Wednesday in Lublin to mark the completion of a ceremonial reading of the Talmud, a tradition started in the east... | Current Affairs |
Black March
On this day in 1941, the occupying Nazi regime opened a ghetto for Cracow's Jews. 41, 000 Jews had already been resettled in other cities, and now those that re... | History |
Barbers In Bikinis A 'Health Risk'
Barbers in bikinis pose a "health risk", according to officials in the northern Polish city of Slupsk.
The city's numerous bikini-wearing female barbers have... | Comment |
Knife in the Head Is A Real Headache
A 63-year-old Pole suffering headaches and lack of appetite was reportedly completely unaware that a 12-cm-long knife-blade stuck in his head was the source of ... | Comment |
The Flying Gnome
Prize-winning artist Cezary Bodzianowski plummeted out of the snowy skies yesterday, landing on the pagan burial mound of Prince Krak, legendary founder of the ... | Comment |
Corspe Factory Raises Eyebrows
Controversial German artist Gunther von Hagens, known for his displays of preserved human corpses stripped of skin, wants to build a factory in Poland to mass-p... | Current Affairs |
Kaczmarek Comments On Oscar Win
Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek said Monday he was a "relaxed and happy man" after his music for "Finding Neverland" won him the Oscar for best original scor... | Art and Culture |
Sausage Saga Ends In Tears
Short of a last-minute miracle, it seems that Cracow's oldest and finest sausage makers, Krakowskie Zaklady Miesne ( The Cracow Meat Company) are about to finis... | City Focus |
Apple-Fuelled Ace
'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who bakes the finest Szarlotka of them all?" It's a serious question, and one that you've no doubt asked yourselves many times on a... | City Focus |
Hitler's List
If you were thinking of heading down to Kazimierz this week, the newly opened Galicia Museum has two excellent exhibitions up its sleeve. The first, 'Traces of ... | Art and Culture |
Polish Composer Wins Oscar
Polish composer Jan Kaczmarek walked away with the Oscar for Best Original Score at yesterday's blockbusting awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
The prize went ... | Art and Culture |
Let's Cooperate Chirac Tells Poland
Paris and Warsaw must move on from splits over the war in Iraq and learn to work together in the expanded European Union, focusing on their common interests, Fr... | Current Affairs |
Majority Of Poles Back EU
Almost two-thirds of Poles -- 64 percent -- support ratifying the European Union constitution, according to a poll published on Saturday.
According to the s... | Current Affairs |
Capella Jubilee
Lovers of classical music have a treat in store this weekend as we're fast approaching the 35th anniversary
of Cracow's finest orchestra, Capella Cracoviensis.... | Art and Culture |
Pope Recovering From Surgery
Pope John Paul spent a restful night in hospital after throat surgery and is now breathing unassisted, but doctors have advised him not to speak for several day... | Current Affairs |
Counting On Congress
Whether Bush's promises to Poland are kept depends on the US Congress.
The Bush administration has made a habit of praising Poland recently, culminating in g... | Current Affairs |
Prayers For The Pope
In big cities and quiet villages, Roman Catholics around the world stopped Thursday to pray for Pope John Paul II as word spread that he had again been rushed t... | Current Affairs |
New Political Party Emerges
The new, as yet to be named, center party is to announce its list of supporters and program this Sunday.
Freedom Union (UW) leader Wladyslaw Frasyniuk is se... | Current Affairs |
Polish Doctors Head Overseas
According to the medics' association, over 7,000 doctors have already left, or are planning to leave Poland.
The list includes anesthesiologist, surgeons an... | Current Affairs |
48 Hour Party People
Committed hedonists should look no further than the Absurd Club this weekend where the knights of Absurdity will be staging a 48 hour extravaganza to celebrate ... | City Focus |
Fraudster Caught In The Capital
A man in his 20s has been arrested in Warsaw after banks in France and Poland laid a trap for him and foiled a bid to fraudulently transfer EUR 600,000 (USD 800... | Comment |
Employment Wobble
Poland's jobless rate climbed to 19.5 percent in January, the second straight monthly increase after nearly a year of improvement, government data showed Wednes... | Current Affairs |
Towers To Be Opened To Tourists
Two hundred years ago, a stubborn professor endeavoured to save the last fragment of Cracow's medieval walls from destruction. Professor Radwanski used every ex... | City Focus |
Court Compensates Solidarity Icon
A former shipyard worker whose 1980 firing triggered the labor protest that spawned Poland's Solidarity movement was awarded $23,000 on Tuesday for her imprison... | Current Affairs |
'Mein Kampf' Furore
A German state that holds the rights to Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" said Tuesday it was seeking legal action to prevent the book from being published in Po... | Current Affairs |
5th Polish Poster Festival
Judging by the pieces on show at this year's festival, Poland's proud tradition of poster art has lost none of its sparkle. If you're curious about this celebra... | Art and Culture |
Chopin's 195th Birthday!
The 195th anniversary of Chopin’s birth is fast approaching! The F. Chopin Society will celebrate it in Sanniki on February 20th with a concert by pianist Wojci... | Art and Culture |
Pope Recalls Assassination Attempt
In his new book, Pope John Paul II for the first time described publicly the moments after he was gravely wounded in 1981, saying he was fearful and in pain but... | History |
Rugby Rescue Plan
The England Rugby Supports’ Club (ERSC) have teamed up with SOS IRB Kit Aid to give England Rugby fans the chance to help hundreds of rugby mad Polish youngster... | Comment |
EU Plumps Up Cracow's Infrastructure
In one of the first projects in Poland planned to be co-financed with EU Structural Funds the EBRD is lender of record for a loan to the Krakow public transport... | City Focus |
Cracow's Dragon Will Breathe Again
The proud dragon at the foot of the Royal Castle has been feeling a little sorry for himself of late. The reason is no great secret - he has lost the magic pow... | City Focus |
Cracow's Da Vinci Holds The Answer
A fingerprint and stylistic touches uncovered during restoration of a disputed Renaissance masterpiece raises the possibility it may have been painted by Leonar... | Art and Culture |
Poland Set For Inflation Fall
A senior official from the Polish central bank said Tuesday he expected the inflation rate to fall to quickly fall from the middle of the year.
Monetary Pol... | Business |
Hollywood History
'Schindlers List' and 'The Pianist' are the two most widely known films about the fate of Poland's Jews during the Second World War. The former was made by Step... | Art and Culture |
Multi-Million Project For The Cloth Hall
The National Museum revealed plans today for an estimated twenty million zloty renovation of the Sukiennice, the magnificent cloth hall that sweeps across the M... | Art and Culture |
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