News & Views Directory 21
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April.12.2005 | |
Krzysztof Penderecki, Poland's most celebrated composer, has announced his plans to complete his 'Polish Requiem', a work of several parts that the artist has b... | |
April.12.2005 | |
President Aleksander Kwasniewski has confirmed that Poland supports Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union. Speaking after talks in Warsaw with Ukrainian Pres... | |
April.12.2005 | |
The Italian daily Corriere della Sera writes that Pope John Paul II may already be beatified by October in the first stage towards becoming a Roman Catholic sai... | |
April.12.2005 | |
An exhibition of over 100 works by the foremost Belgian painter and graphic artist, one of the most prolific contemporary woodcut artists. Frans Masereel is kno... | |
April.11.2005 | |
A monument to John Paul II was inaugurated Saturday at Rakowicki cemetery in Krakow, where the late pope's family are buried. The 1.6-metre high bronze, by ... | |
April.10.2005 | |
Hundreds of Poles continued to pray for their beloved countrymen Pope John Paul in his hometown of Wadowice Saturday, packing the town's cathedral even after th... | |
Apr.08.2005 | |
Alarm sirens wailed and church bells tolled across Poland to mark the start of funeral rites for Pope John Paul as millions gathered to pay their last respects ... | |
April.7.2005 | |
As many as half a million people are expected to gather today in Cracow for a remembrance march for Pope John Paul II. Mourners will wear white in an echo o... | |
April.7.2005 | |
From warring rival soccer fans to bickering politicians, Poles put aside their differences this week in collective mourning for their late countryman, Pope John... | |
Dec.14.2002 | |
China says it would not send a representative to Pope John Paul II's funeral in Rome to protest the presence of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian at the event. ... | |
April.7.2005 | |
Thousands of Poles boarded buses, trains and planes for Rome on Tuesday for the funeral of their compatriot Pope John Paul, while many more flocked to the Polis... | |
April.6.2005 | |
A flurry of plans are emerging for the funeral of Pope John Paul II this Friday morning. Although confirmation is still pending for many of Cracow's tributes, i... | |
April.5.2005 | |
The Polish national railway company PKP has announced it will lay on six special trains to take pilgrims to Rome for John Paul II's funeral. Fares for the trip ... | |
April.5.2005 | |
Clashes between Cracow's leading football teams, Cracovia and Wisla, are amongst the most notorious events of the sporting calendar. The encounters usually prom... | |
April.5.2005 | |
A sea of faithful filed past Pope John Paul's body in St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday as the Roman Catholic Church prepared for his funeral and the choice of a ... | |
Appril.5.2005 | |
Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot and seriously wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981, said from his Turkish prison Monday that he was mourning the death of his ``spiritual... | |
April.4.2005 | |
Such was the density of the crowds of mourners outside the Archbishops Palace since Friday that it has often been difficult to get to the foot of the residence.... | |
April.4.2005 | |
Tens of thousands of people stood in line for as far as the eye could see on Monday for a last glimpse of Pope John Paul, whose body will lie in state in St. Pe... | |
April.4.2005 | |
Britain's Prince Charles has postponed his marriage to long-time lover Camilla Parker Bowles from Friday to Saturday so that he can attend the funeral of Pope J... | |
April.4.2005 | |
Several officials in Krakow, where Pope John Paul II served as archbishop, say they hope his heart can be buried in their cathedral alongside Poland's medieval ... | |
April.4.2005 | |
Roman Catholic cardinals Monday set Pope John Paul's funeral for Friday as they began to plan the Church's future following the death of the Pontiff who led its... | |
April.4.2005 | |
The world came to know Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II, but Danuta Puklo remembers him as Lolek, the nickname for the generous boy who helped her pass a big ... | |
April.4.2005 | |
Roman Catholic cardinals gather on Monday for the first time since Pope John Paul's death to organize a funeral expected to draw the greatest tide of pilgrims a... | |
April.4.2005 | |
The possibility of Pope John Paul II's heart being laid to rest alongside Polish kings in his beloved home city of Krakow was raised by Polish media on Sunday, ... | |
April.4.2005 | |
Cracow was plunged into mourning this weekend with the news of the passing of Pope John Paul II. The city had been braced for the news since Friday morning when... | |
April.1.2005 | |
This exhibition sheds light on one of the most celebrated of all Europe's sculptors, Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss in German, c.1440-1533). Art historians often succe... | |
Apr.03.2005 | |
Tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter's Square in Rome are attending an open-air Mass in honour of Pope John Paul II, who has died at 84. Up to 100,000 peop... | |
Apr.02.2005 | |
Pope John Paul II passed away on Saturday night. Poles came out onto the streets to mourn his death, turning the streets of towns and cities across the country ... | |
Apr.03.2005 | |
Over 1300 movies from across the world have been submitted for two competition sections of the 45th Cracow Film Festival. The event is Poland's oldest film fest... | |
April.1.2005 | |
Whilst many of the grown-ups were in reflective mood this morning at the news of the Pope's failing health, younger Cracovians struck a lighter note when hundre... | |
April.1.2005 | |
Fears for the Pope's health deepened this morning with the news that the Pontiff had suffered a heart failure yesterday afternoon. The news was felt acutely ... | |
March.31.2005 | |
A major exhibition opens today under the banner of the National Museum in Cracow. 'Around Wit Stwosz' is being hosted at the Wyspianski museum just off the Main... | |
March.31.2005 | |
The clank of swords was to be heard echoing over the spires of Podgorze this Tuesday as medieval warfare had returned to Cracow. Dozens of knights in chain-... | |
March.31.2005 | |
A Warsaw court has ruled that Polish film producer Lew Rywin must start serving his two year prison term later this month. Rywin was convicted of fraud last yea... | |
March.31.2005 | |
King Albert II of Belgium and Queen Donna Paola were in Cracow this Tuesday after spending Easter with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski. The Royal cou... | |
March.31.2005 | |
Maciej Zurawski's header five minutes from time gave Poland a 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in a World Cup Group Six qualifier on Wednesday that kept them firml... | |
March.30.2005 | |
Errol Muzawazi of Zimbabwe, a law student at the Jagiellonian University of Kraków, has lectured on democracy and human rights for 88 hours and 4 seconds. He ho... | |
March.30.2005 | |
Poland's government approved an early buyback of a large chunk of communist-era debt to a group of six countries in the Paris Club, a government official said T... | |
March.25.2005 | |
The sun may well shine on Easter Monday, but even if this is so, we warmly recommend that ladies of a faint-hearted disposition carry an umbrella about their pe... | |
March.24.2005 | |
In riposte to the Warsaw city authorities announcement that they will name a roundabout after fallen Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev, Moscow has announced plans... | |
March.23.2005 | |
Belarusian authorities have released three Polish journalists who were briefly detained for lacking proper media credentials. One of the reporters, Marcin Sm... | |
March.23.2005 | |
Six Polish and Kurdish men were charged Monday with smuggling amphetamines to Norway in specially built car batteries. "I can confirm that we have arrested s... | |
March.22.2005 | |
Rafal Bujnowski’s exhibition at BUNKIER SZTUKI is a retrospective of an artist who is still considered as young, but already very artistically mature. This exhi... | |
March.22.2005 | |
If you'd like a brief recap on what's been happening in Cracow since the coming of democracy, leading newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza has just opened a lively little ... | |
March.22.2005 | |
Flowers were laid yesterday on the Market Square in memory of a tragic incident that took place there 15 years ago. On 20th March 1980, a time of marked tens... | |
March.22.2005 | |
A celebrated yet long-abandoned sculptural project is on the verge of being brought back to life, according to Polish Daily Gazeta Wyborcza. The revival of the ... | |
March.22.2005 | |
Russia on Monday accused the Warsaw city council of supporting international terrorism by naming a roundabout after a Chechen rebel leader. "It is difficul... | |
March.21.2005 | |
Friday 25th March (Good Friday) sees the opening of a short but sweet musical festival that will be welcoming a handful of top-notch ensembles from around the g... | |
March.21.2005 | |
Every year, London's venerable 'Literary Review' awards a not so coveted award for the worst description of a sex scene in contemporary fiction. There are alway... | |
March.21.2005 | |
If you've got a soft-spot for nostalgia then don't miss the Royal Castle's Spring exhibition, which celebrates the centenary of the restoration of this national... | |
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