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Poland Honours Jewish Holiday
Jewish leaders and Warsaw officials lit the candles of a large menorah in the center of the capital on Monday for Hanukkah, a rare public observance of a Jewish... | Current Affairs |
23 Years Ago Today
During the night of Dec. 12-13, 1981, the Polish military authorities moved to take control of the country, and the Council of State established a "Military Cou... | History |
Polanski Finishes Twist
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski is wrapping up his adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," and the film-maker known for grim and challenging fare s... | Art and Culture |
Starman? David Bowie Perhaps....
In an effort to shoehorn the various personifications of Father Christmas into a gallery, American and Western pundits have often hit upon the the curious figur... | Comment |
The Rynek Reopens!
After three months of digging, drilling, hammering and general ordered chaos, Cracow's Main Market Square reopened for business this morning, decked out with a ... | Comment |
Renaissance Treasure Unveiled
'The finest Renaissance edifice north of the Alps' was unveiled this month after a year's careful restoration. The Sigismund Chapel (Zygmunt in Polish), called ... | Art and Culture |
Pole Rollerblades To America
A Polish man traveled more than 3,000 miles (4,800 km) on rollerblades to Microsoft Corp.'s headquarters to ask Chairman Bill Gates pay the medical costs of two... | Comment |
Christmas Crackers
What would make the perfect Polish Christmas prezzie? A jar of 'smalec' from Chlopskie Jadlo perhaps? Well certainly not for vegetarians, or anyone vaguely quea... | City Focus |
Szopki: Cracow's Christmas Cribs
For one fleeting morning each December, Cracow's Main Market Square hosts a much-loved competition for the prize for the most fabulous Christmas Crib - 'Szopki'... | Art and Culture |
Budget Airline Runs Aground
Poland's first budget airline Air Polonia has been grounded due to financial problems, stranding 53,000 passengers, its chairman said on Sunday.
But Jan Litw... | Business |
Pope Steps Into TinTin's Shoes
A comic-strip version of the life of Pope John Paul II written by three Frenchmen has been published in the ailing pontiff's homeland Poland, the book's publish... | Comment |
A Return to Roots?
The Polish embassy in Tel Aviv is striving to cope with a sweeping number of Israelis, young and old, applying for a Polish passport, opting for a better life b... | Current Affairs |
Katyn War Crimes Case Reopens
Polish war crimes prosecutors have opened an investigation into the 1940 massacre in the Katyn forest of more than 21,000 Polish officers and intellectuals by t... | History |
Spidermen Scale The Planty
They may not have been wearing electric blue space costumes with twirling red capes, but the gallant citizens who took to the trees of Old Cracow over the last ... | Comment |
Christmas Markets Open
Cracow's Christmas Markets opened up over the weekend, giving shoppers an early chance to chivvy out some festive bits and bobs for this year's celebrations.
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Ten Years Of Manggha Magic
Celebrations kicked off last night in recognition of ten years of the Manggha Centre, a Polish-Japanese enterprise that embodies one of the richest additions to... | City Focus |
Poles Back Yushchenko
Groups of Poles demonstrated across the country on Saturday in support of western-leaning Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, who claims he was cheated... | Current Affairs |
Forgotten Manuscripts Return
The Czech Republic will return 33 priceless Hebrew manuscripts stolen by the Nazis during World War II to the Jewish Theologic Seminary in Wroclaw, Poland, an o... | History |
Poland Hopes To Mediate Ukraine Crisis
Wedged between troubled Ukraine and the West, Poland has plunged into the disputed Ukrainian presidential election in an attempt to mediate – a sign of anxiety ... | Current Affairs |
Poland's Walesa Steps Into Ukrainian Crisis
Former Polish President Lech Walesa will go to Ukraine Thursday to help mediate the stand off following the disputed presidential elections.
The PAP news age... | Current Affairs |
Star Wars Hotel Sold To Mystery Buyer
People aren't falling over to sing the praises of Soviet bloc architecture, but in recent times a number of individual buildings have garnered a certain retro a... | City Focus |
Archaeologists Get Early Christmas Present
The renovation of Cracow's Main Market Square may be stealing the show at the moment, but just round the corner on Szczepanska street workers have struck gold. ... | City Focus |
Sharks, Eels And Sea Horses
'Welcome to the biggest Oceanarium in Poland!' reads the flyer of Cracow's much-hyped new aquatic wonderworld. Dominating the flyer are pictures of three very d... | Comment |
Krakow To Host MTV Music Awards?
Although it could be argued that Cracow's cultural calendar is as well-endowed as a queens jewellery box, Poland's second city generally loses out to Warsaw whe... | City Focus |
Miraculous Reappearance Of Polish Hostage
A Polish woman abducted from her apartment in Baghdad reappeared on Saturday in Poland after being suddenly released. While she said she was treated well, she r... | Current Affairs |
Calm After The Storm
Cracow saw its first snow of the Winter today, but not before some of the worst weather of the year thus far. Storms tore across Poland throughout Thursday and ... | Comment |
Dudek Heroics Help Poland
Goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek made several superb saves Wednesday to help Poland to a 0-0 draw against France in a friendly match at Stade de France.
Beleaguered F... | Comment |
Pull-Outs Threaten Polish-Led Force in Iraq
A Polish-led multinational division in charge of security in south-central Iraq faces disintegration if more countries pull their troops out, Polish officials s... | Current Affairs |
Out With The Old
An opinion poll released in Poland Tuesday suggested the ruling Democratic Left Alliance enjoyed the support of just 8 percent of voters.
The CBOS poll put t... | Current Affairs |
111 Year Adventure of A Cracow Clan
The Lodzinski family, an entrepreneurial clan who own a smattering of the most popular restaurants in Cracow, held a special celebration this month to mark 111 ... | City Focus |
Quest To Save A Crumbling Shrine
Dziennik Polski (Polish Daily) announced this week that 100,000 zl has been raised thus far to help restore the monks hermitages at the Camaldolese Monastery of... | City Focus |
Reparations Row Runs On
Warsaw's influential mayor Lech Kaczynski has said that Germany should pay $45 billion (24.4 billion pounds) for the destruction of Warsaw during World War Two,... | Current Affairs |
Polish Embassy in Iraq Under Attack
More than a dozen insurgents attacked the Polish Embassy in Baghdad with automatic weapons on Sunday, and embassy guards returned fire in an exchange that laste... | Current Affairs |
Polish Ecstasy Pill Pounce
Australian police have arrested two men and seized three million ecstasy tablets that the pair is accused of importing from Poland hidden inside a bakery oven. ... | Comment |
Indian troupe lights up Poland on Diwali
An Indian troupe has been performing all around Poland to mark what might perhaps be the first nationwide celebration of Diwali here.
Shakhwat Hussein and h... | Current Affairs |
Polish Zloty Hits 7 Year High
The Polish zloty rose to its highest level against the dollar in seven years this Monday.
The Polish currency has risen strongly against the dollar, partly d... | Business |
Anniversary of Liberation and Desolation
The presidents of France, Russia and Israel are expected to attend the 60th anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp's liberation on January 27, Polish officials... | Current Affairs |
An End To Compensation Claims?
Following their meeting on 4 November in Krakow, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said that neither the German claims fo... | Current Affairs |
Jazz Mass
If you're strolling through Plac Dominikanski this evening you may hear some peculiar sounds emanating from the dignified looking church on the eastern corner o... | Art and Culture |
Hostage Pleads For Poland To Withdraw Troops
A Polish hostage being held by militants pleaded for her life in a video aired Saturday by Al-Jazeera television, asking Poland to remove its troops from Iraq. ... | Current Affairs |
Poland's Biggest Oceanarium Set To Open
The recent news that a piranha had been caught in the Vistula River (see Gazeta Wyborcza Wed 11th August) caused a wave of anxiety amongst Krakow's duck populat... | City Focus |
39th Cracow Organ Festival
The 39th Cracow Organ Festival continues today with a recital at the charming gothic church of the Holy Cross.
The much-loved festival provides a marvellous o... | Art and Culture |
Memorial Unveiled To A Forgotten Tragedy
A smattering of Poland's beleaguered aristocracy gathered today in Cracow for the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to landowners murdered by the Nazis and Soviet... | City Focus |
125 Years of the National Museum in Cracow
Open Day at Cracow's Museums - Saturday 23rd October 2004
All the main branches of the National Museum in Cracow will throw open their doors tomorrow to cele... | Art and Culture |
III Cracow Month of Photography
Cracow's 'Month of Photography Festival' will kick off on Monday 23rd October. Now in its third year, the festival has already taken its place as one of the sta... | Art and Culture |
Wrigley Will Move To Poland
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the world's largest chewing-gum maker, will close a plant in Phoenix that makes Eclipse breath strips and move production to Poland.
Th... | Business |
Pope to Visit Poland in 2005
Polish-born Pope John Paul II plans to visit his homeland in 2005, the head of the Roman Catholic church in Poland has been quoted as saying.
Asked by journa... | Current Affairs |
Museum Opens For Polish Martyr
A museum dedicated to the life of a pro-Solidarity priest tortured and murdered by Poland's communist secret police opened on Saturday, ahead of the 20th annive... | Current Affairs |
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