News & Views Directory 8
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May.15.2006 | |
Jerzy Ficowski, one of the most intriguing literary figures in post-war Poland, passed away last week in Warsaw aged 82. Ficowski is known in the West largel... | |
May.15.2006 | |
Back in 2004, when Britain opened her borders to the ten new EU countries, the Home Office predicted that between 5,000 and 13,000 Eastern Europeans would give ... | |
May.15.2006 | |
Poland will be cutting all alcohol advertisements during Pope Benedict's visit later this month. Similarly, lingerie adverts with suggestive scenes will be jett... | |
May.12.2006 | |
The cordons are finally being removed today on Florianska, one of Cracow's most historic streets. By the looks of things, the authorities have done their best t... | |
May.12.2006 | |
The 4th Month of Photography in Cracow. A Russian circus may not sound like the most original idea in the world for an exhibition, but Reiner Riedl's images ... | |
May.12.2006 | |
Besides New Year's Eve, today is the only day of the year when a group of Stag-Nighters will not stick out like a sore thumb. That's right, Juvenalia has return... | |
May.11.2006 | |
A new exhibition will be unveiled next week at the Galicia Museum by Father Stanislaw Dziwisz, current Archbishop of Cracow and former personal secretary to Pop... | |
May.7.2006 | |
Running twenty-four miles in the midday sun may not be everyone's idea of how to spend a Saturday. But many stout fellows - and ladies too - rose to the challen... | |
May.8.2006 | |
One of Cracow's finest art collections will be packed up and removed from the city this July. The Gallery of Nineteenth Century Polish Art, which is housed in t... | |
May.5.2006 | |
A riot of colour will transform the streets of Kazimierz this Sunday with the coming of the Feast of St. Stanislas. The annual procession, which is amongst the ... | |
May.5.2006 | |
It has often been acknowledged that Poland has the worst road accident rate in Europe, and this week's public holidays have revealed that matters are still a lo... | |
May.5.2006 | |
For children growing up in Cracow during the 1980s, the half-built tower was known simply as Skeletor. It loomed over the eastern part of the city with all the ... | |
May.5.2006 | |
One of the most cherished cultural events of the year opens today in Cracow. The Month of Photography, now in its fourth year, will be hosting exhibitions by sc... | |
May.04.2006 | |
VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) – Pope Benedict XVI, in his first trip as pontiff to the homeland of his predecessor, will meet with clergy and religious, visit ... | |
May.04.2006 | |
Riot police were called in as ultra-conservative youths attacked gays and lesbians while they marched in a parade for tolerance in Poland’s second largest city,... | |
Apr.28.2006 | |
This Saturday (April 29th) sees the launch of indie rock party 'Black Tie and White Stripes' at the ultra-hip Vinyl Music Club on ulica Lobzowska, 20. DJ ana... | |
April.26.2006 | |
It used to be the scourge of the city, but now the district is emerging as a quirky option for a day out from the Old Town. Nowa Huta was founded in 1948 as... | |
Apr.24.2006 | |
Last weekend saw the latest arrival from the White Isle touch down in town to work some Balearic magic on Krakow's party people in Cien Club. And it was no ordi... | |
April.20.2006 | |
'Time will show what will become of my work,' wrote the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, 'a brilliant butterfly, or a maggot.' For some artists (... | |
April.19.2006 | |
Up and until a year ago, Cracow's nightlife was divided between the upbeat Old Town and arty Kazimierz. Then one day, a couple of bright sparks decided to inva... | |
April.19.2006 | |
A major new landmark - or watermark to be more precise - is set to appear on Cracow's horizon next month. A sleek vessel will be moored on the bend in the Vistu... | |
April.19.2006 | |
We know that in this day and age you can download the A to Z of music in the blink of an eye, and that you can put a million and one songs onto a minidisc and n... | |
April.19.2006 | |
It's all very last minute, hush-hush, mysterious etc. And in the light of the accompanying 'Rekawka Revelry', it may even be tempting fate to plug something so ... | |
April.19.2006 | |
A wise Polish friend always advises us to expect the unexpected when it comes to this fair country. And that's especially true when it comes to events. A classi... | |
April.13.2006 | |
The third Misteria Paschalia Festival kicks off tonight, and if you're lucky, you may just be able to snatch one of the last tickets. The popular festival of... | |
April.13.2006 | |
Cracow's museums will shut up shop from Saturday through until Tuesday morning, so if you're in town at the moment, here are some tips on what you might catch b... | |
April.14.2006 | |
The Polish government has sparked controversy by prodding the UN to rename the 'Auschwitz concentration camp' (as it is currently listed), 'Former Nazi German E... | |
April.13.2006 | |
Budget airline Ryanair wants the Polish government to ease the country's competition rules to allow expansion of the passenger airline market. Michael O'Lear... | |
April.10.2006 | |
A new exhibition opens this Tuesday at the Czartoryski Museum, famed home of Leonardo's 'Lady with an Ermine' and a hoard of treasures relating to Poland's hist... | |
Apr.08.2006 | |
Marta Firlet Bradshaw of www.cracow-life.com appeared today as an expert guest on TVN's popular breakfast show, Dzien Dobry TVN. The show highlighted the growin... | |
April.7.2006 | |
A hundred years ago, Poland's artists and poets were head-over-heels for their country folk, and some of the most sparkling geniuses of the day married peasant ... | |
April.7.2006 | |
If you've had enough of the city, adventurers should head for the quaint rural town of Lipnica Murowane this Palm Sunday, where a much-loved - and decidedly fan... | |
April.6.2006 | |
The Easter Market opened today on Cracow's Maly Rynek (Little Market Square). Renovation works prevented the event from taking place at it's usual spot, the Mai... | |
April.6.2006 | |
Ryszard Badon-Lehr, Poland's vice-consul to the Belarusian city of Grodno has died, shortly after being evacuated from the country last week. The tragic dea... | |
April. 6. 2006 | |
Two Jewish women here have been miraculously reunited with their cousin 66 years after all three survived the Holocaust. Ella Friedvald, 82, and her sister ... | |
March.5.2006 | |
The celebrated writer Stanislaw Lem was laid to rest at midday yesterday at Cracow's Salwator Cemetery. In contrast to the funerals of other national luminaries... | |
April.3.2006 | |
Tens of thousands of Cracovians gathered outside the Archbishop's palace yesterday in commemoration of the passing of Pope John Paul II. Hymns were sung and can... | |
April.3.2006 | |
Budget airline Sky Europe is launching two new services to Krakow. The chosen link cities are Brussels and Turin, the latter having gained a burst of interest w... | |
April.3.2006 | |
The funeral of the renowned writer Stanislaw Lem will be held at midday tomorrow at Cracow's Salwator Cemetery. It is expected that thousands will come to pa... | |
March.31.2005 | |
Polish athletes are taking a torch lit from a candle near Pope John Paul II's tomb to his native land on the occasion of the first anniversary of his death. ... | |
March.31.2006 | |
Earlier this week an infamous communist leader was awarded a medal for surviving an act of Soviet repression. The news sparked a public outcry, and barely had t... | |
March.31.2006 | |
In an attempt to guarantee historical clarity, Poland wants the official name of Auschwitz-Birkenau changed from Unesco world heritage site to "Former Nazi Germ... | |
March.31.2006 | |
Alcohol will be banned from sale from all shops and bars in the Krakow and Warsaw regions during the first visit to Poland of Pope Benedict in late May. Pop... | |
March.31.2006 | |
Faulty construction and excessive snow on the roof were responsible for the collapse of the Trade Hall in Katowice, the capital of southern Silesia. A report of... | |
March.31.2006 | |
A CNN two-hour documentary takes viewers inside the Vatican to reveal some of the untold stories of the last days of Pope John Paul II. CNN faith and values ... | |
March.29.2006 | |
Tributes have been flooding in from across the world to Stanislaw Lem, the outstanding Polish writer who passed away this Monday. Britain's 'The Times' descr... | |
March.29.2006 | |
Following Stalin's invasion of Eastern Poland in September 1939, the Soviets deported hundreds of thousands of Poles to Siberia and Kazakhstan. Judges, doctors,... | |
March.29.2006 | |
Many feared the worst when news broke that a group of Polish trekkers had been abducted by Nepalese Maoists earlier this month. Nepal has teetered on the brink ... | |
March.29.2006 | |
The snows and ice were melting as Spring reared its head, and that spelt alarm for a particular Pole with a penchant for swimming - ice swimming that is. But ju... | |
March.29.2006 | |
Kanye West has been announced as one of the main draws at a festival in Poland this summer. The hip hop superstar will play this year's Heineken Open'er Fest... | |
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