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Snowboard Showdown
Jan Michaelis of Germany and Paulina Ligocka of Poland won snowboard World Cup halfpipe events Friday.
Michaelis won his first event of the season ahead of ... | Comment |
Poland To Host Miss World
In these politically correct times, the British are somewhat awkward about their creation of the Miss World beauty contest. However, viewers have voted with the... | Comment |
A crisp, colorful Polish alpine retreat
ZAKOPANE, Poland (AP) -- You could say Zakopane, Poland, is blessed. After all, it was the late Pope John Paul's favorite recreation spot. He spent a lot of... | City Focus |
Bargain Flights To Poland
If you're on the look out for some great deals on flights to Poland, look no further.
Centralwings, LOT Polish Airlines’ cut-price alter-ego, is offering fli... | Comment |
Man Who Shot Pope Freed
Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II, was released from his Turkish jail today after serving over 25 years behind bars.
Agca was a right-wing ... | Current Affairs |
Uproar In Parliament
The Polish Sejm (parliament) descended into farce yesterday when the Speaker of the House refused to set in motion a vote on the new budget.
Opposition MPs c... | Current Affairs |
Pole Joins Potter Adventure
Oscar nominated cinematographer Slawomir Idziak has won the commission to film the next Harry Potter movie, 'The Order of the Phoenix.'
Idziak, who won fame ... | Art and Culture |
Polish Countess Meets Big Brother
A Polish Countess whose father once led Radio Free Europe has taken her place in Britain's notorious Celebrity Big Brother House.
Rula Lenska (b.1947, Cambr... | Comment |
Pope Plans Polish Trip
The Vatican envoy for papal tours Alberto Gasparri arrived in Poland today with the aim of touring the route of the planned visit by Pope Benedict XVI to that c... | Current Affairs |
Ten ambassadors recalled
Poland’s new conservative right wing government has recalled ten ambassadors believed to be linked with the former communist regime. Diplomats who have held pos... | Current Affairs |
If You Can't Beat 'Em
Father Adam Boniecki, editor of the prestigious journal Tygodnik Powszechny (Universal Weekly) recently lamented that Poles now seemed more interested in shoppi... | Comment |
Polish President 'Statesman of 2005'
Aleksander Kwasniewski has received the award of the prestigious European weekly European Voice as statesman of the year 2005.T he Polish head of state has been... | Current Affairs |
Warsaw Pact A Pandora's Box
Politicians representing opposition groups have called the defense minister’s decision on declassifying documents of the defunct Warsaw Pact a “media operation”... | Current Affairs |
Poland May Yet Host Cup
UEFA have shortlisted Italy and joint bids from Croatia/Hungary and Poland/Ukraine to host the the European Championship in 2012, rejecting rival bids from Gree... | Comment |
Kaczynski Wins Presidency
Conservative Lech Kaczynski won Poland's presidential run-off on Sunday on a platform combining traditionalist Catholic values with promises to curb corruption ... | Current Affairs |
Ryanair Revs Up for Poland
Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 low fares airline announced yesterday that with just 10 days to go to the launch of five more Polish destinations, Poland is set for a l... | Comment |
Premiere Of Papal Film
He may never have seen Oscar-winner Jon Voight as a male prostitute in "Midnight Cowboy," but Pope Benedict XVI will be among the first to see him portray the l... | Comment |
More Mischief On Campaign Trail
Opponents of the liberal candidate for the presidency, Donald Tusk, have attempted to find materials concerning his parents in German archives.
One such per... | Current Affairs |
Bring back the Soviets?
Having cast their ballots, the two big guns in this years presidential election, Donald Tusk and Lech Kaczynski, seem destined for a runoff election later this ... | Current Affairs |
Return Of The Moonstealers
Poland's presidential race is still wide open but conservative contender Lech Kaczynski already has something to celebrate -- a movie he starred in as a child w... | Comment |
Transition Poles
Nearly a quarter of Poles are keen to go abroad in search of employment, a study published Wednesday reveals.
The 'Social Diagnosis 2005' study revealed 22.... | Comment |
Environment Remains Stumbling Block
Poland could miss out on billions of euros in aid because the European Commission has doubts if the country's newly amended environment protection law meets EU ... | Current Affairs |
Talks Off To A Rocky Start
Polish centre-right parties clashed on Thursday at their first meeting to form a ruling coalition after winning Sunday's election, with signs a new government c... | Current Affairs |
Victory For The Right
Poland's centre-right parties crushed the ruling left in parliamentary elections, early results showed on Monday, but faced tough coalition talks on splits over... | Comment |
Tusk Edges Away In Election Race
Support for Donald Tusk increased dramatically this month in Poland, according to a poll by TNS OBOP. 49 per cent of respondents would vote for the Civic Platfo... | Current Affairs |
Sex Ed Lost in Shuffle
Four years ago, Poland's left leaning politicians promised mandatory sexual education in schools. With a landslide victory, it seemed they had a mandate for the... | Current Affairs |
Smugglers Of Space Dust
An unusual attempt at smuggling was uncovered at the Polish-Ukrainian boarder crossing in Dorohusk. The truck driver claimed that he had a load of quartz, yet t... | Comment |
Putin-Schroeder Pact!
A good deal of the misery in Poland's past can be traced to its location between Germany and Russia. These days, people talk an awful lot about Globalization an... | Current Affairs |
Pole Is Oldest European at 118
118 year old Jozef Piotrowski is the oldest Pole and the oldest European. Born in 1887, he is still in fairly good form, though he cannot walk. He has never smo... | Comment |
Polish President Speaks Up!
Plans for a trans-Baltic oil pipeline from russia to Germany have been in the works for quite a while. Since the pipeline would create an pathway that excluded ... | Current Affairs |
Pope Was Key To Victory
Lech Walesa, the shipyard electrician who helped topple Poland's communist regime by founding the Solidarity movement in 1980, credited the late Pope John Paul ... | History |
Polish Policy In the Lead!
New light is being shed on the Polish push for reform in Belarus. Despite stinging criticism from many Poles (especially on the right) Transitions Online, has ... | Comment |
Poland Blanks Belarusian Choice
Poland will not recognise newly elected leaders of a Polish ethnic organisation in Belarus because they were installed after pressure from President Alexander L... | Current Affairs |
Dziwisz Steps Into Mentor's Shoes
Pope John Paul II’s longtime aide, who worked with the pontiff for 40 years and cradled him in the "popemobile" after a 1981 assassination attempt, was installe... | City Focus |
Early unveiling for Depeche Mode!
The recording industry, that mom and pop enterprise with a heart of gold, has just made a big arrest in Poland. Somewhere in between exploiting the sex appeal ... | Business |
Ukraine and Poland Jack Up Bid
Ukraine and Poland agreed on Thursday to press on with a joint bid to stage the 2012 European championship and pledged high-level support in the two east Europe... | Comment |
In Defense of Polish Migrants
After having been the target of political manipulation and fear mongering for as long as they have existed, Polish Migrant workers are finally getting some help... | Current Affairs |
Polish To Be Top Gun
Prime Minister Marek Belka believes that Poland's participation in air space patrols over the Baltic states attests to the fact that the Polish air force achiev... | Current Affairs |
Poles Boot To Victory
Substitute Grzegorz Rasiak scored twice Wednesday to lead Poland to a 3-2 win over Israel to win the Valery Lobanovsky exhibition tournament.
Poland, which b... | Comment |
Amber Heist At Border
An attempted customs deception of half a million euros has been prevented by Polish officers on the Polish-Russian checkpoint at Gronowo.
A Russian citizen t... | Comment |
Polish Ultimate Champs
At the recent "Poznan Unleashed" Ultimate tournament, held in Poznan, Poland, two Polish ultimate frisbee teams faced one another in a tournament-style match. ... | Comment |
Walesa Voices Desire for a New Belarus!
Solidarity's iconic figure-head, Lech Walesa, has recently made public his desire for a democratized Belarus. Specifically, Walesa mentioned that a 'revolution... | Current Affairs |
This Just In: Polish Radio in Belarus!
Belarussian information minister thinks that the idea to install in Poland a radio station broadcasting for Belarus is an idea of Polish trouble stirring politi... | Current Affairs |
Polish Parlimentarians Denied Passage
The Belarussian border guards denied entry to four Polish members of the European Parliament among them to EP vice President Jacek Saryusz-Wolski. According to ... | Current Affairs |
Solidarity In The Big Apple
A special exhibition commemorating the 25th anniversary of the birth of Solidarity will be placed in Union Square – one of the busiest squares in NYC. It will b... | Comment |
Glorious Speedway Victory for Poland
Poland were crowned World Speedway Champions after storming to a home victory in Wroclaw.
The Poles won with 62 points ahead of Sweden who were second on 34 a... | Comment |
Suspects Released in Mugging Case
Warsaw police detained two persons who might have been involved in Sunday's attack on Russian diplomats' children, but they were released Tuesday afternoon when... | Current Affairs |
The Best for your Buses
By the end of 2006, over 300 polish bus drivers will be behind the wheel in Britain. To staff its expansion into England, the Scottish bus company Stagecoach, ... | Business |
Wicker Working Wonders
In southern Poland, a small rural town is building on historic tradition to fuel their economy in the 21st century. But what exactly are they building and what... | Business |
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