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Python Makes Policemen's Eyes Pop Out

March.23.2010

Policemen in the town of Otwock were amazed last week when a python emerged from a woman's cleavage during questioning. The lady had been taken to the local ...

Olympian Star Sells Winning Skis

March.16.2010

Justyna Kowalczyk, Poland's hero of the Vancouver Games, has sold her lucky skis for the royal sum of 51,000 zloty. The benefits will go to a children's charity...

Poland Delighted With Olympic Tally

March.2.2010

They may not have come back dripping with gold, but the Polish team returned jubilant from Vancouver. It' was Poland's most successful Winter Olympics yet. A...

Explorer's Widow Fails To Ban Book

Feb.26.2010

A controversial biography of the late writer and explorer Ryszard Kapuscinski is to go on sale on March 1st. Kapuscinski's widow had tried to block the book'...

Silver Bear For Polanski

Feb.22.2010

Roman Polanski has won the award for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival. The Polish-born film-maker, who is currently under house arrest in Gstaad, i...

Medal For Malysz

Feb.15.2010

Poland's ace ski jumper Adam Malysz has won a silver medal in the Vancouver Olympics. A last minute return to form saw the plucky Pole win glory at the games, f...

Malysz Breaks Record In Canada

Feb.12.2010

Poland's star ski-jumper Adam Malysz broke an Olympic record in the warm-up training for the Vancouver Games. The Pole notched up a mighty 109,5 metres, whi...

Zakopane Zapped For Betting Ads

Jan.27.2010

Zakopane looks like the first major victim to fall foul of stringent new gambling laws enacted on 1st January, 2010. The Customs Chamber has launched proceed...

Austrian Jumps To Victory In Zakopane

Jan.25.2010

Gregor Schlierenzauer soared to victory over the weekend in the World Ski Jumping Cup. The 20-year-old Austrian notched up two wins in as many days, taking him ...

Ski Jumping Cup Comes To Zakopane

Jan.21.2009

The world's best ski jumpers are about to arrive in Zakopane for a weekend of air surfing action. The Zakopane leg of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup kicks of...

Polls Reveal Different Poles

Jan.20.2010

A recent CBOS poll has indicated that Poles are significantly happier than under communism. And generally speaking, Poland is considered one of the success stor...

Riddle of the Stolen Sign

Dec.22.2009

The notorious 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign was recovered by Polish police on Sunday 20th December, two days after it was stolen from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. ...

Sporting Brands A Winner For Sportsmen

Nov.20.2009

Polish skiing sensation Adam Malysz can command up to 400,000 zloty (95,000 euro) for an ad campaign, according to the Pentagon Research firm. The skiing sta...

Poles Happy In Poland

Nov.19.2009

In spite of the vast flow of emigrants to the UK and Ireland since joining the European Union in 2004, it appears that the majority of Poles are happy in Poland...

Weeding Out The Weed

Nov.19.2009

Several thousand marijuana plants and 74 kg of dried weed have been seized from an abandoned school building in Central Poland. The unprecedented bust, which...

One In Three Say Poland Still Not Free

Nov.18.2009

An official poll has revealed that a third of Poles still believe the country to be not entirely free. In the telephone survey, some 35% of those questioned ...

Drunk Skiers Let Off The Hook

Oct.20.2009

A new bill aimed at curbing alcohol-related accidents in sports has been amended to allow skiers greater freedom. According to the act, those caught inebria...

Bucket Vandal Cleared In Court

Oct.20.2009

After a year and a half long trial, a man from the Southern Polish village of Mikowice has been cleared of kicking his neighbour's bucket. Following an appea...

Malysz Is Polish Champion Again

Oct.19.2009

Adam Malysz won both his events at the Polish Championships this October, taking pole position in the HS 94 and HS 134 jumps. Poland's acclaimed ski-jumper, ...

Snow Hits the Highlands

Oct.17.2009

Unexpected snowfalls across Poland surprised locals in mid-October. As always, the Tatra mountains were the most heavily hit, with 20 centimetres by October 15t...

TV Star Arrested For Corruption

Sept.26.2009

A popular TV celebrity who starred in hit TV show You can Dance - Po prostu tancz! has been arrested on charges of corruption. Weronika Marczuk-Pazura, forme...

Bumper Year For Zakopane

Sept.26.2008

In spite of talk of the recession, 2009 has proved a record year for tourism in Zakopane. August in particular proved a roaring success, with unprecedented numb...

Kronos Quartet Crowns Zakopane Festival

Sept.25.2009

Celebrated New York ensemble The Kronos Quartet were the star guests yesterday at Zakopane's "Music On the Heights" Festival. The American outfit has longsta...

Witkacy: Zakopane Legend Celebrated In Poland & Abroad

Sept.18.2009

"Playwright, novelist, philosopher, critic, painter and photographer - all these descriptions do not give full justice to Witkacy’s versatile artistic activity....

Dalai Lama Honoured In Poland

July.29.2009

His Holiness the Dalai Lama made a three day trip to Poland in late July, where he was made an honorary citizen of Warsaw. Amongst many engagements, the Tibe...

Hitler Tree Could Turn Into Synagogue

July.24th.2009

A tree planted in occupied Poland to celebrate Hitler's 53rd birthday may well be used to build a wooden synagogue in Toronto. The small town of Jaslo in sou...

Dinosaur Egg Smugggler Caught

July.22.2009

In a scene that seemed straight out of the movie Jurassic Park, a Polish man has been detained by Siberian customs officials after a dinosaur egg was discovered...

Like It Or Not, She'll Take You There (With or Without Prayers)

July.13th.2009

The temperature has been turned up in advance of Madonna's August 15th concert, and we're not just talking about the need to sport sun hats. The Queen of Pop...

Puma on the Loose

June.22.2009

A dead chicken has been laid out as a trap to ensnare a puma that's believed to be on the loose in Kalisz, Central Poland. Police have been tracking the pum...

Pole Position for Wimbledon?

June.18.2008

Poland's greatest female tennis star since the pre-war era is gearing up for a fight at this year's Wimbledon. 20-year-old Agnieszka Radwanska, from Krakow, is ...

Madonna In A Muddle

June.17.2009

The Princess of Pop has provoked a backlash from some Catholic circles, as the date of her debut concert in Poland is also a solemn day of devotion to the bibli...

Tortoises Turn Up In Gas Tank

June.10.2009

A Ukrainian man has been apprehended at the Polish border for transporting some unlikely passengers. Customs officials found over 120 Asian tortoises in a conve...

Poles Set Their Sights On Mars

May.21.2009

A group of Polish inventors has constructed a robot that's intended for action on Mars. Dubbed "Skarabeusz" by the Warsaw students who made the machine, the rob...

Missile Shield Maybe, Patriot Missiles Definitely

May.21.2009

A senior Polish official has told The Financial Times that a U.S. Patriot Missile unit will be up and running in Poland by the end of the year. The announcem...

The Mystery Of The Missing Spy

May.19.2009

The bid to track down one of Poland's most high level intelligence officers has still not thrown up any clues. Stefan Zielonka was declared missing by his w...

Polish Priest Publishes Sex Tips

May.18.2009

An unlikely hit in Poland's bookshops this spring is Sex as you don't know it: For married couples who love God. The lusty lit was published by none other than ...

Zakopane Legend Back From The Dead

Jan.22.2009

One of Zakopane's most illustrious former residents, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, aka Witkacy, is set to arrive on the silver screen. The multi-talented artist,...

If At First You Don't Succeed....

Nov.18.2008

Zakopane is a regular fixture in the FIS Ski Jumping Cup, but the town is now aiming its joust at an altogether grander goal: the World Alpine Skiing Championsh...

Martyred Priest Inspires Major Movie

Oct.12.2008

One of the most costly Polish films of recent years is now in post-production and set for an early 2009 release. Called simply Popieluszko, the film tells th...

Krakow To Zakopane In 80 Minutes

July.21.2008

The Ministry of Infrastructure has announced radical plans for the rebuilding of the railway line to Zakopane. Following the projected changes, the journey ...

Polish PM Turns Down China

March.28.2008

The Prime Minister of Poland has declined an invitation to attend the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The crisis in Tibet provided the final drop that ...

Zakopane Airport On The Horizon

Feb.12.2008

Plans have been rubber-stamped for an airport in Poland's Highlands. The 200 million zloty project is focused just twenty kilometres from Zakopane centre at the...

Is Bear Bound For Hollywood?

Jan.31.2008

A flurry of articles has emerged in the international press over the last week about an unlikely hero. Voytek (Polish Wojtek) was a Syrian bear who fought along...

Jump To It!

Jan.23.2008

Although warm weather worried organisers last week, the Zakopane leg of the World Ski Jumping Cup is still due to take place this weekend. Polish star Adam...

It's All Up In The Air

Dec.14.2007

Adam Malysz - Poland's ski-jumping ace - has flown into a farcical land dispute. The star jumper, who was the first fellow to win the World Cup three times in a...

Cable Car Back In Action

Dec.14.2007

Zakopane's much-loved cable car will be back in business this season. After months and months of fiddling around, the revamped line is poised for action. The ca...

The Sound Of Szymanowski

Dec.14.2007

Poland has been celebrating the 'Year Of Szymanowski'. We admit that it's not the easiest name to pronounce (Shiman-off-ski). But that tongue-twisting name is n...

It's All Mapped Out

Nov.21.2007

Zakopane Life's Winter Maps will hit the streets in early December, and as always, these jam-packed pocket guides are absolutely free of charge. You'll find eve...

Poles And Russians Clash (In 1612)

Nov.5.2007

A blockbusting epic has opened across Russia about the invasion of Polish forces during the seventeenth century. Called simply 1612, the movie focuses on 'The T...

A Platform For Change

Oct.24.2007

Expectations of a low turnout were confounded on Sunday when thousands of young voters came out to make their voices heard. The Civic Platform (PO), the lib...

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