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Predictions Open For Polish Elections

Oct.19.2007

With only a few days left before the Poles go to the polls, pundits appear wary of making bold predictions. What's more, it seems that the younger generation is...

OO7 Sports Polish Style

Aug.23.2007

We don't know yet whether he'll have to ski down the Zakopane slopes dressed in black tie, but Pierce Brosnan has been confirmed as the new face of Polish fashi...

Highland Bonds

Aug.21.2007

It's easy enough for Brits to get to the Polish Highlands - just fly to Krakow and hop on a bus to Zakopane. But now it looks like there might be a chance to do...

Rising Remembered

Aug.3.2007

Sirens wailed across Poland at 5pm on Wednesday, startling visitors and raising painful memories amongst elderly locals. The Warsaw Uprising, an armed revolt...

No Vodka Victory for Poland

Jun.22.2007

Poland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark are hopping mad after an EU decision went against them last week. French and British distillers have won the right to cal...

Holy Cheese

June.12.2007

A soft Highland cheese by the name of Bryndza Podhalanska became Poland's first food product to be awarded an official EU trademark yesterday. The mild, sli...

Teletubbies OK

May.31.2007

After enduring ridicule from all corners of Polish society, a far right politician has relinquished her suggestion that a popular children's programme promotes ...

Learning The Ropes

May.08.2007

Great news for fans of adventure heading to Zakopane this summer. High ropes have arrived in the mountains courtesy of the Trollandia Recreation Park, offering ...

John Paul II Talks to Artists

Apr.24.2007

A very special talk took place in Zakopane's Hotel Wersal - a talk between a beloved Polish religious figure and the keepers of Polish culture. The only signifi...

Malysz World Champion!

March.27.2007

They'd written him off two years ago, but Polish ski-jumper Adam Malysz has confounded them all this weekend by becoming World Champion once again. Unlike in...

Malysz: Two More Triumphs

March.15.2007

He's done it again. Twice. Poland's ski-jumping legend Adam Malysz has notched up two more World Cup triumphs, skittling his rivals in Finland this week. Ma...

Malysz Big In Japan!

March.5.2007

He's done it again. Adam Malysz, (aka The Flying Moustache) took his fourth World Cup gold this weekend with a sensational performance at Sapporo. Clearly Ma...

Aquapark Opens in Zakopane

Dec.17.2006

Great news for waterbabies heading to the Tatras on holiday! The largest Aqua Park in Poland has finally opened, just in time for peak tourist season. What with...

Cleaning up Zakopane 2006

30.10.2006

The Zakopane council last week acknowledged the efforts of school children partaking in the "Cleaning up Zakopane 2006" program which takes place in autumn and ...

Opening of 'Zakopane Aquapark' Nears

Oct.30.2006

Late December has been set as the date of the eagerly anticipated opening of the Zakopane 'Aquapark'. The aqua park will add an interesting architectural eleme...

Batman Returns

Feb.6.2007

Adam Malysz scooped his second World Cup event of the year this weekend, marking an emphatic return to form for the ski-jumping legend. The slight Polish star, ...

Festival of Highland Folklore

Aug.18.2006

Fans of folklore will be in seventh heaven this week in Zakopane, as one of the town's best loved events has just got underway. The 38th International Festival ...

Resistance Fighter Honoured

Aug.14.2006

Poland's President Lech Kacznyski was in Zakopane yesterday to honour a controversial WWII resistance fighter - Jozef Kuras, codenamed 'Ogien' (Fire). Kuras ope...

Avant-garde In Zakopane

Aug.8.2006

Plans are afoot to launch a museum of avant-garde art in Zakopane, with a view to opening in late 2008. A delightful turn of the century villa has been selected...

Poland to repair ailing football

Jul.03.2006

Poland's ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) wants state support for mass sports and a debate on repairing Poland's ailing football, PiS parliamentary leader Prz...

Bollywood comes to Zakopane

May.02.2006

Shah Rukh Khan may have immortalised Switzerland in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, mandolin in hand amid lush green fields speckled with yellow blossoms, but thi...

Vodka War

March.6.2006

Poland and Hungary are quarrelling over the definition of vodka. For the Poles vodka is “an alcoholic beverage derived from cereals or potatoes.” Historically v...

Celebrating Szymanowski

March.2.2006

Music and mountain lovers have a treat in store this weekend with the 30th anniversary of the Karol Szymanowski Museum in Zakopane. After Chopin, Szymanowsk...

Silver For Poland

Feb.27.2006

Poland’s Tomasz Sikora has won the silver medal at the Winter Games in Turin. He put up an almost flawless performance in the 15-kilometre mass-start biathlon e...

Pope's Aide Becomes Cardinal

Feb.24.2006

Archbishop of Krakow Stanislaw Dziwisz has been named cardinal by Pope Benedict. While the appointment is seen as a victory for the Church’s more open wing in P...

Olympic Adventures

Feb.17.2006

Poland’s Adam Malysz has won 7th place in the K95 ski jumping competition. After the first round, the Polish athlete lay 8th and managed to improve his result b...

Pope's Car Is No Auctioneer's Paradise

Feb.13.2006

Bidders at Christie's auction house offered up to $71,820 for a 1958 car that once belonged to the late Pope John Paul II, but the seller decided the sum was no...

Reflections On Poland

Feb.10.2006

In a long article reflecting on the current state of Poland, a leading authority noted that today 'there is a stronger sense than ever of "two Polands": one mor...

The Italian Job

Feb.9.2006

Forty-six Polish aces are poised to take part in the Winter Olympics, which begin tomorrow in Turin, Northern Italy. Poland will be represented in nine event...

Bollywood Hits Poland

Feb.8.2006

Bollywood bonanzas are not normally known for getting jiggy with it at -20 centigrade. But the producers of 'Fanaah' - a tale of troubled love set against the b...

Winter Deals Further Blows

Feb.8.2006

Heavy snowfall caused roofs across Poland to collapse Tuesday, but no deaths were reported just nine days after the country's worst building disaster claimed 65...

British MP Will Bike To Poland

Feb.6.2006

Former Conservative MP Edwina Currie has had more than her fair share of thrills and spills, but her new venture should win her more friends than foes. Long ...

Cartoon Furore Continues

Feb.06.2006

Head of the Muslim Religious Union in Poland Tomasz Miskiewicz demanded an apology from the editor-in-chief of the Rzeczpospolita daily which reprinted caricatu...

Fresh Election On The Cards

Feb.1.2006

Parliament has just missed a crucial deadline to pass the 2006 budget. A snap general election now seems probable. The Polish constitution says that if the ...

Reform In Wake Of Roof Collapse

Jan.31.2006

Poland's prime minister said new federal regulations would allow authorities to close buildings whose roofs aren't cleared of snow, and investigators picked thr...

Government Closes Buildings At Risk

Jan.31.2006

The government has ordered the temporary closure of some large buildings fearing their roofs may collapse in a repeat of a weekend disaster that killed 67 peopl...

Poles Pay Tribute

Jan.30.2006

Poles came from around the country to Katowice today to lay flowers and light candles in memory of the 62 people who died when the roof of an exhibition hall co...

Zakopane Ski Jump World Cup

Jan.26.2006

The biggest event of the winter calendar, the Ski-Jump World Cup 2006, touches down in Zakopane this weekend, as the town prepares to witness an epic battle of ...

Gold For Polish Ski-Surfer

Jan.23.2005

Jagna Marczulaitis of Poland edged Daniela Meuli of Switzerland to win the parallel slalom event at a snowboarding World Cup on Sunday. Sara Fischer of Swed...

Snowboard Showdown

Jan.23.2005

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 ...

Poland To Host Miss World

Jan.19.2006

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...

A crisp, colorful Polish alpine retreat

Jan.19.2006

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...

Bargain Flights To Poland

Jan.13.2005

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...

Man Who Shot Pope Freed

Jan.12.2005

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 ...

Uproar In Parliament

Jan.12.2005

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...

Pole Joins Potter Adventure

Jan.11.2005

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 ...

Polish Countess Meets Big Brother

Jan.10.2006

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...

Pope Plans Polish Trip

Jan.9.2005

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...

Ten ambassadors recalled

Jan.5.2006

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...

If You Can't Beat 'Em

Dec.7.2005

Father Adam Boniecki, editor of the prestigious journal Tygodnik Powszechny (Universal Weekly) recently lamented that Poles now seemed more interested in shoppi...

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