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Poland Hails New Pope
Still grieving for their native son John Paul II, people in Krakow on Tuesday expressed happiness and hope at the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germa...

Current Affairs

Seeing the Light
The owner of an escort agency in the small town of Poronin in southern Poland is closing down his business out of respect for Pope John Paul II , who died on Ap...

Comment

Cross Of Light
The metal cross atop Giewont, the Tatra range's most fabled peak, beamed though the darkness this weekend after a bold group of mourners scaled the mountain in ...

City Focus

Highlanders Mourn Their Pope
Whilst the future Pope John Paul II was still a Cardinal, it was suggested that it was inappropriate for a man in such a position to ski. He replied with typica...

Current Affairs

All Roads Lead To Rome
The Polish national railway company PKP has announced it will lay on six special trains to take pilgrims to Rome for John Paul II's funeral. Fares for the trip ...

Art and Culture

Pope's Funeral Set For Friday
Roman Catholic cardinals Monday set Pope John Paul's funeral for Friday as they began to plan the Church's future following the death of the Pontiff who led its...

Current Affairs

Poland's Pope passes away
Pope John Paul II passed away on Saturday night. Poles came out onto the streets to mourn his death, turning the streets of towns and cities across the country ...

Comment

Debt Solution Approved
Poland's government approved an early buyback of a large chunk of communist-era debt to a group of six countries in the Paris Club, a government official said T...

Comment

Smigus Dingus
The sun may well shine on Easter Monday, but even if this is so, we warmly recommend that ladies of a faint-hearted disposition carry an umbrella about their pe...

Comment

Pope Publishes New Memoir
The latest book by Polish-born Pope John Paul hit bookstores in his native land on Monday, amid great interest from fellow Poles. The pope's fifth book, Mem...

Current Affairs

Relieving Oneself
Hot on the heels of the tremendous news that beer can help fight cancer, we are delighted to report that a Slovak man trapped in his car by an avalanche urinate...

Comment

Malysz Double Delights
There was little doubt that the high-pedigree Polish Eagle was going to win today after his bird-of-prey-like first round flight of 132-metres. Fourth-last t...

Comment

Return of the Flying Moustache
For so long has Janne Ahonen dominated this season's World Cup that we have forgotten what a real competition it like. Last Sunday's seventh place at Titisee...

Comment

World Ski-Jumping Championships!
It's party time in Poland: local hero Adam Malysz is in wing-flapping form as the World Cup circuit comes home to nest at Zakopane! Adam Malysz, the Polis...

Comment

Publisher Guilty Of Libelling Pope
A court Tuesday convicted the publisher of a satirical magazine of insulting Polish-born Pope John Paul II and fined him $6,500. The ruling against Jerzy Ur...

Current Affairs

'Courier From Warsaw' Dies
Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, the Polish soldier who made death-defying trips between Warsaw and London during the Second World War to carry messages to Poland's gover...

History

Pole Wins Snowboard Gold
Paulina Ligocka of Poland snatched the gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe event at the 2005 Winter Universiade in Innsbruck this Wednesday. Ligock...

Comment

Malysz Wins Gold Again
Poland's Adam Malysz won a ski flying competition Sunday, becoming only the second jumper with more than one World Cup victory this season. Malysz had jumps...

Comment

Poland Gears Up For Elections
Polish parliament Speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said Tuesday he would seek a vote to dissolve parliament May 5 leading to general elections June 19. Po...

Current Affairs

Wild Boar Chases Man
A man escaped unscathed after a boar chased him around a hospital parking lot in southwestern Poland, the hospital spokesman said Thursday. Cameras monitori...

Comment

What Now For Former Speaker?
If anyone in the Polish parliament could score a hit as a character in a James Bond film then it is Jozef Oleksy, who was relieved of his post as Speaker last w...

Comment

Malysz Wins World Cup Ski Jump
Polish ski jump star Adam Malysz claimed victory in the World Cup large hill event ahead of Janne Ahonen of Finland and Germany's Georg Spaeth. Ahonen, who h...

Comment

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

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

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

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 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

Schroeder To Appoint Special Advisor on Poland
The German government plans to appoint a high- profile special adviser for relations with Poland, a report said Tuesday. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is set...

Current Affairs

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

Polish Mushrooms
Mushrooms abounded-round the fair damsels the young men did throng; Or vixens, as they're hailed in Lithuanian song. They symbolize maidenhood, their flesh no...

Comment

Polish Plan To Pull Out of Iraq
Poland, a key U.S. ally in Iraq, should withdraw its troops from the Mideast nation at the end of next year, Poland's defense minister said in an interview publ...

Current Affairs

Poles Uneasy With Iraq Policy
Sixty percent of Poles would support an immediate withdrawal of the country's soldiers from Iraq, while more than 70 percent believe their government made a mis...

Current Affairs

Shooting Starts on Pope Film
Italian producers began shooting a film on Saturday about the early life of Pope John Paul II. The film is being made in in southern Poland, where the pontiff g...

City Focus

Poland and Ukraine Launch Joint Bid For Euro 2012
Marek Ziolkowski, Poland's ambassador to the Ukraine, confirmed yesterday that his country will launch a joint bid with the Ukraine to host the 2012 European Fo...

Current Affairs

The King of the Tarmac
Robert Korzeniowski's long road has come to a end when the Pole won an unprecedented third Olympic 50 kilometre race walk title in a row. There was barely an...

Comment

Warsaw Mayor Calls For German WWII Apology
Warsaw Mayor Lech Kaczynski has called on German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to apologise to Poles for Germany's WWII aggression. Schroeder should offer hi...

Current Affairs

Echoes of the Bad Old Days
The International Federation of Journalists and its regional organisation the European Federation of Journalists warned this month that a battery of legal acti...

Current Affairs

Poland and Hungary Singled Out for Tourist Boom
The ten countries that joined the European Union last May could generate 3 million jobs and 47 billion euros ($56 billion) in added economic output if they boos...

Business

Weekend Warriors Re-enact Historic Battle
More than 1,500 knights in shining armour crossed swords on Saturday to re-enact the 1410 Battle of Grunwald, the greatest of all medieval clashes, which saw Po...

Comment

Poland Reassesses Iraq Policy
Poland will keep troops in Iraq at least through the end of 2005, but firmly intends to reduce its presence at the start of next year, the nation's prime minist...

Current Affairs

Painful Anniversary Draws Near
Between July 30th and August 2nd, a number of ceremonies will be held in Warsaw to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, the last major battle t...

Current Affairs

Polish Economy Roars Ahead
Polish economic growth surged ahead by six percent in the first quarter, Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner said on Thursday, in the latest sign of economic recover...

Business

Poland Rules Out More Iraq Troops
Poland has ruled out sending more troops to Iraq, outgoing Prime Minister Lezsek Miller said today. "We rule out increasing our (Iraq) contingent," Miller to...

Current Affairs

Polish Troops in Kerbala Skirmish
Polish troops reportedly killed a leader of the Shia uprising in the Iraqi city of Kerbala today, as the military commander of the US-led coalition vowed to "de...

Current Affairs

Corruption Scandal Winds Up
A year-long parliamentary probe of high-level corruption exonerated Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller and other officials in his left-wing administration on M...

Current Affairs

Winds of Change
Polish voters frustrated with economic austerity plans and sleaze are turning to a populist party led by a euro-sceptic pig farmer according to an opinion poll ...

Current Affairs

Sabala: Zakopane's Pied Piper
In that fair city of Nottingham, England, you can't turn a corner without bumping into a place that is named after a certain fellow named Robin Hood. In Zakopan...

Art and Culture

Attack on Polish Base in Baghdad
At least 13 Iraqis were killed, and many civilians and troops injured, in an apparent suicide bomb attack by insurgents in Hilla today. The attack happened i...

Current Affairs

Witkacy: Early Life
'It you take into account that this 'author' is eight years old, you've got to admit that he's got talent! Lope de Vega wrote his first play when he was ten - S...

Art and Culture

Shedding Light On Dark Corners
An emotive new documentary film was screened last week by Polish TV channel TVP1 about a controversial chapter of Poland's wartime history. 'Goralenvolk' ,...

History

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