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This is a full directory of all 272 articles about Zakopane, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.

Rules of the S.I.Witkiewicz Portrait-Painting Firm (1928)
Motto: The customer must be satisfied. Misunderstandings are ruled out. The rules are published so as to spare the firm the necessity of repeating the same ...

Art and Culture

Rattle Salutes Szymanowski
"I cannot talk objectively about Szymanowski, for you cannot expect objectivity or reasonability from someone in love. And reasonability is out of place when th...

Art and Culture

A Triumphant Return to Form for Poland's Star Ski-Jumper, Adam Malysz
A sea of red and white flags were afloat in Zakopane this weekend for the World Ski Jumping Cup. And not disappointing his fans, Poland's star jumper, Adam Maly...

Comment

Summer in the Tatras
How about a summer holiday to Poland? Okay, maybe not top of your holidays wish-list, but consider this: - Poland's not all factories, smog and depressed ex-...

Comment

Polish president makes Iraq visit
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski has flown to Iraq for a surprise Christmas visit to his country's peacekeeping troops. He arrived at the Polish headquar...

Current Affairs

Poland: no one country to blame for EU constitution failure
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Saturday no particular country should be blamed for the failure of the EU summit in Brussels to reach an agreement ...

Current Affairs

Poland 'may veto' EU constitution
Poland may veto a proposed new European constitution if its voting rights are downgraded, says the Polish president. Aleksander Kwasniewski is due to meet Germa...

Current Affairs

The Invasion of Poland, September 1939
Each country has its own way of remembering the fallen in battle. In Poland, the most moving remembrance of the dead takes place on November 1st, All Souls Day,...

History

Polish no-frills to fly from Stansted
A Polish no-frills start up is launching flights between Stansted and Warsaw. Airpolonia plans to start flying the route on 15 December. It says return fare...

Business

EU goes East
The European Union has taken off and is flying east without a clear idea of where or when it is going to land. It is rapidly approaching the borderlands of the ...

Current Affairs

Poland to 'survive EU farm regime'
Walk on to Roman and Barbara Brzeziak's farm in the lush green fields here, and the first sound you hear is the singing of the skylarks. Storks are nesting behi...

Current Affairs

Poland seeks Iraqi oil stake
Poland, which has sent troops to support the US-led forces in Iraq, has acknowledged its "ultimate objective" is to acquire supplies of Iraqi oil. The Polish Fo...

Current Affairs

Poland says big Yes to EU
Poles have voted to join the European Union by a large margin, according to preliminary results from this weekend's referendum. About 77.5% have said yes to the...

Current Affairs

Bush visits Cracow
President George W Bush has told the Polish people that the US is committed to a strong Nato, despite divisions over the war in Iraq. Standing alongside Polish ...

Current Affairs

Europe's new heavyweight
ticipation in the invasion of Iraq, and its self-declared role as America's "best friend" in Central-Eastern Europe, have set teeth on edge in France and German...

Current Affairs

Poland sets referendum date
Polish voters will decide on their nation's entry into the European Union in a referendum on 7-8 June, the country's parliament has decided. Deputies in the Sej...

Current Affairs

Poland hails Pope's poetry
The first poetry to be written by Pope John Paul II in nearly a quarter of a century has been published, taking his native Poland by storm. Roman Triptych, the ...

Current Affairs

Polish bribe scandal spreads
Mr Miller's government has been accused of graft One of Poland's leading companies has alleged it is the victim of a whispering campaign, as a scandal over gov...

Current Affairs

Poland warms to other nations
People in Poland appear to be becoming more relaxed about foreigners - according to a new opinion poll. Sociologists suggest this may reflect a growing self-con...

Current Affairs

Polish cardinal enters EU abortion debate
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland has said the EU must allow his country to set its own regulations on abortion. We should very much assist this i...

Current Affairs

US firm wins Polish jet contract
Lockheed Martin has won a contract to supply 48 new F-16 fighter jets to Poland, in Eastern Europe's biggest military deal. The US firm beat off competition fro...

Current Affairs

Hurdles on road to EU expansion
For the EU hopefuls, enlargement talks have been a marathon that started almost five years ago. Six countries - Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, E...

Current Affairs

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