Auschwitz museum seeks return of barracks lent to U.S.
Occupying the site of the biggest Nazi death camp in Poland, the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum is having trouble getting back a wooden barracks building it rented to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum some 20 years ago, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading
Belarus orders out EU, Polish envoys over sanctions
Belarus on Tuesday told the ambassador of the European Union and that of Poland to leave the country and recalled its own envoys from Brussels and Warsaw, sparking anger in the EU and plunging relations between Minsk and the 27-member bloc to a new low. Continue reading
Poland Admits Difficulties in Relationship With Russia
Poland’s relations with Russia are worse now than before the 2010 plane crash that killed Poland’s former president and chilled relations between the two countries, Poland’s prime minister said Tuesday. Continue reading
Poles turn to Internet to circumvent new pet breeding laws
Poles have turned to cyberspace to circumvent a new animal rights law in Poland forbidding the sale of dogs and cats without a breeding licence, which had been intended to stamp out cruelty to animals. Continue reading
Poland receives 47 offshore wind power applications at Baltic coast
Poland receives 47 offshore wind farm applications. Poland has attracted 47 applications from investors interested in developing wind energy projects off its Baltic coast. Warsaw extended the permits for offshore wind power plants to 30 years.
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Polish Triangle losing its ethnic identity
On certain evenings long ago, neighbors would pour out of the nearby triple-deckers on Dorchester Avenue and walk to the Polish American Citizen Club to revel all night. Weekends were a whirl. Continue reading
Polish flight grounded because of over-60 pilots
Inspectors from the British Civil Aviation Authority found that the LOT pilots were over 60, in contravention of international air regulations that forbid both members of a flight crew to be 60 or over. Continue reading
Poland seeks return of death camp barracks
Polish and U.S. officials are engaged in intense talks to determine the fate of a sensitive object: a barracks that once housed doomed prisoners at the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp and is now on display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Continue reading
EU Predicts Polish Economy Will Expand at Bloc’s Fastest Pace This Year
Poland, the European Union’s largest eastern member, will post the 27-nation bloc’s fastest economic growth this year, driven by corporate investment,the European Commission forecast. Continue reading
THE OVERWHELMING REALISM OF “IN DARKNESS”
Agnieszka Holland’s “In Darkness,” nominated this year for Best Foreign Language Film, is based on the true story of Poldek Socha, a Polish man who helped a group of Jews to escape mass murder in the sewers of German-occupied Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine). Continue reading
