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Robert Dziekanski Taser Death A Homicide: Coroner
The BC Coroners Service says the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski in an altercation with RCMP officers at Vancouver’s airport six years ago was a homicide. Continue reading
After Visiting Poland, Arab Youth Discuss Holocaust’s Impact
Dozens of Arab youths in the National Service (Sherut Le’umi), who serve as counselors in the No’ar Oved Ve’lomed youth group (associated with the Labor Party), participated in a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony on Sunday night. Continue reading
Imminent forced eviction of Roma in Poland must be stopped
A Roma community in Poland are being threatened with imminent eviction and homelessness in a blatant violation of international human rights law, Amnesty International said today. Continue reading
A Polish Icon’s Ugly Fall
One of Walesa’s eight children, Jaroslaw, is a representative at the European Parliament in Brussels, and spoke about his father in an interview withNewsweek. He said he had a long conversation with Walesa on March 9. “I told my father, with respect, that what he said was wrong, and we’ve agreed to disagree on this subject,” he said. Continue reading
Poland Rejects Proposed Gay Civil Unions
Poland’s legislators rejected three pieces of draft legislation that would have recognized same-sex civil unions, a defeat for the country’s prime minister who had thrown his weight behind the proposed laws but was outvoted by those citing Catholic teaching. Continue reading
Polish prime minister hospitalized with infection
The office of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he has been hospitalized with an acute infection of the respiratory duct. Continue reading
Poland’s Cardinal Jozef Glemp dies at 83
Cardinal Jozef Glemp, who headed the Roman Catholic Church in Poland for more than two decades, has died at 83. Continue reading
Poland braces for fresh exodus of workers
When the financial crisis hit Europe five years ago, Poland’s economy continued to boom and the flood of young Poles heading west slowed to a trickle. But with the economy now weakening, the country is bracing for a new exodus. Continue reading
Following immigrants back to Poland
The Polish have long been one of the largest immigrant groups in Chicago. They worked in the stockyards and steel mills, and helped make Chicago the city it is today. And so when a Chicago Tribune editor heard Polish immigrants had begun to move back to Poland, nearly everyone agreed that we would have to write a story. Continue reading
Poland’s ‘baby hatches’ leave vulnerable mothers exposed
Polish Catholics are defending hatches where unwanted babies can be left. But they can do more harm than good.
Over the last six years, the Polish branch of the Catholic charity Caritas has installed 50 baby hatches across the country. These hatches (heated boxes in the walls of hospitals and religious buildings where mothers can safely abandon their babies) have saved over 40 children in that time – but they are now under threat. Continue reading
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How I Write My Historical Novels
Canadian-Polish author Eva Stachniak is revealing how she worked on her bestselling novel "The Winter Palace". Więcej
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Johanna Kern’s fantasy world (LISTEN to our interview with Johanna Kern)
Johanna Kern, a Canadian of Polish descent, first began her career as a professional actress in Europe, and moved to…
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Newsfeed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
We are pleased to offer an official newsfeed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland: Ministry of…
