Politics
Poland Affirms Desire to Join Euro Zone
With the tiny island of Cyprus fighting to avoid a messy exit from the euro, it would seem a particularly inauspicious time for Poland, an economic powerhouse of Eastern and Central Europe, to be clamoring to join the currency union. 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
Stoking anti-German sentiment in Poland
Polish opposition leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, is playing with the primal fears and cultural resentment of his countrymen toward Germans and Russians for his own political gain – and not without success. Continue reading
Anne Applebaum: From History to Cuisine
Anne Applebaum is perhaps best known as a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist who has written extensively about Russia and Eastern Europe. She joins Steve Paikin to discuss her two new books, “Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956″ and “From a Polish Country House Kitchen: 90 Recipes for the Ultimate Comfort Food”. Continue reading
Poland set to become last EU state to ratify landmine pact
Poland is set to become the final member of the European Union to join the Ottawa Convention banning landmines, organisers said as a global conference on the deadly weapons opened here on Monday. Continue reading
Poland’s new deputy PM pledges focus on job protection
Poland’s new deputy prime minister andeconomy minister promised on Tuesday to protect jobs as concerns rise about future growth in Central and Eastern Europe’s largest economy. Continue reading
Poland’s ruling party seeks charges against opposition leader
The party of Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday it would vote to have the country’s main opposition leader tried at a special tribunal on charges of leading a witch hunt against rivals while his party was in power. Continue reading
Reshuffle expected in Polish gov’t after head of junior coalition partner loses party post
Some reshuffling was expected in Poland’s centre-right government Monday after Waldemar Pawlak, deputy prime minister and economy minister, said he would resign from both positions. Continue reading
Poland thwarts terror attack on top leaders
Polish authorities have arrested a man who was planning to detonate a four-ton car bomb in front of the Parliament building in Warsaw while the president, prime minister, government ministers and lawmakers were inside. 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…
